Semi-Pro

Theatrical - Wide 2008-02-29

Cast Will Ferrell Woody Harrelson Andre 3000 Maura Tierney Will Arnett
Directed by Kent Alterman
Written by Scot Armstrong

Box Office Gross: $33,500,000

Running Time: 91 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: New Line Cinema, Mosaic Media Group, The Donners' Company, Road Rebel

Genres: Comedy

JoBlo's Rating

4/10

Synopsis

Jackie Moon is the owner, promoter, coach, and star player of the Flint Michigan Tropics of the American Basketball Association (ABA), the worst team in the league. In 1976 before the ABA collapses, the NBA plans to merge with the best... See more teams of the ABA at the end of the season. Only the top four teams will make the move and the worst teams will fold. If the Tropics want to make it to the NBA, Jackie Moon must rally his team and start winning.

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PLOT: Poor Jackie Moon… no matter how hard this one time pop singing sensation tries, he can’t make a hit out of his basketball team, The Flint Tropics. And when rumor of a merger surfaces that would wipe out most...

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Posted 18 years ago

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INT: Andre Benjamin

Posted 18 years ago

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INT: Woody Harrelson

Posted 18 years ago

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