Semi-Pro

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Semi-Pro is a 2008 sports comedy film starring Will Ferrell as the owner-coach-player of a struggling 1970s ABA basketball team.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
film
sports comedy film
basedOn fictional story
cinematographyBy Shane Hurlbut
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: "United States"
director Kent Alterman
distributor New Line Cinema
Warner Bros. Pictures
editedBy Peter Teschner
featuresFictionalTeam Flint Tropics
filmingLocation Detroit
Los Angeles
genre comedy
sports comedy
hasTagline Putting the funk into the dunk.
hasTheme 1970s pop culture
professional basketball
underdog sports team
language English
leagueDepicted American Basketball Association
mainCharacter Jackie Moon
mainCharacterPortrayedBy Will Ferrell
mpaaRating R
musicBy Theodore Shapiro NERFINISHED
notableFor portrayal of the final days of the ABA before the NBA merger
plotSummary Follows Jackie Moon, owner-coach-player of the Flint Tropics, a struggling ABA basketball team trying to survive a league merger.
producer Chris Henchy
Jimmy Miller
productionCompany Mosaic Media Group
New Line Cinema
releaseDate February 29, 2008
releaseYear 2008
runtimeMinutes 91
screenwriter Scot Armstrong
setInPeriod 1970s
sportDepicted basketball
starring André Lauren Benjamin
surface form: "André Benjamin"

Andy Richter NERFINISHED
David Koechner
DeRay Davis
Jackie Earle Haley
Maura Tierney
Rob Corddry NERFINISHED
Will Arnett
Will Ferrell
Woody Harrelson

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Will Ferrell notableWork Semi-Pro

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