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This film is one of the few & best movies made to portray any type of sporting legend! The Pistol follows the dreams, struggles & inspirations of a young Pete Maravich growing up to eventually become the master showman and basketball legend we all know him by today.
- (1.5K)
- Biography, Drama, Sport
- Frank C. Schroeder
- 1991-01-25
The movie, Pistol: The Birth of a Legend, is an excellent movie. It isn't the #1 hit at the box office type, nor does it have expensive great special effects, like many of the movies of today have. It is simply a story of Pete Maravich, a young boy who's whole life is about basketball.
THE PISTOL is an illuminating, well-produced sports drama that tells how the legend behind basketball great Pete Maravich began. The story takes place in Clemson, S.C. during the basketball season of 1959.
Inspiring true sports story with bullies, discrimination. Read Common Sense Media's The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Adam Guier, Millie Perkins, Nick Benedict
- Frank C. Schroeder
- Well Go USA
Growing up in a small South Carolina town in 1959, Pete Maravich (Adam Guier) is encouraged by his father, Press (Nick Benedict), to pursue his basketball dreams despite his small stature.
- (90)
- Frank C. Schroeder
- G
- Adam Guier
The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend is a 1991 biographical sports film about the 1959 8th grade basketball season of Pete Maravich and his father Press Maravich.
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The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend is about the early years of basketball great Pete Maravich. As the film begins, we see an adult Pete Maravich (Tom Lester) walking with his son onto a deserted basketball court at his old high school.
