The Winning Season (2004) (TV)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

John Kent Harrison

Writers (WGA):

Dan Gutman (book)
Steve Bloom (teleplay)

Release Date:

4 April 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Family | Fantasy | Sport

Plot Keywords:

Baseball | Baseball Card | Nine Year Old | Baseball Team | Young Boy

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 3 nominations

Cast

Matthew Modine	...	Honus Wagner
Kristin Davis	...	Mandy
Shawn Hatosy	...	Joe Soshack
William Lee Scott	...	Ty Cobb
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Matt Aquin	...	Owen Wilson
Sharon Bajer	...	Flo
Chad Bruce	...	Photographer
Jackie Burroughs	...	Mrs. Young
Rebecca Gibson	...	Flora
Michal Grajewski	...	Viv
Kerr Hewitt	...	Program Boy
Ryan Hollyman	...	Babe Adams
Robert Huculak	...	Stranger
Matt Kippen	...	Tiger Player #2
Dave Lemoine	...	Sam Crawford
Stan Lesk	...	Nate
Michael McMurtry	...	Stanley Piedmont
Carin Moffat	...	Terry Soshack
Steve Ratzlaff	...	Hotel Clerk
Mark Rendall	...	Joe Soshack (at 11)
Sandy Robson	...	Dots Miller
Colin Rosemont	...	Mike Petty
Darren Ross	...	Tiger Player #1
Ray Shuper	...	Second Base Umpire
R. Morgan Slade	...	Vendor
Candace Smith	...	Nurse
Blake Taylor	...	Groudskeeper
John Tench	...	Cap Clarke
Samantha Weinstein	...	Reeny Soshack
Barry Wowk	...	Homeplate Umpire

Also Known As:

Honus and Me (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild language and some violence.

Runtime:

USA:120 min (including commercials) | Germany:87 min | Argentina:88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

German | English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | UK:U | Australia:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Hotel Fort Garry, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Company:

TNT Originals

Trivia:

Joe's original line about Ty Cobb in 1985 "By the way, in 1985, it's widely known that you were a homosexual." had to be changed because everyone kept laughing too loud.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Supposedly in 1985, when young Joe does his home run, a modern-day White Buick Rendezvous can be seen parked in a driveway behind the field.

Quotes:

Honus Wagner: There ain't much to being a ballplayer, if you're a ballplayer.

I love this movie.

I just want to say that I love this movie. But I also want to say that it's a movie not be taken seriously. It's a fantasy. It's a baseball fantasy. Just like "Field of Dreams." As a pseudo baseball historian, I appreciate the details given to the baseball uniforms, the player's gloves and catcher's equipment and both team's stadiums. I also like how the stadiums were depicted in a neighborhood setting with the surrounding industries, which in 1909, they were. I admit that the movie does try to convey a message that takes awhile to get across. But once it does, it all makes sense and it makes you smile if you can forgive the historical inaccuracies.

This movie won't go down in history as a all-time great, but it will always be one of my favorites.