Last night, after midnight, just as i was headed to bed, i stumbled upon the movie on nba tv. One on one is a 1977 sports drama film starring robby benson and annette otoole. Click here to view some of the beautiful photos taken by the lens of robby benson. Recruited by a bigtime college team, hes given a fouryear, nocut scholarship, an allowance and. Spradlin, opening the profitable 1977 sports comedydrama one on one. The fans chant, jabberwocky and he starts to play out of his mind. Actor robby benson, who underwent heart surgery oct. One on one scores for fair play the new york times. One on one 1977 movie clip smells like burning leaves. Robby bensons highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. Henry steele is a basketball phenom at his small town high school, but when he matriculates to a big.
Henry steele, a naive high school basketball star from a small town in colorado, wins a college scholarship. In addition, he runs up against the sort of armtwisting corruption that often occurs in a college where winning is the only thing. The way, for example, robby benson silently mouths the word wow. Im looking for the robby benson basketball movie where the fans chant jabberwocky and he plays better. Jul 01, 2018 hoop dreams is the best basketball movie. Henry steele robby benson is a smalltown high school basketball whiz. Expected by his coach to contribute significantly to the team, henry is overwhelmed.
It was written by benson and his father jerry segal, directed by lamont johnson, and features a soundtrack performed by seals and crofts. Mar 19, 2018 the 20 best basketball movies ever made. January 21, 1956, is an american actor, singer, musician, educator, director, producer, writer and composer. Robby has made his home both in front of, and behind, the camera. Spradlin, gail strickland the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 38 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Anyhow, one on one is a pretty cool movie for anybody, let alone those who love basketball. Recruited by a bigtime college team, hes given a fouryear, nocut scholarship, an allowance and a pretty tutor annette otoole. Instead of via overland, walker has hired billy mason robby benson to captain the sailboat to transport the goods via water, billy a young, quiet man unwise to the ways of the world, but wise when it comes to the sea. He will serve as a professor of practice in the fall of 20 at indiana university. List of the best robby benson movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Robby benson is a high school bmoc who goes to a major college. Alexis lexie winston johnson is a pretty teenage figure skater and olympic hopeful. Appealing movie about a star high school basketball star who finds out the realities playing of big college ball. What makes the movie such a treasure is the way this material is handled.
Robby benson has been a professor at new york universitys tisch school of the arts, the university of utah and the university of south carolina. Henry steele robby benson, a naive high school basketball star, wins a college scholarship. Jun, 2006 im looking for the robby benson basketball movie where the fans chant jabberwocky and he plays better. The movies concocted out of story ingredients as old as the hills.
One on one 1sheet original movie poster robby benson annette. In 1977 benson starred in the basketball movie one on one, which he cowrote with his father, jerry segal, and which featured a thenunknown. One on one 1sheet original movie poster robby benson. Veteran actor robby benson is preparing to leave indiana university after three years as a professor of practice. Im looking for the robby benson basketball movie where the. A young basketball phenom battles the businessdriven college coaching system. Talented but with a tendency to show off, henry must overcome the. Robby benson biography, movie highlights and photos. A quick personal history then star and coscreenwriter robby benson a good basketball player, not using a double as colorado smalltown jock henry, recruited by bigtime california college coach g. The star of the film was robby benson, an unknown at the time who had cowritten the screenplay with his father. Robby benson opens up about four openheart surgeries.
See more ideas about love and basketball movie, love and basketball and basketball movies. As walker, claire, kibby, and billy navigate the waters on this venture, they will find two inherent risks. Win a pillow for your bed from robby benson, read one cover line in 1976, to health advocate. The scene in which he plays basketball with berserk energy after taking speed for the first time. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing one on one near you. A smalltown basketball star robby benson goes to college and tries to impress his tutor annette otoole, teammates and coach g. Alexis lexie winston johnson is a pretty teenage figure skater and olympic hopeful who seems destined for greatness. The story of billy mills, the american indian that came from obscurity, to win the 10,000 meter long distance foot race in the tokyo olympics. A young basketball phenom battles the businessdriven college coaching system, putting his own sports scholarship at risk. First of all, because its one of the first good basketball, but also one of the realest depictions of life and basketball ive ever seen.
One on one is a 1977 film starring robby benson and annette o. One on one is the soundtrack album to the movie of the same title, one on one starring robby benson. Spradlin, gail strickland the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 38 min, and received a. When i taped it all i knew was that it was a basketball movie, so i thought id give it a try. It was written by benson and his father jerry segal. Henry steele robby benson is a high school basketball star who seems no more or less bright than his contemporaries but he is extremely ambitious. Find films and movies featuring robby benson on allmovie. With robby benson, pat hingle, claudia cron, jeff mccracken. Benson, 28, suffered from a congenitally defective heart valve.
Benson married singer and actress karla devito on july 11, 1982. Actor, director, screenwriter, musician and author. Aug 25, 1977 henry steele robby benson is a high school basketball star who seems no more or less bright than his contemporaries but he is extremely ambitious. Zephyr benson, the 22yearold son of actor robby benson, has written, directed, and produced his debut film, straight outta tompkins. One on one is a 1977 american sports drama film starring robby benson and annette otoole. Released 1977, one on one stars robby benson, annette otoole, g. The former captain of an alldeaf basketball team returns to the courts and recounts how his goals and shares with his son, a filmmaker, how his dreams and goals evolved over the course of. Here he discovers that hes way out of his league, easily outclassed athletically by his opponents and by his own team.
Robby benson plays a talented but naive high school basketball star who wins a scholarship to a perfectiondriven college. Im looking for the robby benson basketball movie where. The best basketball movies ever made, according to uncle drew. While you may know robby as an actor and director he is also an accomplished composer and musician. Mar 06, 2015 zephyr benson, the 22yearold son of actor robby benson, has written, directed, and produced his debut film, straight outta tompkins. The center was 74, his new friend was like 66 and little robby is only 511.
From watching the basketball movie one on one, i always thought robby benson was more like 58 or 58. Robby benson is a high school bmoc who goes to a major college basketball program that expects immediate results. The beloved threehankie tearjerker starring 1970s teen heartthrob robby benson and lynnholly johnson, ice castles is a classic story of love triumphant over tragedy. Having focused primarily on basketball since early childhood at the behest of a father who wanted to live through his gifted son, robbys character forgoes anything other than putting a round ball through a hoop. One on one 1sheet original movie poster robby benson annette otoole basketball. This was one of the first movies to explore corruption and misguided priorities in college sports. Robby benson was born on january 21, 1956 in dallas, texas, usa as robin david segal. Robby benson, a tutor, a basketball, and a redhot poker any child of the 80s who dreamed of becoming an nba star, or even only fantasized about hitting a gamewinning jumper in the state tournament while under the guidance of a crusty old coach who just got off a boat, surely watched hoosiers dozens of times. Oct 04, 2012 benson went on to score more movie roles and became a soughtafter television director. Robby benson did a pretty good job as a 510 high school star trying to get used to bigtime college ball. He rose to prominence as a teen idol in the late 1970s, appearing in the sports films one on one 1977 and ice castles 1978.
Henry steele is a basketball phenom at his small town high school, but when he matriculates to a big city university on a scholarship, soon realizes that he has few skills outside the sport. Smalltown basketball star robby benson tries to shine in college. Spradlin, and there was a cameo by bobby anderson, the former cu football allamerican. This was one of the first movies to explore corruption and.
Henry steele is a basketball phenom at his small town high school, but when he. Robby benson plays a smalltown kid trying to make it in the bigtime world of college basketball. This poster was used to promote the 1977 sports drama,one on one henry steele is a basketball phenomenon at his small town high school, but when he matriculates to a big city university on a scholarship, soon realizes that he has few skills outside the sport. Hoosiers is the only choice for best basketball movie. It remains the standardbearer of all sports movies, and is certainly the best hoops movie ever made. Benson went on to score more movie roles and became a soughtafter television director. In 1977, my 2 younger brothers, late father and i saw two movies one after the other. One on one starred a young, floppyhaired robby benson, who also cowrote the film his dad, jerry segal, was the other writer. And hes still not prepared for the bitter, sometimes brutal experiences he will face in the fast lane of collegiate hoops. It was directed by lamont johnson and features a soundtrack performed by seals and crofts. The best basketball movies ever made, according to uncle. Best basketball movie that you will ever watch in your life, i promise. His costar was annette otoole, the hardcore coach was played by g. The music was written entirely by charles fox, with lyrics by paul williams.
The story still holds up today, as it is a classic story of the big time college basketball coach and the struggling basketball player from a small town that is trying to keep his scholarship. The former child star and teen idol joined what was then the. I remember robby benson going to college and he is literally dwarfed by some of the other players. In one on one, which he coauthored, he plays a naive highschool basketball star from colorado whos recruited by a big university benson in real life is a terrific basketball player and does his own playing in the movie. An ode to my youth, robby benson blasted onto the scene with this 1977 movie and ode to billy joe in 76 in which he plays a ballhandling wizard and high school phenom who rides the pine in college until his coach is desperate because of injuries. Having focused primarily on basketball since early childhood at the behest of a father who wanted to live through his gifted son, robby s character forgoes anything other than putting a round ball through a hoop. Hes only 5 feet 10 inches, but hes a dazzling playmaker and the coach thinks he might be usable. The son of a writer and a stage actress, benson went from the strawhat theater circuit to the leading role of oliver in a 1964 japanese touring production. When yearold robby benson appeared with josephine the plumber jane withers in a wellcirculated tv commercial of the late 1960s, he was already a tenyear veteran of show business. In 1977, benson starred in one on one which he cowrote with his father and needed no double for the authentic looking college basketball scenes due to his prowess at the game and the tv movie the death of richie. Nicely captures robbys love of sport and the importance it plays in his characters henry steeles life as well as his own.
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