BASEketball
- Trey Parker: Joe Cooper
- Matt Stone: Doug Remer
- Dian Bachar: Kenny ' Squeak ' Scolari
- Yasmine Bleeth: Jenna Reed
- Jenny McCarthy: Yvette Denslow
- Ernest Borgnine: Ted Denslow
- Robert Vaughn: Baxter Cain
BASEketball is an American comedy from the year 1998 on the fictional sport BASEketball, a mixture of basketball and baseball. Screenwriter and director is David Zucker.
Action
The two friendly social loser Joe Cooper, called Coop, and Doug Remer dream of better days. While around them makes any career, the two a run-down house and consider sharing how they must come at pretty women. During a party to which they were not actually invited to invent a game to impress two girls. Since it is a mixture of basketball and baseball, christen it with basketball and organize small private tournaments on the driveway of their home. The game is growing increasingly in its popularity until eventually the millionaire and entrepreneur Ted Denslow on the "Sport" and the Coop and Doug associated values is attentive and founded a League for the game.
The two thus also get their own team ( " Beers " ) and start a successful season. After Denslow choking on a hot dog during a game Coop inherits the Beers on the condition to lead them to victory this season - should it fail to do so, inherits his young widow Yvette the team. This becomes acquainted with the Testament proclamation Baxter Cain, with whom she makes plans, Coop and Doug to bring the title and to transform the sport into a cash cow.
During the tour across the United States Coop learns the young Jenna Reed know is that carer for terminally ill children. In particular, the cancer-stricken Joey is a big fan of Coop and the sport, so there will be several meetings in which both Coop and Doug fall in love with them, resulting in a competition between them ensues.
Baxter Cain takes advantage of the situation and seduces Doug with the approaches of the life of a superstar - condition for the fulfillment of which, however, are changes in the game rules, which Coop and Doug had designed and defined as immutable and sacred. The differences between the two come to a head, culminating in the finale, when they delivered a slugfest shortly before the game. Finally, they may reflect yet their friendship and win the championship.
Criticism
" David Zucker joins gags different caliber to one another, he this time the success of the movie, Dumb and Dumber ' oriented. As a satire meant to athletes films, the film produced a lot of sense flat, where he several cameo appearances - has to offer " - also by athletes.