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Fast Break

Fast Break

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Documentary

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Evoking a cinema verite feel not found in most sports documentaries, Fast Break examines the 1977 Portland Trailblazers basketball team in a surprisingly personal and compelling fashion. Inter-cutting excerpts from the 1977 playoff / championship season, the film steps outside of the basketball court, and into the everyday lives of the Trailblazers, as well as their coach Jack Ramsey. Whether it’s biking the Oregon coast with star center Bill Walton, hosting a kids basketball camp with Dave Twardzik, or joking with Maurice Lucas at the pool – Fast Break lets the players speak for themselves: about basketball, life and playing in Portland. Fast Break, a film documentary about Bill Walton and the Portland Trail Blazers winning the 1976-77 NBA title and the aftermath of their accomplishment, is the greatest movie I have ever seen on the subject of professional team sports, basketball as a metaphor for life, and the perfect practice of Zen Buddhism in American society.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

105 mins

Rating

10/10

Release Date

01 September 1978

Country

United States of America

Cast

Don Zavin

Don Zavin

Bill Walton

Bill Walton

Self

Jack Ramsey

Jack Ramsey

Dave Twardzik

Dave Twardzik

Maurice Lucas

Maurice Lucas

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