Futuresport
Futuresport is a television film directed by Ernest Dickerson, starring Dean Cain, Vanessa Williams, and Wesley Snipes.[1] It originally aired on ABC in October 1998, and released on VHS and DVD in March 1999.
| Futuresport | |
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 DVD cover "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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Plot
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.
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