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Actors: Adam Guier, Nick Benedict, Millie Perkins
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Pistol: The Birth of a Legend |
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This movie is about the basketball legend Pete Maravich. It begins when Pete is about 13, in the 8th grade and shows how his closest mentor and coach has always been his dad, who, by the way, happens to become the basketball coach at Pete's school.
Despite his age and his small size, Pete goes out for the basketball team and immediately faces skepticism from some of the other, taller players, who doubt his skills. Pete struggles through their jibes, hunkers down and practices his drills, though he can't help showing off just a little. This, of course, engenders a bit of jealousy among teammates, but when a critical game comes up, the question is whether Pete and the entire team can pull together.
Besides ably telling about Maravich's early years and showing some great basketball tricks and plays, this film also reveals some of the racial tensions going on in sports at the time.
--Karen Law, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Pistol: The Birth of a Legend |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Kind of sports story:
- basketball
Sports story?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) very skinny
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) muscular
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Setting
United States
Yes
Misc setting
- school
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
Any profanity?
- None
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