Search - BASEketball [Widescreen] on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Brief Nudity, Not For Children, Adult Humor, Profanity Movie Release: 1998 DVD Release: 12/29/1998 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 44 mins Studio: Universal Studios Total Copies: 2 Genres: Comedy, Slapstick, Absurd Comedy, Gross-Out Comedy

David Zucker directed this slapstick sports comedy starring South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Competing two-on-two against some basketball jocks, goofballs Joe Cooper (Parker) and Doug Remer (Stone) attempt to win by devising new rules while they play. Thus is born the bizarre game of "BASEketball." Rules: Court position decides whether a sunk basket counts as a single, a home run, or whatever; the opposing team can retrieve missed shots. Verbal abuse is allowed. Ditto for gross-outs -- or anything to annoy the shooter. The game becomes popular in driveways, so sports promoter Ted Denslow (Ernest Borgnine) proposes a deal to form a pro league. Dallas Felons owner Baxter Cain (Robert Vaughn), hopes to increase revenues with product placements and pro endorsements, but he needs the okay of team owners. Ted dies during the season finals, leaving Cain to deal with his widow Yvette (Jenny McCarthy). However, Ted willed the team to Cooper, who must win the upcoming season or ownership goes to Yvette. Cameos by Bob Costas and Al Michaels. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Trey Parker - Joe Cooper
Matt Stone - Doug Remer
Yasmine Bleeth - Jenna Reed
Jenny McCarthy - Yvette Denslow
Robert Vaughn - Baxter Cain

David Zucker directs South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone in the sports spoof BASEketball, which comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. French and Spanish subtitles are accessible, and the soundtrack is closed-captioned. Supplemental materials include biographies of the cast and crew, production notes, and a theatrical trailer. This Universal release does a superb job of presenting the film, but the disc would be more appealing with either deleted scenes, or a commentary by Parker and Stone. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide