The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

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The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

PG

1979

1h 44m

Comedy

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An astrologer (Stockard Channing) helps a water boy (James Bond III) match players to his basketball team's star (Julius Erving), whose sign is Pisces.

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Gary Arnold

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The flimsy material leaves director Gilbert Moses few resources to exploit off the basketball court.

Oct 17, 2017

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Dribbles to your funny bone, with basketball's Dr. J. doing mighty fine in his screen debut.

Sep 22, 2024

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The best basketball and most fun hoops movie ever. Think I'm joking, here are my top ten reasons why. http://thefishthatsavedpittsburgh.com/havent-you-heard/top-10-reasons-why-the-fish-that-saved-pittsburgh-is-the-best-basketball-movie-ever/

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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harrison r

One of the weirdest premises for a movie ever, some good jokes, some good basketball, but yeah, don't watch if you want quality

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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I AM A PISCES AND THIS TEAM IS ALL PISCES OUT OF PITTSBURGH IN 1979. I WAS A LIL GIRL WHEN I FIRST WATCHED THIS MOVIE WITH MY FAMILY. I LOVE LOVE THIS MOVIE I JUST CAN'T FIND IT NO PLACE.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Lots of fun, but really bad...

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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The Doctor is in the house in this 70's classic.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Julius Erving in the starring role of this hilariously bad movie made it worth watching for me. The whole concept is absolutely ridiculous with the team cutting the rest of the team and only signing players with Pisces as their star sign, and the halftime of the final game being delayed in time to reset their horoscopes for the day by "the longest halftime show in basketball history" but is a good laugh with some surprisingly good basketball scenes added in. The final game includes other NBA players such as Kareem Abdul Jabbar.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Gilbert Moses

Director

Julius Erving

Moses Guthrie

Stockard Channing

Mona Mondieu

James Bond III

Tyrone Millman

Jonathan Winters

H.S.

Meadowlark Lemon

Rev. Grady Jackson

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Synopsis

An astrologer (Stockard Channing) helps a water boy (James Bond III) match players to his basketball team's star (Julius Erving), whose sign is Pisces.

Director: Gilbert Moses
Producer: David Dashev, Gary Stromberg
Screenwriter: Jaison Starkes, Edmond Stevens
Production Co: Lorimar Productions
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2009
Runtime: 1h 44m
Sound Mix: Surround

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