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The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979)
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The Pittsburgh basketball team is hopeless. Maybe with the aid of an astrologer, and some new astrologically compatible players, they can become winners. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Julius Erving | ... | Moses Guthrie | |
| Jonathan Winters | ... | H.S. / Harvey Tilson | |
| Meadowlark Lemon | ... | Rev. Grady Jackson | |
| Jack Kehoe | ... | Setshot | |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | ... | Himself | |
| Margaret Avery | ... | Toby Millman | |
| James Bond III | ... | Tyrone Millman | |
| Michael V. Gazzo | ... | Harry the Trainer | |
| Peter Isacksen | ... | Driftwood | |
| Nicholas Pryor | ... | George Brockington | |
| M. Emmet Walsh | ... | Wally Cantrell | |
| Stockard Channing | ... | Mona Mondieu | |
| Flip Wilson | ... | Coach 'Jock' Delaney | |
| Marv Albert | ... | Himself (as Marvin Albert) | |
| Debbie Allen | ... | Ola (as Debra Allen) |
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102 min
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'Cher' (I) was initially cast as the female lead, but backed out at the last minute due to scheduling conflicts.
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Factual errors: The score before the timeout of the last game was Los Angeles 101, Pittsburgh 91, but when the game resumed, the Pisces made well over ten field goals. Their victory should have been by a double-digit margin.
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Referenced in Swimming with Sharks (1994)
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Strategically placed bong hits at 0:01, 0:33, 0:045 and 1:11 into this film will really enhance your enjoyment.
This movie is the 70's disco NBA version of Major League. It's like Major League meets Space Jam meets The Age of Aquarius meets the time you accidentally took the bad yellow blotter that was going around at Woodstock.
Dr. J pulls off a stellar performance and by the time this film is over you're convinced he's the greatest actor in the universe, provided you followed the instructions above.
If your cable is out and this is on regular TV, go for it, you won't regret it.