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                                                                     EXHIBIT 5.1


                   [KELLY LYTTON MINTZ & VANN LLP LETTERHEAD]



                                August 26, 1999


Team Entertainment Group
12300 Wilshire Blvd.
Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90025

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         At your request, we have examined the Registration Statement on Form
SB-2, as amended (the "Registration Statement") of Team Communications Group,
Inc., a California corporation (the "Company"), covering an aggregate of
3,548,692 shares of the Company's common stock, no par value per share (the
"Shares").

         We have examined the originals, or certified, conformed or reproduction
copies, of all such records, agreements, instruments and documents as we have
deemed relevant or necessary as the basis for the opinions hereinafter
expressed. In all such examinations, we have assumed the genuineness of all
signatures on original or certified copies of all copies submitted to us as
conformed or reproduction copies. As to various questions of fact relevant to
our opinions, we have relied upon certificates of public officials and
statements or certificates of officers or representatives of the Company and
others.

         Based upon the foregoing, it is our opinion that, subject to
effectiveness of the Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC") and to registration or qualification under the securities
laws of the state in which the Shares may be sold, upon the sale and issuance of
the Shares in the manner referred to in the Registration Statement, and upon
payment therefore (where applicable), the Shares will be legally issued, fully
paid and nonassessable, and will be binding obligations of the Company.

         We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the reference to this firm under the caption
"Legal Matters" in the Prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement.
By giving you this opinion and consent, we do not admit that we are experts with
respect to any part of the Registration Statement or Prospectus within the
meaning of the term "expert" as used in Section 11 of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the
SEC, nor do we admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is
required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Should you
have any questions or comments concerning the foregoing, please do not hesitate
to contact Bruce P. Vann, Esq. of this office

         We are members of the Bar of the State of California and do not hold
ourselves out as being conversant with, and do not express an opinion on, the
laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the United States of America and
State of California. Further, our opinion is based solely upon existing laws,
rules and regulations, and we undertake no obligation to advise you of any
changes that may be brought to our attention after the date hereof.



                                                     Very truly yours,

                                             /s/ KELLY LYTTON MINTZ & VANN LLP