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Fast Break

09/01/1978

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1hr 45min

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Documentary

STORY

Evoking a cinema verite feel not found in most sports documentaries, Fast Break examines the 1977 Portland Trailblazers basketball team in a surprisingly personal and compelling fashion. Inter-cutting excerpts from the 1977 playoff / championship season, the film steps outside of the basketball court, and into the everyday lives of the Trailblazers, as well as their coach Jack Ramsey. Whether it’s biking the Oregon coast with star center Bill Walton, hosting a kids basketball camp with Dave Twardzik, or joking with Maurice Lucas at the pool – Fast Break lets the players speak for themselves: about basketball, life and playing in Portland. Fast Break, a film documentary about Bill Walton and the Portland Trail Blazers winning the 1976-77 NBA title and the aftermath of their accomplishment, is the greatest movie I have ever seen on the subject of professional team sports, basketball as a metaphor for life, and the perfect practice of Zen Buddhism in American society.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Don Zavin
  • Bill Walton
  • Jack Ramsey
  • Dave Twardzik
  • Maurice Lucas

    INFORMATION

      Production Companies

    • Mazama Productions

      Production Countries

    • United States of America

    LANGUAGES

    • English

    Cast

    Don Zavin

    Bill Walton

    Self

    Jack Ramsey

    Dave Twardzik

    Maurice Lucas

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