The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

November. 06,1979      PG
Rating:
5.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

The Pittsburgh basketball team is hopeless. Maybe with the aid of an astrologer, and some new astrologically compatible players, they can become winners.

Julius Erving as  Moses Guthrie
Jonathan Winters as  H.S. / Harvey Tilson
Jack Kehoe as  Setshot
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as  Self
Margaret Avery as  Toby Millman
Michael V. Gazzo as  Harry the Trainer
Nicholas Pryor as  George Brockington
M. Emmet Walsh as  Wally Cantrell
Stockard Channing as  Mona Mondieu
Flip Wilson as  Coach "Jock" Delaney

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Reviews

Stoutor
1979/11/06

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

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Curapedi
1979/11/07

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

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Rio Hayward
1979/11/08

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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Juana
1979/11/09

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

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