Major League II (1994)

Director:

David S. Ward

Writers (WGA):

David S. Ward (characters)
R.J. Stewart (story) ...

Release Date:

30 March 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Sport

Tagline:

The dream team is back!

Plot:

The Indians are now a World Series contender. But last year's hunger is now replaced with complacency, and bad decisions by the new owner threaten to tear the team apart.

Plot Keywords:

Mirror | Professional Sports | Baseball | Second Part | Sports League

Cast

Charlie Sheen	...	Rick 'Wild Thing' Vaughn
Tom Berenger	...	Jake Taylor
Corbin Bernsen	...	Roger Dorn
Dennis Haysbert	...	Pedro Cerrano
James Gammon	...	Lou Brown
Omar Epps	...	Willie Mays Hayes
Eric Bruskotter	...	Rube Baker
Takaaki Ishibashi	...	Isuro Tanaka
Alison Doody	...	Rebecca Flannery
Michelle Burke	...	Nikki Reese
David Keith	...	Jack Parkman
Margaret Whitton	...	Rachel Phelps
Bob Uecker	...	Harry Doyle
Steve Yeager	...	Coach 'Duke' Temple
Kevin Hickey	...	Schoup

MPAA:

Rated PG for some rude language.

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Finland:K-3 (DVD version) | Finland:S | South Korea:12 | Philippines:G | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

One night, while filming in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 'Charlie Sheen' and other stars of the movie boarded a bus and visited Central Pennsylvania Business School (now Central Pennsylvania College) for a party.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Rick returns as the "Wild Thing", his music clearly starts playing before the girl at the desk starts the tape.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Harry Doyle: Hello everybody. Harry Doyle here, welcoming all you Wahoo maniacs to the year's first session of Tribe Talk. As you know, the Indians had a Cinderella season last year. Despite the fact that *toxic* owner Rachel Phelps wanted the team to lose so she could move it to Florida, the Indians won the American League East for the first time since divisional play began. Rachel's gone now, thank God, having sold the team to retired Indian third baseman Roger Dorn, after a long, hard fought series of negotiations.
[flashback to negotiations]
Roger Dorn: Mmmight be willing to go as high as a hundred.
Rachel Phelps: 120.
Roger Dorn: 120? Rachel, you just started at 110!
Rachel Phelps: 130!
Roger Dorn: Rachel, this isn't fair!
Rachel Phelps: 140!
Roger Dorn: [desperately begging] 130!
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Just Shoot Me!: For the Last Time, I Do (#7.21)" (2003)

Soundtrack:

ARRIVEDERCI ROMA

Where can winners be losers and losers be winners?

I am usually not much on sequels, and it is hard to tell if this time out the Cleveland Indians are much better off. "Wild Thing" is back, but with a cleaned up look. Jake Taylor is back as a coach helping Manager Lou Brown guide the misguided. Roger Dorn is back with an even larger ego. Announcer Harry Doyle is outspoken as ever, but I think he made a bigger impact in the first movie.

Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen, Tom Berenger, James Gammon, Margaret Whitton and Bob Uecker reprise their roles with relish. Well, Berenger probably could have phoned in his part. Added to the mix are Omar Epps, David Keith and Takaaki Ishibashi.

Batter up and take your cuts. This is fun to watch back to back with the first gathering of baseball cut ups.