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 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.
Acting
Ferrell and Harrelson's unhinged chemistry carries every scene.
Practical Effects
That bear fight? Real bear. Real chaos. No CGI cowards here.
Director
Kent Alterman
Will Ferrell
Jackie Moon
Woody Harrelson
Monix
André 3000
Clarence
Maura Tierney
Lynn
Andy Daly
Dick Pepperfield
Will Arnett
Lou Redwood
Andy Richter
Bobby Dee
Rob Corddry
Kyle
Matt Walsh
Father Pat the Ref
Tim Meadows
Cornelius Banks
David Koechner
Commissioner
Jackie Earle Haley
Dukes
DeRay Davis
Bee Bee Ellis
Josh Braaten
Twiggy Munson
Jay Phillips
Scootsie Double Day
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Flint Tropics were fictional, but the ABA-NBA merger was real—four teams actually made the jump in 1976.
André 3000 took the role because he loved the script's absurdity, then barely promoted the film—rumored to be embarrassed by the final cut.
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