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The Basket [DVD] [1999] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
 
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The Basket [DVD] [1999] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

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  • Actors: Peter Coyote, Karen Allen, Robert Burke, Amber Willenborg, Jock MacDonald
  • Directors: Rich Cowan
  • Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen
  • Language English, French, German
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: MGM
  • DVD Release Date: 11 Dec 2001
  • Run Time: 104 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: B00005QW5Q
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 131,933 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Bringing home World War reality in a family film 4 all, 25 Oct 2004
Sky Movies have been showing this film for over a year now, and I watch it every time it is on. Based on 2 refugee children who were relocated to a small town in the USA during World War One. They are outcast in a society battered by its losses in children and husbands who were sent overseas to fight against the Germans. These children have to face the prejudices of parents and children alike. A new schoolmaster comes to the local school and starts to teach them about an opera called "The Basket". It is based on an old story about love and betrayal and also about working together. This mystical basket contains a sling and 2 stones. The life of this town mimics in no small way the events of the opera. The new teacher teaches the boys to play basketball. This was a new game to them at that time. The young German boy loves to play and practices in private, having been banned from playing alongside the American boys. His sister buys him his own basketball, pawning a precious necklace belonging to her dead mother to pay for the gift.

The boys decide to play at a competition to raise money for a new harvester for the town. Meanwhile the opera is still playing....

This film is very good, and although low-budget, does show the 2 sides of prejudice and loss during a war. What is the relevance of the sling and 2 stones?

Just remember..."zusammen wir fliegen!"

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