Fast Break (film)

Fast Break is a 1979 American sports comedy film directed by Jack Smight and produced by Stephen Friedman. The film stars Gabe Kaplan as David Greene, Harold Sylvester as D.C. and Bernard King as Hustler. The film was Kaplan's big-screen debut, although he had made earlier appearances on television sitcoms and movies, and was one of the first film appearances of Laurence Fishburne.

Fast Break
Film poster by Jack Davis
Directed byJack Smight
Written byMarc Kaplan
Sandor Stern
Produced byStephen Friedman
StarringGabe Kaplan
Harold Sylvester
Bernard King
Edited byFrank J. Urioste
Music byJames Di Pasquale
David Shire
Production
company
Kings Road Entertainment
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • February 23, 1979 (1979-02-23) (Los Angeles)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3 million-$3.5 million

This film also featured the hit song "With You I'm Born Again" by Billy Preston and Syreeta, which was released in November 1979 and peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The duo also recorded the film's theme song, "Go for It", released as a single in April of the same year. The film's soundtrack was released by Motown Records.

Smight called it "a very funny and profitable film."

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