The Sandlot (1993)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

David M. Evans

Writers (WGA):

David M. Evans (written by) &
Robert Gunter (written by)

Release Date:

7 April 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Sport

Tagline:

The adventure of a lifetime,the summer of their dreams...the dog of their nightmares

Plot:

Scotty Smalls moves to a new neighborhood with his mom and stepdad, and wants to learn to play baseball...

Plot Keywords:

Baseball | Dog | Treehouse | Team | Fence

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Tom Guiry	...	Scotty Smalls
Mike Vitar	...	Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez
Patrick Renna	...	Hamilton 'Ham' Porter
Chauncey Leopardi	...	Michael 'Squints' Palledorous
Marty York	...	Alan 'Yeah-Yeah' McClennan
Brandon Quintin Adams	...	Kenny DeNunez (as Brandon Adams)
Grant Gelt	...	Bertram Grover Weeks
Shane Obedzinski	...	Tommy 'Repeat' Timmons
Victor DiMattia	...	Timmy Timmons
Denis Leary	...	Bill
Karen Allen	...	Mom
James Earl Jones	...	Mr. Mertle
Marley Shelton	...	Wendy (as Marlee Shelton)
Herb Muller	...	Young Mr. Mertle
Daniel Zacapa	...	Police Chief (as Garret Pearson)
Eddie Matthews	...	Thief (as Ed Matthews)
Keith Campbell	...	Thief
Wil Horneff	...	Phillips
Tyson Jones	...	Little League Punk #2
Karl Simmons	...	Schoolyard Pitcher
Maury Wills	...	Coach
Pablo P. Vitar	...	Older Benny
Robert Apisa	...	Home Plate Umpire (as Bob Apisa)
Robbie T. Robinson	...	Third Base Umpire
Charles Fick	...	Giants Catcher (as Chuck Fick)
Tim Page	...	Giants Pitcher
Dennis Williams	...	Giants Third Baseman
Cynthia Windham	...	Mother at Pool
Shane LaVar Smith	...	Toddler
Art LaFleur	...	The Babe (as Art La Fleur)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chris Astoyan	...	Kid on Bike (uncredited)
Lon Chaney Jr.	...	(archive footage) (uncredited)
David M. Evans	...	Narrator (uncredited)
Arliss Howard	...	Grown-up Scotty (uncredited)

Directed by
David M. Evans		(as David Mickey Evans)

Writing credits (WGA)
David M. Evans		(written by) (as David Mickey Evans) &
Robert Gunter		(written by)

Produced by
Mark Burg	....	executive producer
Dale De La Torre	....	producer (as Dale de la Torre)
William S. Gilmore	....	producer
Robert Gunter	....	associate producer
Cathleen Summers	....	executive producer
Chris Zarpas	....	executive producer

Original Music by
David Newman

Cinematography by
Anthony B. Richmond

Film Editing by
Michael A. Stevenson

Casting by
Shari Rhodes

Production Design by
Chester Kaczenski

Art Direction by
Marc Dabe

Set Decoration by
Judi Sandin

Costume Design by
Grania Preston

Makeup Department
Leslie Ann Anderson	....	hair stylist
Jillian Glass	....	assistant hair stylist
Joel Harlow	....	special makeup effects artist
James MacKinnon	....	lab makeup effects
Karl Wessen	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Frederic W. Brost	....	unit production manager
Dan Genetti	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael Scott Bryant	....	dga trainee
Alan Edmisten	....	second assistant director
William M. Elvin	....	first assistant director
Grant Gilmore	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Lisa Eager	....	set dresser
Star Fields	....	construction coordinator
Darrin Fletcher	....	storyboard artist
Mark 'Digger' Green	....	first assistant props (as 'Digger' Mark Green)
Terry Haskell	....	prop master
James Higginson	....	lead man
Arlan Jewell	....	sketch artist (as Arlen Jewell)
Erin E. Mattes	....	art department coordinator
James Passanante	....	paint supervisor
Tom Southwell	....	conceptual artist

