The Basket (1999)

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PG | 1 hr 44 mins | Drama, Family | Released: 1/1/1999 |Box Office Total: $0.6M

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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.

Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
1/1/1999

Director	Credit
Rich Cowen	Director
Frank Swoboda	Director - 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Cast	Credit
Peter Coyote	Martin Conlon
Karen Allen	Bessie Emery
Robert Karl Burke	Helmut Brink
Amber Willenborg	Brigitta Brink
Jock Macdonald	Nicholas Emery
Eric Dane	Tom Emery
Brian Skala	Nathan Emery
Casey Cowan	Samuel Emery
Tony Lincoln	Pastor Simms
Patrick Treadway	Frederick Teadway
Ellen Travolta	Agnes Barnes
Jack Bannon	Marcus Danielson
Elwon Bakley	Ben Emory
Joey Travolta	Charlie Cohn
Paul Hostetler	Old Helmut Brink
Kelly Eviston	Nancy Danielson
Cole Gamble	Erik Danielson
Jeff Waggoner	George Hines
Michael Van Gelder	Lewis Tinsley
Mckenzie Koppa	Katie Danielson
Heidi Nelson	Sara Barnes
Jamie Flaner	David Tinsley
John Rustan	Gregory Ranson
Michael Ferguson	Daniel Haines
Ron Varela	MEl Hester
Sara Edlin	Immigration Officer
Gordon Grove	Referee
Rick Burkhart	Spokane Basketball Player No 1
Scott McQuilkin	Spokane Basketball Player No 1
Jess Walter	Spokane Basketball Player No 1
Bryan Smelcher	Spokane Basketball Player No 1
Jason Pulliam	Spokane Basketball Player No 1
Terry Sticka	Kai Brink
Mark Forman	Bartender
Leslie Laursen	Mrs Tinsley
Tami Grady	Mrs Haines
Lindsey Kiehn	Sara Barnes
John Krauss	American Soldier No 1
Tim Sanger	American Soldier No 2
Jerry Fleming	American Soldier No 2
Steven Smith	Doctor Naismith
Cecil Ellsworth	Janitor
Stan Calder	Train Conductor
Henry Swoboda	Basketball Timekeeper
Nike Haw	Bar Customer No 1
Chuck Anderson	Bar Customer No 2
John Graham	Bar Customer No 3
Jim Buckley	Bar Customer No 4
Ross Niblock	Bar Customer No 5
Molly	Chester
Production Credits	Credit
Ian Kenny	Associate Producer
Rich Cowen	Producer
Marc Dahlstrom	Executive Producer
Dave Holcomb	Executive Producer
Greg Rathvon	Executive Producer
Dave Tanner	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
North By Northwest Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
MGM/UA Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
North by Northwest Entertainment	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Writer	Credit
Rich Cowen	Screenplay
Frank Swoboda	Screenplay
Tessa Swoboda	Screenplay
Don Caron	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Vincent De Felice	Production Designer
Vincent De Felice	Art Director
Jana Treadwell	Set Decorator
Film Camera	Credit
Dan Heigh	Director of Photography
Richard Heinzen	Photography - still photographer
Eric Jennings	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
T J Williiams	Steadicam Operator - Steadicam /crane operator
Douglas Cheney	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Jim Swoboda	Director of Photography - 2nd unit director of photography (2nd Unit)
Music	Credit
Don Caron	Music
Production Management	Credit
Juronda Ralston	Production Coordinator
George Cowan	Location Manager - location manager/scout
Marc Dahlstrom	Assistant Director
Vincent De Felice	Location Scout - locations/scout
Paula Dusman	Script Supervisor
Forrest Satchell	Assistant Director
Sound	Credit
Tom Taylor	Boom Operator - Boom
Nigel Elliot	Sound Mixer
Visual Effects	Credit
J Combs	Special Effects
Bud McFaddin	Special Effects
Richard Cole	Special Effects
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Cara Conlon	Makeup Assistant - assistant make-up
Nanette Acosta	Costume Designer
Brooke Bartelle	Hair
Julie Farley	Makeup - key makeup
Patty Heigh	Makeup Assistant - assistant make-up
Patty Miller	Makeup
John Cooper	Hair
Candace Dahlstrom	Makeup Assistant - assistant make-up

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