The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

The Dr. will see you now. Basketball's Dr. J - Julius Erving - operates on the competition in this hoop-it-up disco-era fantasy about a team on a winning streak when it signs up motley players born under the zodiac's fish sign of Pisces. With the Dr. in the house, trademark cloud-walking, net-shredding slam dunks are plentiful. More hoops excitement follows as the Harlem Globetrotters' Meadowlark Lemon handles the rock as if he had more arms than an octopus and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shows his winning style as well. Off the court, Flip Wilson is a beleaguered coach and Jonathan Winters plays the dual roles of an ill-natured mogul and a sweet-natured nitwit. The world isn't round in The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh. It's roundball. Fish fever - hook it! 1979/color/102 min/PG/mono/widescreen.

DVD FEATURES:

• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Julius "Dr. J" Erving - Moses Guthrie
       Jonathan Winters - H.S./Halsey Tilson
       Meadowlark Lemon - Rev. Grady Jackson
       Jack Kehoe - Setshot
       Margaret Avery - Toby Millman
       James Bond III - Tyrone Millman
       Michael Vincente Gazzo - "Harry the Trainer"
       Peter Isacksen - "Driftwood"
       Nicholas Pryor - George Brockington
       M. Emmet Walsh - Wally Cantrell
       Stockard Channing - Mona Mondieu
       Julius J. Carry III - Malik Jamaal Truth
       Jerry Chambers - Lucian Tucker
       Jesse Lawrence Ferguson - Jackhammer Washington
       Malek Abdul Mansour - Bullet Haines
       Branscombe Richmond - Winston Running Hawk
       Flip Wilson - Coach "Jack" Delaney
       The Sylvers
       Marvin Albert - Himself
       The Spinners
       Kareem Abdul - Jabbar - Himself
       Debbie Allen - Ola
       Dee Dee Bridgewater - Brandy
       Alix Elias - Michelle

• Director:

  Gilbert Moses

• Producer:

  Gary Stromberg, David Dashev

• Screenwriter:

  Jaison Starkes, Edmond Stevens

• Cinematographer:

  Frank Stanley

• Composer (Music Score):

  Thom Bell

• Editor:

  Frank Mazzola, Arthur Schmidt, Peter Zinner, Bud Friedgen

• Art Director:

  Herbert Spencer Deverill

• Costume Designer:

  Pat Norris

• First Assistant Director:

  Jerry Grandey

• Choreography:

  Debbie Allen