Sonicsgate: Requiem for a Team (2009)
2h
Running Time
October 9, 2009Release Date
Sonicsgate: Requiem for a Team (2009)
2h
Running Time
October 9, 2009Release Date
Plot.
"Sonicsgate" is a feature documentary film exposing the truth behind how Seattle lost the SuperSonics after a heated legal battle in 2008. The perfect storm of corporate greed and political impotence formed to rob loyal Seattle sports fans of their oldest professional franchise. The team's celebrated 41-year run in Seattle included an NBA Championship, three Western Conference titles, six division titles and legendary players such as Gary Payton, Shawn Kemp, Ray Allen, Tom Chambers, Xavier McDaniel, Jack Sikma, Freddy Brown, Slick Watts and Spencer Haywood... just to name a few. As NBA salaries skyrocketed following the 1999 player lockout, the league's business model changed to require expansive new buildings paid for with taxpayer dollars. Seattle's KeyArena, built in 1995 as a remodel of the old Seattle Coliseum, just wouldn't cut it anymore according to NBA Commissioner David Stern..
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Cast & Crew.
John Keister
Narrator
Slade Gorton
Himself
Sam Perkins
Himself
Kevin Calabro
Self - Sports Broadcaster, KIRO710
Brent Barry
Himself
Nick Collison
Himself
Art Thiel
Self - Sports Columnist, Seattle PI
Desmond Mason
Himself
Jamal Crawford
Himself
Aaron Brooks
Himself
Doug Christie
Himself
Jim McIlvaine
Himself
James Donaldson
Himself
Sherman Alexie
Himself
Ryan Stiles
Himself
Jeff Ament
Himself
George Karl
Himself
Shawn Kemp
Himself
Gary Payton
Himself
Ian J. Connors
Cinematography
Colin White
Writer
Darren Lund
Writer
John E. Low
Composer
Jason Reid
Writer / Director
Camp Jones
Writer
Adam Brown
Writer
Details.
This Movie Is About.
seattle
basketball team
community action
supersonics
Wiki.
Sonicsgate: Requiem for a Team is a 2009 American documentary film chronicling the history of the Seattle SuperSonics. The SuperSonics (also known as the Sonics) were a professional basketball franchise based in Seattle, Washington, that was a member of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Sonics played from 1967 until 2008, but relocated from Seattle to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and were renamed as the Thunder.
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