Sound Department
Brent Brewington	....	boom operator
Paul B. Clay	....	supervising sound editor
Gary Cunningham	....	production sound mixer
Victoria S. Cunningham	....	boom operator (as Victoria Cunningham)
Cameron Frankley	....	sound effects editor
Marilyn Graf	....	foley mixer
Susan Kurtz	....	sound effects editor
Jonathon 'Earl' Stein	....	sound mixer
Dean St. John	....	adr recordist
Mike Szakmeister	....	dialogue editor

Special Effects by
Federico Cervantes	....	beast creature effects: Rick Lazzarini's Character Shop
James Clark	....	beast creature effects: Rick Lazzarini's Character Shop
Robert Clark	....	mechanical dog effects
Matt Croteau	....	beast creature effects: Rick Lazzarini's Character Shop
John J. Downey	....	special effects foreman
David Fedele	....	beast creature effects: Rick Lazzarini's Character Shop
Jeff Himmel	....	beast creature effects: Rick Lazzarini's Character Shop
Lynette Johnson	....	beast creature effects: Rick Lazzarini's Character Shop
Rick Lazzarini	....	animatronic monster dog effects
Rick Lazzarini	....	special effects supervisor
John Lundberg	....	beast creature effects: Rick Lazzarini's Character Shop
Douglas Noe	....	beast creature effects: Rick Lazzarini's Character Shop
Mich'l Rios	....	beast creature effects: Rick Lazzarini's Character Shop
Jonathan Spence	....	beast creature effects: Rick Lazzarini's Character Shop
Mark Tavares	....	beast creature effects: Rick Lazzarini's Character Shop
Cliff Wenger	....	special effects
Stephanie Wise	....	beast creature effects: Rick Lazzarini's Character Shop
Dan Frye	....	special effects crew: The Character Shop (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Pete Hanson	....	studio manager: CFC
Adam Howard	....	visual effects animator
Adam Howard	....	visual effects compositor
Mark Nelmes	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Daniel W. Barringer	....	stunts (as Dan Barringer)
Keith Campbell	....	stunts
Charles Croughwell	....	utility stunts (as Charlie Croughwell)
Phil Culotta	....	stunts
Randy Fife	....	stunts
George Fisher	....	stunts
Bill Hart	....	stunts
Orwin C. Harvey	....	stunts (as Orwin Harvey)
Lane Leavitt	....	stunts
Gene LeBell	....	stunts
Eddie Matthews	....	stunt player
Phil Minsky	....	stunts
John Moio	....	stunt coordinator
Glade Quinn	....	stunts
Walter Robles	....	stunts (as Walt Robles)
John Robotham	....	stunts
George Marshall Ruge	....	stunts
Brian Smrz	....	stunts
Jack West	....	utility stunts
Brian J. Williams	....	stunts
Bob Yerkes	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
John Bramley	....	still photographer
Matt Broten	....	grip
Art Brown	....	first assistant camera
Bill L. Burwell	....	electrician
Chris Godfrey	....	best boy grip
Ellis M. James	....	grip (as Ellis James)
Buzz Jochheim	....	key grip
Rory Robert Knepp	....	camera operator (as Rory R. Knepp)
Rory Robert Knepp	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Timberlake Lewis	....	second assistant camera
Russ Lyster	....	gaffer
Ron Nix Jr.	....	dolly grip
Michael G. Riba	....	first assistant camera (as Mike Riba)
George Richmond	....	second assistant camera
Jonathan 'Chunky' Richmond	....	camera loader (as Jonathan Richmond)
Dave Sapp	....	video assistant (as David G. Sapp)
Ed Saxon	....	dolly grip
Rick Tiedeman	....	Steadicam operator (as Rick Tiedemann)
Rick Tiedeman	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Jon Tilton	....	best boy electric
David J. White II	....	first assistant camera

