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...characters' longing for times past. As James Daily talks on the phone in his office, he glances out his window to watch young students playing basketball; when Sirkowski exercises in his office, he watches a baseball game on television. But ultimately, That Championship Season rests upon its screenplay (adapted by Miller from his play) and its actors. In several instances, the latter salvage the former...
What Miller's screenplay lacks is the consistently moody, evocative tone that O'Neill establishes throughout Journey, a play whose power results in part from O'Neill's ability to make the stripping away of surfaces seem unavoidable. That Championship Season, however, contains too many manufactured twists, a claim supported by the speed with which certain personal crises are resolved...
...Miller's screenplay includes humorous interludes that create a sense of the championship team's former camaraderie. While their trophy may be a "myth," as Tom argues at one point, it holds the players together nonetheless. Similarly, the performances hold this movie together, as five men experience a varyingly painful and hopeful journey to understand what it was that made them so happy for a time...
...script, which comes from a play of the same name, reeks of sexual innuendoes and satirical views of the modern-day world. The dialogue is one of those rare cinema bonuses--more than a screenplay, it clearly develops a plot, while gradually revealing a literary personality. The movements of the characters are poised and their facial expressions and actions resemble a stage production. The fluidity of the filming make their movements even more interesting and captivating: The camera focuses on their minute actions and their carefully enunciated jokes and tirades...
...YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY Directed by Peter Weir Screenplay by David Williamson, Peter Weir and C.J. Koch