The chance of a lifetime
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The chance of a lifetime |
| Original title | Almost break |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1979 |
| length | 107 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jack Smight |
| script |
Sandor Stern Marc Kaplan |
| production | Stephen J. Friedman |
| music |
James Di Pasquale David Shire |
| camera | Charles Correll |
| cut | Frank J. Urioste |
| occupation | |
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The Chance of his Life (Original Title: Fast Break ) is an American comedy film from 1979 .
action
David Greene is a passionate basketball fan. Despite running a deli in Brooklyn , his biggest dream is to make a living as a basketball coach. So he sends out applications over and over again, maybe to coach a college team somewhere. Meanwhile, his long-suffering wife Jan wants nothing more than to buy a house and start a family. Just when he's about to give up his dream, he receives an offer of Cadwallader University , giving it 60 dollars paid for each win and offers a lucrative contract, the men's team if any one of the top 10 teams, the basketball players of the Nevada State , can win. Together with his friend Hustler, he builds a somewhat crazy, but still powerful group.
criticism
“Plain and naive comedy about the American belief in success on its own; mostly boring, dramaturgically weak and in the only superficially outlined conflicts silly and predictable. "
background
The film was released in New York City on March 2, 1979 . In Germany, the film was broadcast for the first time on July 28, 1987 on ZDF .
Web links
- The chance of a lifetime in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The chance of a lifetime in the online film database
- The chance of a lifetime at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The chance of a lifetime. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .