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Playoff Movie Updates

Playoff Movie Updates

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Riklis, Huston team up on 'Playoff' from Variety

Danny Huston will star in "Playoff," a multilanguage drama based on the true tale of Israeli basketball coach Ralph Klein, a Holocaust survivor who took up an offer to coach the West German national basketball team in the 1980s.

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Huston Headed for 'Playoff' from The Hollywood Reporter

Danny Huston, who played a rough-around-the-edges Richard the Lionhearted in Ridley Scott's Cannes opener "Robin Hood," will star in "Playoff," a sports drama from Israeli director Eran Riklis ("Lemon Tree") based on the real-life story of Israeli basketball coach Ralph Klein.

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  • "Danny Huston plays Max Stoller, a Holocaust survivor who, after coaching Tel Aviv to victory in the European basketball championships, gets a call to train the German national team. Despite public outrage in Israel, he agrees and arrives in Frankfurt where he is confronted by the memories of his childhood. "

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