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Futuresport is a television film directed by Ernest Dickerson, starring Dean Cain, Vanessa Williams, and Wesley Snipes. It originally aired on ABC in October 1998, and released on VHS and DVD in March 1999.
| Futuresport | |
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"In 2025, a revolutionary sport is the only way to stop a revolution." | |
| Genre | Action Sci-Fi Sport Thriller |
| Written by | Robert Hewitt Wolfe Steve De Jarnatt |
| Directed by | Ernest Dickerson |
| Starring | Dean Cain Vanessa Williams Wesley Snipes |
| Music by | Stewart Copeland |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Deborah Raffin Michael Viner Ron Ziskin |
| Producer(s) | Wesley Snipes David Roessell Ken Raskoff (co-producer) Victor McGauley (co-producer) Eric Cowger (associate producer) |
| Production location(s) | Vancouver |
| Cinematography | Jonathan Freeman |
| Editor(s) | Stephen Lovejoy |
| Running time | 87 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Amen Ra Films New Star Media Inc. |
| Distributor | ABC Columbia/TriStar |
| Budget | $9 million |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
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Screenplay
The film is set in 2025, and centers on a sport called "Futuresport" (a combination of basketball, baseball and hockey that uses hoverboards and rollerblades) created as a non-lethal way to reduce gang warfare. Tre (Dean Cain) must save the world from Hawaiian Liberation Organization terrorists by winning in the game of futuresport.
- National Basketball Association
- Points shaving
- State-sponsored terrorism
- False flag
- Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii
- Oceania
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