One On One

It showed what college sports was really like before the NCAA really took over. My favorite book in high was Meat On The Hoof. Both what can happen to college students if they didn't perform. They tried to ditch you for your scholarship, it also showed the perks big money fans handed out to get you to sign up.

I saw this movie when I was a kid… And I love it!! I’ve been looking for this movie for a long time, and I finally found it here on Amazon!!! Thanks!

Very good movie brand new

In the 1970s, “One On One” became a significant basketball movie in my home state of Colorado. During the spring, of my freshman year of college (in 1975); Colorado newspapers printed information about casting extras to participate in the movie. The cast of several basketball players, played basketball for Colorado high schools; some played for Colorado State and other Colorado universities. A basketball player and one of Annette O’Toole’s girl friends in the movie (a very small part) attended the same high school that I went to. Many newspapers covered the movie during its filming and interviewed a lot of Colorado people, who were involved in making the movie.The story was written by Robby Benson and his father. They wrote about a talented standout basketball player, Henry Steel (played by Robby Benson), from small town, Holly, Colorado. Yes, Henry Steel is a small town boy breaking into the fast lane of big city life, big schoolcompetition and dirty politics. In the movie Henry comes across as: shy, innocent, gullible, goofy, and cheesy when he interacts with others. He is recruited by one of the top basketball programs in the nation, Western University; which emulates UCLA when it dominated the college basketball scene of the 1960s through the 1970s, with ten national basketball championships. The movie was filmed on the Colorado State University Campus. Basketball action took place inside the new “state of the art” CSU “Moby” Gymnasium.Anyway, Henry Steel is shocked by how tall and talented the entire team is. He psyches himself out and plays terrible during practices. The coaches noticed how the other players dominate him in probably every phase of the game. They also notice he always “Hogs the ball” and plays like a “Hot dog” (shows off trying to be fancy). In fact, I agree totally with the coaches’ evaluations. They tell the truth about his skill level in practice. They try a variety of dirty gimmicks to get him to quit. So, they can take away his no-cut scholarship. The head coach has Henry play one on one against some muscular Neanderthal (Bob Anderson), who physically pushes and punches-out Henry on the basketball court. By the way, Bob Anderson in reality was a great running back for the University of Colorado and was a number one draft pick for the Denver Broncos in 1970. The coaches fire Janet Haze (Annette O’Toole), Henry’s tutor and love interest; hoping, Henry would flunk his college courses. This trick backfires, because Henry and Janet keep his grades up. Henry keeps working overtime at basketball and on his grades. Finally, Henry gets his chance to redeem himself, when all the guards foul out or get hurt. There are only a couple of minutes left in the game and Western is losing, they jeopardize their undefeated season. Henry plays his best game, to bring back Western to a huge win.. In the end, Henry takes responsibility for his future; mentioning something about a red hot poker.I really like this movie, even though some of it comes across a little cheesy! It brings back memories of those softer days, when college campuses were mellow – compared to the crazy chaotic 1960s. The pop culture of the time comes across subtly in the film: The clothes (we all dressed this way), longer hair, flared jeans, the tennis shoes, the muscle cars, the music by Seals and Crofts. By the Way, another great Robby Benson movie from that era, “Ice Castles”, was also filmed in Colorado Springs at the Broadmoor World Arena! I’ll give these movies five stars, based on their family entertainment value.

Movie is predictable but entertaining. Offers a view of collegiate athletics that some may not be aware.

In 1977, my 2 younger brothers, late father and I saw two movies one after the other. The first was "Star Wars," and the other was "One on One." This was at the old QUAD Theater in Ayala Center, Makati, Philippines. The price of movies then was P5.00 for orchestra and P10.00 for loge/balcony (now movies here cost P150.00 - P180.00 or about $3.75 at the prevailing exchange rate). I truly enjoyed "One on One," not only because it had this inspiring theme about an underdog who beats the odds (something like the Rocky of basketball) but because I loved the music and the way it was interspersed with the scenes. Music played such a big part in making me appreciate this movie. I remember owning and repeatedly playing the soundtrack (on vinyl record!) at that time which I later replaced with the cd when it came out last year (or was that 2 years ago). I loved the songs performed by Seals and Crofts and I became an instant Seals and Crofts fan. The main theme "My Fair Share" has remained a radio favorite here in the Philippines up to now. One of my two other favorite songs in the soundtrack is "This Day Belongs To Me" which is played in the opening credits when Henry Steele (Robby Benson) bids his parents goodbye as he leaves home to start a new phase of his life in college. The other wonderful song "Love Conquers All" is played in the ending credits showing Henry and his ladylove (Annette O'Toole) playing basketball as the afternoon sun is about to set. Seeing this film again after so many years (there hasn't been any VHS copy anywhere) made me appreciate the movie even more. There is even a cameo role by a very young Melanie Griffith as a hitchhiker who extorts money from Henry. Annette O' Toole plays Henry's beautiful tutor whom he falls in love with. I rate this dvd 5 stars based on content. My real complaint is that it took so long for this film to come out on dvd but it does not have any special features at all for something which costs a whopping $25.99! And no subtitles? Isn't this supposed to be basic in a dvd - to have subtitles at least? They could have conducted some interviews on Robby and Annette now (32 years after!) and asked them to share their insights and anecdotes in making the movie. I am sure Robby and Annette would gladly oblige to an interview. But all in all, I had nostalgic fun watching this movie again. The steep price did not prevent me from purchasing a copy. It was quite a pricey trip down memory lane but sometimes people are willing to pay the price for something worth revisiting like "One on One" which happens to be one of my fave movies of all time!

Love this movie and love the music in it by Seals and Crofts. Love the story about a small town basketball player making it big. Has to overcome a hostile coach who he later gets to tell fo pound sand, with one of the most classic movie quotes. Love this and so glad I found it after all these years.

This film is from my generation. I loved it then and I love it now. It brings back some good memories. I can’t believe I found it on Amazon.

Even though this movie is pretty old, it remains a gem not to be forgotten or missed by those who have never even heard about it.

Una buena película que no fue tan comercializada o difundida. Pelicula de guión con sabor a provincia y un gran soundtrak. En su moemento confundí a Seals and Corfts con Simon and Garfunkel. No es film de culto pero si de nostalgia.

Enjoyed reliving my youth.

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