BASEketball | 
| Actors: Kareem Abdul-jabbar, Dian Bachar, Yasmine Bleeth, Ernest Borgnine, Bob Costas
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  187 reviews
Sales Rank: 5391
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 103 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: MCAD20430D
ISBN: 0783230338
UPC: 025192043024
EAN: 9780783230337
ASIN: 0783230338
Theatrical Release Date: July 31, 1998
Release Date: December 29, 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
WHEN BEST FRIENDS, COOP AND REMER, INVENT A GAME PLAYED IN THEIR DRIVEWAY, THEY HAVE NO IDEA IT WILL CATAPULT THEM INTO THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT AS HEROES OF THE LATEST SPORTS CRAZE, BASEKETBALL. BONUS FEATURES: THEATRICAL TRAILER, TALENT BIOS, PRODUCTION NOTES, WEB LINKS AND MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS.
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Gross-out comedy reached its peak (or nadir, if you will) when this celebration of juvenile crudeness was released in the summer of 1998. There's Something About Mary was a surprise box-office smash at the same time, and it's a much funnier and (dare we say it?) more intelligently conceived comedy, but there's something to be said for a couple of dudes who blissfully embrace bad taste and improper decorum. As they proved with their popular cartoon series South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone are shameless purveyors of scatological humor, and no bodily function escapes their baser instinct for gutter-level guffaws. Here they play a couple of guys who are fed up with the hyper-commercialism of professional sports, so they invent "baseketball"--a hybrid of baseball and basketball--and soon find themselves in the middle of a booming national craze. As baseketball leagues thrive, so does the movie's appetite for puerile shock-jokes and disgusting gags. There are some great throwaway lines and a lot of funny cameos by the likes of Bob Costas, Al Michaels, Jenny McCarthy, Robert Stack, Reggie Jackson, and others, but let's face it--a little of this stuff goes a long, long way. If you laugh a lot, you may be suffering (as Parker and Stone clearly do) from an acute case of arrested development. --Jeff Shannon
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 Best movie everrrrrr December 30, 2008
Jane Lane™ (Cali baby)
I love Matt and Trey. But I guess you'd have to find their voice expressions humorous- otherwise it's just "dumb". If you watch the south park DVD seasons with commentaries on, you might change your first impression of the show or the writers. It's far more thought provoking, its just masked in obcenities. This movie was not the best I will totally admit that, but you have got to love their effort. If you're not a fan of Team America or South Park you should probably pass. If you don't know what South Park is...you need to start from the basics.
 TOTALLY TOTALLY AWFUL!!! September 2, 2008
Shirley (Eastern U.S.)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I saw this when it came out, watched it once--but not all the way through and then got rid of it. It was SO very tacky. It was very, very low budget. Poor acting. Ignorant.
These guys need to stay behind the scenes and do South Park. Their over-the-edge humor and voices are more histerical than their acting.
Stay away from this film. (gag) And watch South Park instead.
 Awwww!! Aww!!! July 29, 2008
J. Hogate
Just got this on DVD and forgot how funny it was. Great cameos. Particularly Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as a living souvenir punching the clock at the end of the day! Awesome to see all the great actors sharing Matt and Trey's humor, but how did they pull off getting all those people into this movie at the time? Great to hear some of the familiar South Park voices of Mr./Ms. Garrison and Cartman in there as well as Stan Marsh's disgusted "Awwww!! Aww!!!" line. Hilarious!
Awesome comedy!!!! May 20, 2008
Russ (Sin City, NV)
If you enjoyed watching south park the movie and the show. then you will really like this movie. Its funny in every way. they did an awesome job with this movie.
watch it twice February 23, 2008
C. Stratton (Trenton, NJ, USA)
or watch it again and again, it gets better every time. the subtle comedy is great
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