Adapted from
Jason Miller's play which won the Pulitzer Prize, That Championship Season is about a group of men who, after 25 years, get together again for a high-school basketball team reunion. After drinking and chumming, the circle of friends soon find long-hidden anger and resentment resurfacing which become muddled with their current mid-life problems. Soon their long-time friendships are collapsing before them. Performers in this drama include
Martin Sheen,
Paul Sorvino,
Robert Mitchum,
Bruce Dern and
Stacy Keach. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide