The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

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The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh is a 1979 sports comedy film about a struggling basketball team that turns its fortunes around through astrology and a roster of players all born under the Pisces sign.

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The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
film ⓘ
sports comedy film ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
cinematographer Michael Chapman ⓘ
composer Thom Bell ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Gilbert Moses ⓘ
distributor United Artists ⓘ
editor Sidney Katz ⓘ
featuresCharacter H.S. Greaves ⓘ
Moses Guthrie ⓘ
Toby Millman ⓘ
fictionalTeamName Pittsburgh Pisces ⓘ
Pittsburgh Pythons ⓘ
filmingLocation Pittsburgh ⓘ
follows fictional professional basketball team ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
sports comedy ⓘ
sports film ⓘ
hasSetting Pittsburgh ⓘ
hasTagline “This team is pure magic.” ⓘ
hasTheme belief in superstition and luck ⓘ
teamwork ⓘ
underdog sports team ⓘ
mainSubject astrology ⓘ
basketball ⓘ
musicGenre R&B ⓘ
disco ⓘ
notableFor appearance of real-life basketball star Julius Erving ⓘ
use of astrology as central sports strategy ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A failing basketball team rebuilds its roster around players born under the Pisces sign based on astrological advice. ⓘ
producer David Dashev ⓘ
productionCompany Lorimar Productions ⓘ
linked to: Lorimar
releaseDate 1979-11-02 ⓘ
releaseYear 1979 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 102 ⓘ
screenwriter Bernie Orenstein ⓘ
Ed. Weinberger ⓘ
Julius J. Epstein ⓘ
stars Flip Wilson ⓘ
James Bond III ⓘ
Jonathan Winters ⓘ
Julius Erving ⓘ
Margaret Avery ⓘ
Meadowlark Lemon ⓘ
Stockard Channing ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 1970s ⓘ

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George Memmoli → notableWork → The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh ⓘ
Gilbert Moses → notableWork → The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh ⓘ
Robert DoQui → notableWork → The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh ⓘ