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30 September 1994 (USA)
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If you pray hard enough for a miracle... miracles can really happen!
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The story of a baseball scout who discovers a talented but troubled baseball player. full summary | add synopsis
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Some good one-liners in asinine comic set-up
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Albert Brooks | ... | Al Percolo |
 | Brendan Fraser | ... | Steve Nebraska |
 | Dianne Wiest | ... | Doctor H. Aaron |
 | Anne Twomey | ... | Jennifer |
 | Lane Smith | ... | Ron Wilson |
 | Michael Rapaport | ... | Tommy Lacy |
| Barry Shabaka Henley | ... | McDermott |
| John Capodice | ... | Caruso |
| Garfield | ... | Stan |
| Louis Giovannetti | ... | World Series Catcher |
| Stephen Demek | ... | Yankee Catcher |
| Ralph Drischell | ... | Charlie |
 | Brett Rickaby | ... | George's Assistant |
| Jack Rader | ... | Mr. Lacy |
| Marcia Rodd | ... | Mrs. Lacy |
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101 min
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1.66 : 1 more
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Singapore:PG |
Iceland:L |
South Korea:12 |
UK:15 (video premiere) |
USA:PG-13 |
Netherlands:AL |
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Steve Nebraska's character is loosely based on a pitcher named Steve Dalkowski. But, unfortunately he never made it to the major leagues.
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Errors in geography: Steve Nebraska is supposedly on the roof of Yankee Stadium, yet the Los Angeles skyline is visible behind him.
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Steve Nebraska:
I got you something. It's a chocolate baseball bat.
Al Percolo: [takes the bat and examines the end, which is broken] Did you drop it?
Steve Nebraska: I got a little hungry.
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Al Percolo: [takes the bat and examines the end, which is broken] Did you drop it?
Steve Nebraska: I got a little hungry.
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Features Damn Yankees! (1958)
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Bang Bang
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Albert Brooks co-wrote and stars in this sometimes-bright but terribly unsubtle comedy about a talent scout for the New York Yankees who loses his reputation after getting a skittish college Freshman signed to the team (the Yankees apparently scheduled the kid to pitch in a televised game without any training or pre-game publicity whatsoever, so don't they get what they deserve?); Brooks is banished to South Central Mexico to find talent, and yet when he comes up with another promising pitcher, he's fired over the telephone (in one of those excruciating sitcom developments the movie occasionally falls prey to). The new pitcher (Brendan Fraser, still in "Encino Man" mode) is a child in a young man's body, thereby linking the scout and the player on an emotionally-needy basis (not solid ground for laugh-out-loud comedy). Brooks as an actor is very ingratiating--he always has been--but this material, despite some very amusing one-liners, is stale, highly concocted, and immature. Many real-life sports luminaries appear in cameos...perhaps they should have been allowed to strengthen the script. ** from ****