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Adapted from Jason Miller's play which won the Pulitzer Prize, That Championship Season is about a group of men who, after 25 years, get together again for a high-school basketball team reunion. After drinking and chumming, the circle of friends soon find long-hidden anger and resentment resurfacing which become muddled with their current mid-life problems. Soon their long-time friendships are collapsing before them. Performers in this drama include Martin Sheen, Paul Sorvino, Robert Mitchum, Bruce Dern and Stacy Keach. ~ Kristie Hassen, Rovi

Starring:: Stacy Keach, Robert Mitchum, (more)

Director(s):: Jason Miller

Theatrical MPAA Rating:: R

Format(s):: DVD
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	John C.

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Filmed in Scranton, PA against the actual city scape the movie has the feel of a city stuggling to survive, yet clining to the glory of a championship basketball season of 25 years past. Individually the actors are wonderful, but some scenes seem forced rather than fluid. The scenes in the gym are particuarlly strained and the backdrop of a small gym from an elementary school rather thatn a high school (where the championship was won). As past secrets are revealed there seems to be less and less of a reason to celabrate. The plot basically holds this movie together in these strained scenes and the best that can be said is that the movie is worth a look, but do not expect to be entertained too much.

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