Casting Department
Joseph Middleton	....	casting associate
Franklyn Warren	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Hala Bahmet	....	costumer
Lynda Foote	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Ron L. Brinkerhoff	....	apprentice editor (as Ron Brinkerhoff)
Laure Brost	....	second assistant editor
Carl Graham	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Tim Boyle	....	score mixer
Bonnie Greenberg	....	music consultant
Bonnie Greenberg	....	music coordinator
Jill Meyers	....	music consultant
Randy Miller	....	orchestrator
William Ross	....	orchestrator
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation

Transportation Department
Shane Greedy	....	transportation captain
Jerry Sidwell	....	driver

Other crew
Ben Chamberlin	....	toasted cheeser
Bundy Chanock	....	set medic
Deborah A. Cornett	....	production accountant
Jennifer French	....	production assistant/ construction
Vincent G. Gonzales	....	key set production assistant
Nancy Govednik	....	first assistant accountant
Cleve Hall	....	puppeteer
Rob Harris	....	unit publicist
Rebecca Poulos	....	script supervisor (as Becca Poulos)
Brian Simpson	....	puppeteer
David B. Smith	....	location manager
Steven C. Ward	....	assistant production coordinator
Mark Weatherbe	....	puppeteer (as Mark N. Weatherbe)
Dennis Williams	....	location manager

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• Island World

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1993) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1996) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Gativideo (1993) (Argentina) (VHS)
• RTL Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL5)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (1994) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Character Shop
• Computer Film Company, The (CFC) (sky replacement, digital compositing)
• Rick Lazzarini's Character Shop (beast creature effects)

Other Companies

• Redman Movies and Stories  grip and lighting equipment
• Redman Movies and Stories  cranes and dollies
• Redman Movies and Stories  generators
• Joe Dunton & Company  camera equipment provided by
• Rick Lazzarini's Character Shop  Beast creature effects
• Sportsrobe  costumes
• Varèse Sarabande  score album released by (limited edition)

Also Known As:

The Sandlot Kids (Australia) (UK)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some language and kids chewing tobacco.

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:F (Ontario) | Canada:G (Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Argentina:Atp | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Australia:PG | Germany:6 | UK:PG | USA:PG (certificate no. 31898) | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Dodger Stadium - 1000 Elysian Park Avenue, Chávez Ravine, Elysian Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Early in the film the narration describes how Babe Ruth came up to bat in the bottom of the 9th inning with the tying run on base and supposedly pointed to centerfield and called his famous homerun in the 1932 world series. Facts are that the Ruth homerun was hit in the 5th inning of a game that was already tied. The game was also played at Wrigley Field in Chicago making it a Cubs home game so Ruth could not have batted in the bottom of any inning.

Goofs:

Continuity: After being kicked out of the pool and Squints is staring at Wendy, his towel changes positions between each shot.

Quotes:

[the Sandlot Kids and their arch-rivals come face-to-face]
Phillips: It's easy when you play with rejects and a fat kid, Rodriguez.
Benny: Shut your mouth, Phillips!
Ham Porter: What'd you say, crap face?
Phillips: You shouldn't be allowed to touch a baseball. Except for Rodriguez, you're all an insult to the game.
Ham Porter: Come on! We'll take you on, right here! Right now! Come on!
Sandlot Kids: Yeah!
Phillips: We play on a real diamond, Porter. You ain't good enough to lick the dirt off our cleats.
Ham Porter: Watch it, jerk!
Phillips: Shut up, idiot!
[...]

Movie Connections:

References Bambi (1942)

Soundtrack:

There Goes My Baby

wonderful family film that will also entertain the parents

This is a truly amazing film. It's a very good family film that can be enjoyed by BOTH your kids and yourself! That's rare, as often "family films" have too much smutty language or sexual situations for kids OR are so saccharine sweet that sane adults would prefer suicide over watching the films (think Disney in the 1960s).

The film isn't quite a comedy, though there are really funny moments in it (such as the evil dog that eats baseballs). And, it's not exactly a drama. It's more like an occasionally surreal slice of life film about the good old days of the late 50s-early 60s. It's about a group of kids that live to play baseball--and that's all they ever seem to want to do! Despite this very simple plot, somehow the excellent acting, direction and writing make you really care about the kids and it engages you from start to finish.