The Basket
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Rich Cowan
Chuck Anderson
Jim Buckley
Michael Ferguson
Robert Karl Burke
Ron Varela
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In the midst of World War I, the people in a small Pacific Northwest town are tired, confused and careful. When a strange teacher with unconventional methods arrives in town to teach them a strange new game called basketball, they react with suspicion followed by enthusiasm. Along with the daily opera lesson he gives, he offers basketball as a metaphor for life, with its focus on the necessity of teamwork. The schoolyard transforms from playground to social battleground when two young German immigrants arrive in town. Helmut and Brigitta face discrimination in country at war with their native land. Despite their innocence, and personal loss due to the war, they are targets of ridicule. Caught at center of the community's unease with the new immigrants, is the sympathetic farmer's wife, Bessie Emery. As tension in the community escalates, Conlon enters his students in a professional basketball game. As the game unfolds, triumph over hate, charts a course for the future.
Director
Rich Cowan
Cast
Chuck Anderson
Jim Buckley
Michael Ferguson
Robert Karl Burke
Ron Varela
Peter Coyote
Ellen Travolta
Jason Pulliam
John Rustan
Tim Sanger
Brian Skala
Cole Gamble
Mckenzie Koppa
Tami Grady
Jess Walter
Jerry Fleming
Molly
Elwon Bakley
Kelly Eviston
Nike Haw
John Krauss
Joey Travolta
Jeff Waggoner
Casey Cowan
Sara Edlin
Henry Swoboda
Paul Hostetler
Jock Macdonald
Lindsey Kiehn
Amber Willenborg
Scott Mcquilkin
Rick Burkhart
Terry Sticka
Gordon Grove
John Graham
Eric Dane
Ross Niblock
Leslie Laursen
Karen Allen
Stan Calder
Michael Van Gelder
Jamie Flaner
Steven Smith
Jack Bannon
Patrick Treadway
Tony Lincoln
Heidi Nelson
Cecil Ellsworth
Bryan Smelcher
Mark Forman
Crew
Nanette Acosta
Brooke Bartelle
Edward Bosworth
Don Caron
Don Caron
Doug Cheney
Richard Cole
J Combs
Cara Conlon
John Cooper
George Cowan
Rich Cowan
Rich Cowan
Rich Cowan
Brian Cox
Tim Cunningham
Candace Dahlstrom
Marc Dahlstrom
Marc Dahlstrom
Vincent De Felice
Vincent De Felice
Vincent De Felice
Vincent De Felice
Pat Devereaux
Barry Donaldson
Paula Dusman
Nigel Elliot
Julie Farley
Dan Heigh
Patty Heigh
Richard Heinzen
Debra Hoff
Dave Holcomb
Eric Jennings
Ian Kenny
Bud Mcfaddin
Patty Miller
Lance Odell
Ken Olfert
Juronda Ralston
Greg Rathvon
Forrest Satchell
Frank Swoboda
Frank Swoboda
Jim Swoboda
Tessa Swoboda
Dave Tanner
Tom Taylor
Jana Treadwell
Marie Whalen
Kim Whaley
T J Williiams
Will Wuorinen
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Limited Release in United States May 5, 2000
Released in United States 1999
Released in United States May 1999
Released in United States on Video December 11, 2001
Released in United States Spring May 5, 2000
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 12-23, 1999.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Films 4 Families) May 13 - June 6, 1999.
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Films 4 Families) May 13 - June 6, 1999.)
Released in United States May 1999 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 12-23, 1999.)
Limited Release in United States May 5, 2000
Released in United States Spring May 5, 2000
Released in United States on Video December 11, 2001
