This is one of those wildly vulgar comedies full of scattershot jokes and random acts of silliness, directed by Airplane codirector David Zucker. For good measure, he's cast South Park creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, as a pair of slacker pals who invent a game (blending baseball and basketball) that takes the country by storm. Intended as a satire on the raging greed of professional sports, it trades extravagantly in rudely vulgar humor; the jokes are so numerous and fly in so many directions that they're bound to offend--and amuse--everyone at some point. A key aspect of the game: defending players get to psych-out their opponents in gross and insulting ways, which is where Parker and Stone shine. The film's real discovery is Dian Bachar, a tiny comic dynamo, who plays the team's most put-upon player. --Marshall Fine
| uuid: |
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| upc: |
0096898365833 |
| title: |
Baseketball |
| theatricalDate: |
31-07-1998 |
| stars: |
Trey Parker
Matt Stone
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Dian Bachar
Yasmine Bleeth
Ernest Borgnine
Bob Costas
Dale Earnhardt
Trevor Einhorn
Reggie Jackson
Jim Lampley
Kenny Mayne
Jenny McCarthy
Tim McCarver
Al Michaels
Pat O'Brien (III)
Dan Patrick
Robert Stack
Robert Vaughn |
| purchase date: |
07-09-2006 |
| publisher: |
Universal Studios |
| published: |
25-05-1999 |
| price: |
$14.98 |
| net Rating: |
4.5 |
| MPAA Rating: |
R |
| minutes: |
104 |
| last lookup time: |
179363040 |
| genre: |
Slapstick
Sports
Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker |
| fullTitle: |
Baseketball |
| features: |
Closed-captioned
Color
NTSC |
| currentValue: |
$0.01 |
| created: |
179363024 |
| country: |
us |
| aspect: |
VHS Tape |
| asin: |
0783229674
|
