''Dazzling Dunks and Basketball Bloopers'' is a 1989 American direct-to-video film that features highlights and bloopers from the
NBA
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from its beginning to the film's release in 1989. The film is hosted by broadcaster
Marv Albert and former
Utah Jazz coach and executive
Frank Layden.
The
VHS release of the film was originally distributed free with a subscription to ''
Sports Illustrated'' magazine.
A sequel, titled ''The All-New Dazzling Dunks and Basketball Bloopers'', was made in 1990, again featuring Albert and Layden as hosts.
Cast
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Marv Albert
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Frank Layden
Synopsis
The first video contains footage of
slam dunks by NBA players such as
Julius Erving,
Dominique Wilkins,
Michael Jordan
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, and
Darryl Dawkins, and a large number of
bloopers
A blooper is a short clip from a film or video production, usually a deleted scene, containing a mistake made by a member of the cast or crew. It also refers to an error made during a live radio or TV broadcast or news report, usually in terms o ...
by various players, including
Danny Ainge,
Bill Walton, and
Frank Johnson. Recaps of NBA
slam dunk contests from 1984 to 1988 are also shown.
The second video features brief biographies of NBA personalities including
Darryl Dawkins,
Bill Walton,
John Salley and
Frank Layden, as well as footage of dolphins playing basketball, a group playing basketball while riding horses and a group playing basketball on ice skates. Recaps of the 1989 and 1990 NBA slam dunk contest are also shown.
1989 films
American basketball films
NBA Entertainment films
1989 comedy films
20th Century Fox direct-to-video films
American direct-to-video films
1980s English-language films
1980s American films
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