BASEketball is a 1998 American David Zucker comedy starring South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, along with Dian Bachar, Robert Vaughn, Ernest Borgnine, Yasmine Bleeth, and Jenny McCarthy. The movie follows the history of the sport of the same name, from its invention by the lead characters as a game they could win against more athletic types, to its development as a nationwide league sport and a target of corporate sponsorship. This is the only work involving Parker and Stone that was neither written, directed, nor produced by them. At Game 6 of the 1977 World Series, Joe "Coop"... Cooper catches Reggie Jackson's third home run in the stands and proclaims to his best friend, Doug Remer, that "One day, I'm gonna be a big sports star." 16 years later, Coop and Remer are 23 and unemployed and about to have their gas shut off. They arrive uninvited at a party hosted by a former high school classmate of theirs. After finding out that their classmates have grown up and moved on with their lives, Coop and Remer find themselves outside drinking beer and shooting hoops on the driveway basketball court.
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| Release date: | July 28, 1998 |
| Directed by: | David Zucker |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 103 Minutes |
| Producer: | Robert LoCash, Gil Netter, David Zucker |
| Editor: | Jeffrey Reiner |
| Music by: | Ira Newborn |
| Cinematography: | Steve Mason, Steve Mason |
| Screenplay by: | David Zucker, Robert LoCash, Lewis Friedman, Jeff Wright |
| Estimated budget: | $20,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |