Double Teamed

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Double Teamed
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Written byDouglas Penn
John Wierick
Directed by Duwayne Dunham
StarringPoppi Monroe
Annie McElwain
Theme music composerPhil Marshall
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producer Don Schain
CinematographyBob Seaman
EditorTerry Blythe
Running time105 minutes
Production companyJust Singer Entertainment
Original release
Network Disney Channel
ReleaseJanuary 18, 2002 (2002-01-18)

Double Teamed is a 2002 American biographical sports drama film released as a Disney Channel Original Movie and based on the life stories of identical twin professional basketball players Heather and Heidi Burge. [1] [2] The film premiered on January 18, 2002. [3]

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Plot

In 1985, fourteen-year-old identical twins Heather and Heidi Burge are forced by their overly-pushy father to leave their former school and attend a different school to have better chances at college scholarships. Heidi, however, tended to think that she was athletically inferior to Heather, and in an attempt to get out of Heather's shadow, she joined in a school play.

Heather and Heidi are both attending the school to play volleyball rather than basketball, but the girls' basketball coach notices Heather because of her height. She seizes this opportunity to play basketball to help her train for the coming volleyball season. Heather meets Nicky Williams, the star of the Palos Verdes High School Sea Kings. Heidi, in the meantime, learns that her father told the coach that both of the girls would play on the basketball team, despite the fact that Heidi had already committed to performing in a school play.

Heather and Heidi are both furious over the situation - Heather because she didn't want Heidi on the team and Heidi because she thought Heather put their father up to it. Heidi wanted to be independent of Heather and pursue her own interests.

When the twins first start playing for the Sea Kings, they leave a bad impression on the team by lying and implying that they are rich like many of their teammates. Heather and Nicky form a serious rivalry and Nicky even tries to run the Burge twins out of school by telling the school about the Burges' living situation.

They both eventually befriend Nicky when they see that her father is too preoccupied with business to attend her basketball games. At their first tournament in New York, they win second, and Heather wins MVP. However, in another game, Heidi is selected to take the game winning free throws. This makes Heather, the usual star, extremely jealous, so she later plays a late-night one-on-one game with Galen, a senior basketball star who lives in their apartment complex. While playing, Heather falls and severely twists her ankle, which prevents her from playing their next game. During that next game, while she's sitting out, Heather sees the need for teamwork rather than the need to be the "superstar" and decides to play again despite being injured. Her effort is rewarded, and with some clever teamwork, Heidi hits the game-winning basket for the Sea Kings.

After the game, their coach approaches the twins and their parents, Mary and Larry Burge, and tells Mr. and Mrs. Burge they should consider putting the girls in summer basketball camps, saying they have a very bright future. Mr. Burge proudly says that his girls are going to play college ball - but the coach says, "Maybe more. There's talk of a women's pro-league." Mr. Burge also apologizes for putting so much pressure on Heather and for forcing Heidi to play basketball in the first place. They forgive him. Mr. Burge says that Heidi has plans for a summer at a drama camp, which pleases her and reveals how important it is to be well-rounded.

A flashfoward is then shown, and both Burge twins are playing on professional WNBA teams. Heidi plays for the Los Angeles Sparks and Heather plays for the Sacramento Monarchs. Heather and Heidi talk before the game, and Heather says, "Once second best, always second best." The game begins with a tip off and they both jump for the ball.

In reality, the twins' time in the WNBA did not overlap and they never faced each other in a WNBA game. Heidi retired after only playing two seasons in the WNBA in 1998. Heather would play in the WNBA in 1999 only for 13 games. Most of their professional careers had been overseas before the WNBA's first season in 1997.

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Reception

A reviewer for the Sun-Sentinel gave a mixed review for Double Teamed, saying it was "paint-by-the-numbers" but that the "happy, Disney-style ending is a slam-dunk." [4]

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References

  1. ↑ HENDERSON, MARTIN (January 22, 2002). "Yoshida Enjoys Double Feature". LA Times. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  2. ↑ Deming, Mark (2007). "Double Teamed Review Summary". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on 12 November 2007. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  3. ↑ "DISNEY MOVIE LOOKS AT WORLD'S TALLEST TWINS". Akron Beacon Journal. January 18, 2002. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "ACTRESSES FILL DISNEY'S TALL ORDER FOR DOUBLE TEAMED". South Florida Sun - Sentinel. Jan 23, 2002. Archived from the original on 2010-08-03. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
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