BASEketball (1998)

Director:

David Zucker

Writers (WGA):

David Zucker (written by) &
Robert LoCash (written by) ...

Release Date:

31 July 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Sport

Tagline:

From the director of the "Naked Gun" and starring the creators of "South Park"

Plot:

Two childhood friends are pro athletes of a national sport called BASEketball, a hybrid of baseball and basketball, and must deal with a greedy businessman scheming against their team.

Plot Keywords:

Basketball | Baseball | Nudity | Self Portrayal | Cult Favorite

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Trey Parker	...	Joe Cooper
Matt Stone	...	Doug Remer
Dian Bachar	...	Squeak Scolari
Yasmine Bleeth	...	Jenna Reed
Jenny McCarthy	...	Yvette Denslow
Ernest Borgnine	...	Ted Denslow
Robert Vaughn	...	Baxter Cain
Trevor Einhorn	...	Joey Thomas
Bob Costas	...	Himself
Al Michaels	...	Himself
Robert Stack	...	Himself - Unsolved Mysteries Host
Reggie Jackson	...	Himself
Dan Patrick	...	Himself
Kenny Mayne	...	Himself
Tim McCarver	...	Himself

Also Known As:

Baseketball (USA) (working title)
BASEketball (Portugal) (video title) [pt]
BASEketball: Muchas pelotas en juego (Spain) (DVD title) [es]
Baseketball (Italy) [it]
Baseketball (Spain) [es]
Besukettoboru: Hadaka no tama wo motsu otoko (Japan) (video title) [ja]
Die Sportskanonen (Germany) [de]
Paihnidi gia ligous (Greece) (TV title) [el]
SEKOpallo (Finland) [fi]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong language and crude sex-related humor.

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Ireland:18 | South Korea:12 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #36151) | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Blair Field, Recreation Park - 4700 E. 10th Street, Long Beach, California, USA

Company:

Zucker Brothers Productions

Trivia:

During the "Unsolved Mysteries" scene, all of the computer users in the background behind Robert Stack are playing solitaire.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Some of the more outrageous continuity errors (the sudden appearance in Baxter's hands of the parabolic listening device, for instance) are deliberate jokes.

Quotes:

Joseph R. Cooper: What is something you really want?
Joey: Chelsea Clinton.
Joseph R. Cooper: That's a tough order, dude.
Douglas "Swish" Reemer: You'd have a better shot at Bill.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "South Park: The Passion of the Jew (#8.3)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

B.A.D. And The Nighttime Ride

Effing brilliant!!!!

Just sickly and twistedly funny as hell. Parker and Stone are OBVIOUSLY demented, and hooking up with Zucker was a brilliant move. I laughed until I cried. I had to stop the tape several times because I was incoherent from laughing so hard. The Robert Stack bit was just sooooooooooo funny, as were pretty much all of the jokes. Now the DVD version on the other hand has some serioous problems, like missing scenes, no extras to speak of and horrible picture quality. Pick it up on VHS instead, no extras, but you get the entire movie.