Writer-director-producer-editor Rick Greenwald’s good-natured documentary chronicles the ups and downs – mostly downs – of the California Institute of Technology’s basketball team, a strong contender for the title of losingest team
ever.
It isn’t exactly surprising that Caltech isn’t renowned for its athletic accomplishments: Regularly ranked among the top five academic institutions in the world, it offers no athletic scholarships and the big men on campus are Nobel prize-winners – the faculty and alumni ranks are lousy with them – not quarterbacks. It’s common knowledge that pretty much anyone who shows up for the first day of practice can make the basketb...
Released:
2008
Rated:
NR
Length:
85 mins