That Championship Season (1999 film)
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That Championship Season is a 1999 American made-for-television drama film about the 20th reunion of four members of a championship high school basketball team and their coach. The film is based on Jason Miller's 1972 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name, and is the second film adaptation of the play, after the 1982 feature film. The film was directed by Paul Sorvino, who also stars as the coach; he had earlier appeared, as one of the former players, in both the original stage production and the 1982 film.
That Championship Season | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Jason Miller |
Directed by | Paul Sorvino |
Starring | Vincent D'Onofrio Terry Kinney Tony Shalhoub Gary Sinise Paul Sorvino |
Theme music composer | Larry Blank |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Gary Sinise |
Producers | Steve Greener Jeremiah Samuels (co-producer) |
Cinematography | Bruce Surtees |
Editor | Leo Trombetta |
Running time | 130 minutes |
Production companies | MGM Television Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Original release | |
Release | June 6, 1999 (1999-06-06) |
In addition to Sorvino, That Championship Season stars Vincent D'Onofrio, Terry Kinney, Tony Shalhoub and Gary Sinise, who portray the four former players. The screenplay was by Miller, who had also written the screenplay for the 1982 film.