FAST BREAK dvd
(1979)
DIRECTOR: Jack Smight (The Illustrated Man, Damnation Alley)
STARS: Gabe Kaplan ("Welcome Back, Kotter"), Harold Sylvester, Michael Warren, Reb Brown (Strike Commando), Bert Remsen
SYNOPSIS: Just as the hugely popular Welcome Back, Kotter was coming to a close Gabe Kaplan used his fame to star in his first theatrical film. A few years earlier sports comedies like The Longest Yard and The Bad News Bears were box office hits. This film has it's action set around basketball. Kaplan plays a sports fanatic who gets a chance to coach a college basketball team. The players are made up of misfits and oddballs that he recruits. One is fugitive, one a muscular football player and another is a girl (dressed like a man). But with Kaplan's guidance they can all play ball really well! This ultimately lighthearted story avoids a lot of sports film cliches. The characters are all fleshed out and story is believable. It's not a wacky slapstick film but a down-to-earth genuinely funny comedy. Even Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington and Barbarino would approve!
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Fullscreen / Color
Region Free NTSC dvd-R
RED dvd case (above image is the front cover art)
Buy "Fast Break" : $20.00
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