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                                                                     EXHIBIT 5.1

                   [KELLY LYTTON MINTZ & VANN LLP LETTERHEAD]



                                November 18, 1999


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

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         We have acted as special counsel to Team Communications Group, Inc., a
California corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the Company's
Registration Statement on Form SB-2, as amended (the "Registration Statement"),
File No. 333-89323, covering an aggregate of 6,150,000 shares of the Company's
common stock, no par value, to be sold by the Company and the Selling
Shareholder identified therein (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 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 certificates of officers or
representatives of the Company.

         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 of the Shares under the
laws of the jurisdiction where 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, 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.


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Team Communications Group, Inc.
November 18, 1999
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         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, the opinion contained in the third paragraph of
this letter is limited solely to the matters discussed therein, and is based
solely upon existing laws, rules and regulations. 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