It was also the haunt for hip stars like Jack Nicholson and Dennis Hopper.

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But through a cumulative 111 seasons and 37 playoff appearances, Seattle boasts only one champion: the 1979 Sonics of Gus Williams, Jack Sikma and Dennis Johnson.

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Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid) is a climatologist who realizes, as a slice of the polar ice cap slides into the sea, that the end of the world (or, at any rate, of that half of the world that drives S.U.V.s) is nigh.

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And the classy quartet of Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Luke Durbridge and Michael Hepburn overpowered the Russian team in the final, proving they could be a threat to the British team in London.

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