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Mad Rise: The Story of Australian Basketball

Aug 17, 2023

1h 7m

★ 9.0

Overview

Charts the remarkable rise of Australian basketball, following the real stories of the players and coaches responsible for the sport's ascendancy, and the events that changed Australian basketball forever.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Appstar Media

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Cast

Andrew Gaze

Andrew Bogut

Luc Longley

Chris Anstey

Andrew Vlahov

Brian Goorjian

Lanard Copeland

Xavier Cooks

Dejan Vasiljevic

Pat Riley

Shane Heal

David Patrick

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Willi, Wally, Werner und das Schweinchen Wurstel fahren zu den Weltfestspielen

Apr 19, 1974

Three kids from a small village in Mecklenburg decide to sneak away to East-Berlin in order to gift Angela Davis a lucky pig.

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The Bonneville Project

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What it takes to hold a land-speed record.

6.5

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7.5

Make Us Dream

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Mission Antarctic

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7.8

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Es war einmal, vor vielen Jahren, da begab es sich, daß der heute so ruhmreiche FC Bayern zu Beginn der neuen Saison ziemlich miserabel dastand: Der Kaiser war fort, kein neuer Pokal schmückte die Trophäensammlung, und statt Harmonie und vollen Konten drückten Frust und Schulden die Stimmung. Und justament während dieser für den Verein so wichtigen Bundesligarunde 1978/79 konnten die Filmemacher Christian Weisenborn und Michael Wulfes die damals noch aktiven Spieler Paul Breitner und Uli Hoeneß dazu überreden, sich eine Saison lang von ihnen mit der Kamera begleiten zu lassen.

6.5

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Mad Rise: The Story of Australian Basketball

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