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Double Teamed Directed by Duwayne Dunham Produced by Don Schain Written by Douglas Penn
John WierickStarring Poppi Monroe
Annie McElwainLanguage English Original channel Disney Channel Release date January 18, 2002 Running time 120 minutes Double Teamed! is a Disney Channel Original Movie based on the life stories of twin sisters, Heather and Heidi Burge. The film was released on VHS but is now out of print.
Plot
The Burge sisters were forced to leave their former school and attend a different school so that they would have better chances at college scholarships, according to their father. Heidi was bothered by her sister thinking that she was always second best. Because she wanted to get out of Heather's shadow, she joined in a school play.
Heather was involved mainly in volleyball rather than in basketball, until a coach noticed her because of her height. She seized this opportunity to play basketball because it would help her train for the coming volleyball season. Heather met Nicky, the star of the Palos Verdes High School Sea Kings. Heidi did not know she could play basketball until her father told her that he told the same coach that both of the twins would play for the school.
Heather did not like that her father wanted Heidi to play. Heidi, of course, initially opposed her father's decision because she wanted to be independent of Heather. However, she later accepted it and decided to play.
When the twins first started playing for the Sea Kings, they left a bad impression on the team by lying and implying to their teammates that they were rich. Heather and Nicky formed a rivalry and Nicky even tried to run the Burge twins out of school by telling the school about the Burges' living situation.
They both eventually befriended Nicky, as they saw that her father was too preoccupied with business to attend her basketball games and decided to make peace. At their first tournament in New York, they won second, and Heather won MVP. However, in another one of their games, Heidi was the star, as she was selected to take the game winning free throws. This made Heather, the usual star, jealous, so she played basketball, with Galen, a male player also living in their apartment complex Sandy Shores.
While playing Heather falls and twists her ankle preventing her from playing their next game, which they nearly lost. Right then, Heather decided to start playing again for the sake of the team, despite being injured. Her effort was rewarded, and they went on to win a championship.
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 great, very bright future and they are going to play college ball - "maybe more", he says. "There's talk of a women's pro-league."
A clip of the future is then shown, and both Burge twins are playing on professional WNBA teams. Heidi played for the Los Angeles Sparks and Heather played for the Sacramento Monarchs. As usual Heather talks to Heidi and says: "Once second best always second best". And then comes tip off and they both jump for the ball.
Cast
- Heather Burge - Poppi Monroe
- Heidi Burge - Annie McElwain
- Nicky Williams - Teal Redmann
- Larry Burge - Nick Searcy
- Madison Stricklin - Tanya Goott
- Wendall Yoshida - Joey Miyashima
- Mary Burge - Mackenzie Phillips
- Galen Alderman - Chris Olivero
External links
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- 2002 television films
- Basketball films
- Disney Channel original films
- Films about women's sports
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