Little Big League (1994)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Andrew Scheinman

Writers (WGA):

Gregory K. Pincus (story)
Gregory K. Pincus (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

29 June 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Sport

Tagline:

Major League is about to experience a minor problem . . . . . . he's 12-years-old.

Plot:

A young boy is bequeathed the ownership of a professional baseball team.

Plot Keywords:

Baseball | Minnesota Twins | 12 Year Old | Young Boy | Grandfather

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Luke Edwards	...	Billy Heywood
Timothy Busfield	...	Lou Collins
John Ashton	...	Mac Macnally
Ashley Crow	...	Jenny Heywood
Kevin Dunn	...	Arthur Goslin
Billy L. Sullivan	...	Chuck
Miles Feulner	...	Joey
Jonathan Silverman	...	Jim Bowers
Dennis Farina	...	George O'Farrell
Jason Robards	...	Thomas Heywood
Wolfgang Bodison	...	Spencer Hamilton
Duane Davis	...	Jerry Johnson
Leon Durham	...	Leon Alexander
Kevin Elster	...	Pat Corning
Joseph Latimore	...	Lonnie Ritter

Runtime:

119 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | DTS | SDDS (8 channels)

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Australia:PG | Germany:6 | Spain:T | UK:PG | USA:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Edina, Minnesota, USA

Company:

Castle Rock Entertainment

Trivia:

John Gordon, who played broadcaster Wally Holland, is the real-life voice of the Minnesota Twins. While his use of silly statistics (e.g. batting average against left handed pitchers faced at home for the first time in the last month of the season) is a parody, he did use his trademark home run call when he said "Touch 'em all, Mickey Scales!"

Goofs:

Errors in geography: The game scene inside Comiskey Park was the old field. Then after the game the next scene was outside the park which was the new stadium.

Quotes:

Joey: You should start Webman. He always beats the Rangers.
Billy Heywood: He always beats everybody. That's why he's 3-7.

Movie Connections:

References "The Beverly Hillbillies" (1962)

Soundtrack:

I'M READY

Very underrated. One of the best of the 90's baseball movies

I remember that I didn't want to see this movie at the theater (or as a rental for that matter) because of the marketing of the movie and what I thought would be a dumb story. However, I was pleasantly surprised. For what it was worth, it was a pretty good movie. Yeah, the story-line was not believable and it was cheesy at times, but the basis behind the story was pretty solid, it had some pretty good lines, and it was pretty entertaining the whole way through. Word of warning, though - Don't let Randy Johnson scare you. That guy had to have fallen out of the ugly tree and hit every single branch on the way down, THEN bounced and hit every single branch on the way up. Plus he's called the 'Big Unit'; scary! 6.5 out of 10.