THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON (1982) ¢ ¢ ¢ 1/2
D: Jason Miller
Bruce Dern, Stacy Keach, Robert Mitchum,
Martin Sheen, Paul Sorvino, Arthur Franz
Four of the five starters and the coach from the team that won the 1958 Pennsylvania state high-school basketball title get together years later to relive old times and open up new wounds. Jason Miller's film adaptation of his award-winning play is like "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" for aging jocks. The resolution feels a little too easy to fit with what's preceded it, but the movie's a real good workout for its ensemble cast. Also, there's an elephant. Miller's probably best known on screen for playing the troubled young priest in "The Exorcist".
