The Final Season (2007)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

David M. Evans

Writers:

Art D'Alessandro (story) &
James Grayford (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

12 October 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Sport

Tagline:

How Do You Want To Be Remembered?

Plot:

Kent Stock disrupts his life to become coach of the Norway High School baseball team and try to lead them to victory.

Plot Keywords:

Coach | Team | Baseball | Baseball Coach | Rural Life

Cast

Sean Astin	...	Kent Stock
Jesse Henecke	...	Principal Halbestrom
Powers Boothe	...	Jim Van Scoyoc
Owen Patchen Evans	...	Owen - The Batboy
Brett Claywell	...	Patrick Iverson
Nick Livingston	...	Kevin Stewart
Roscoe Myrick	...	Sammy Wilson
Alexander Roos	...	Steve Myers (as Alexander 'Sandy' Roos)
Jonathon Stoner	...	Jason Steffen
Christopher Cyronek	...	Brett Griffin
Rob Schemmel	...	Gerry Spitz
Chris Olsen	...	Eddie Fitz
Ric Swann	...	KZIA Radio Announcer
Preston Boothe	...	Brent Fitz
Marshall Bell	...	Harvey Makepeace
Lucinda Jenney	...	Sheryl 'Chic' Van Scoyoc
Michael Angarano	...	Mitch Akers
Tom Arnold	...	Burt Akers
Mark Yuhasz	...	Young Farmer
Kim Grimaldi	...	Mrs. Stewart
Dayton Callie	...	Mr. Stewart
Cheryl Moon Thomason	...	Millie
Bob Glass	...	Lou
Rachael Leigh Cook	...	Polly Hudson
Geoffrey Lasko	...	Matthew Fitz
James Serpento	...	Sam Rydell
James Gammon	...	Jared Akers
Angela Paton	...	Anne Akers
Danielle Savre	...	Cindy Iverson
James Boddicker	...	Richie Iverson
Michael Cornelison	...	Father Schultz (as Mike Cornelison)
Larry Miller	...	Roger Dempsey
Ed Vos	...	Sheriff
Scott Murphy	...	Chad Van Scoyoc
Parisse Boothe	...	Jean Van Scoyoc
Mackenzie Astin	...	Chip Dolan
Patrick Gouran	...	Scotty the Barber
Eddie Driscoll	...	Larry Johnson
Scott Schulte	...	Coach Hinkleman
Christopher Brown	...	Kennedy Player #1
Gideon Hambright	...	Kennedy Player #2
David Davis	...	Man with Newspaper
Lindsey Pena	...	Girl Singing National Anthem
Terry Curtis	...	Umpire
Josh Merino	...	Reed Ellis
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Matthew W. Allen	...	Umpire (uncredited)
Chris Jay Becker	...	Extra (uncredited)
Jim Brockhohn	...	Administrator (uncredited)
Jimmy Brockhohn	...	Student (uncredited)
Ariel Farley	...	Molly (uncredited)
Joe Heath	...	Painted Fan - Letter T (uncredited)
Brooke Lemke	...	Fan (uncredited)

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

Writing credits
Art D'Alessandro		(story)
James Grayford		(screenplay) and
Art D'Alessandro		(screenplay)

Produced by
Sean Astin	....	executive producer
Carl Borack	....	executive producer
Kenneth Burke	....	line producer (as Kenneth P. Burke)
Vaughn Halyard	....	associate producer
Steven Schott	....	producer
Terry Trimpe	....	associate producer
Michael Wasserman	....	producer
Herschel Weingrod	....	producer
D. Parker Widemire Jr.	....	producer
Tony Wilson	....	producer

Original Music by
Nathan Wang

Cinematography by
Dan Stoloff		(director of photography) (as Daniel Stoloff)

Film Editing by
Harry Keramidas

Casting by
Rosemary Welden

Production Design by
Chester Kaczenski

Art Direction by
Barry Gelber

Set Decoration by
Karen Agresti
Hunter Thomas
Chris Warren

Costume Design by
Lynn Brannelly-Newman

Makeup Department
Heather Bear	....	key hair stylist
Kimberly Busbee	....	additional makeup artist
Olivia Busch	....	additional hair stylist
Patricia Gundlach	....	hair department head
Cynthia Hernandez	....	makeup department head
Jessica Herold	....	assistant hair stylist
Brian J. Kipp	....	assistant hair stylist
Shelly Pence	....	additional makeup artist
Andrea Politte	....	key makeup artist
Jenny Rammelsberg	....	additional hair stylist
Aubrey Carol Sadler	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Anthony Bozanich	....	post-production supervisor
Kenneth Burke	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
James Grayford	....	first assistant director
Jill Hoppy	....	second second assistant director
Robert Miller	....	second unit director
Aaron Walters	....	second assistant director

Art Department
David Almeleh	....	set dresser
Kat Jackson	....	prop intern (as Kathryn G. Jackson)
Ken Mitchroney	....	storyboard artist
Randy Susevich	....	carpenter
Brian Vogelgesang	....	on-set dresser
Chris Warren	....	artist

Sound Department
Paul B. Clay	....	sound supervisor
Michael P. Cook	....	dialogue editor
Patrick Cyccone Jr.	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mary Jo Devenney	....	sound mixer
Ken Dufva	....	foley artist
Chris Elam	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jason England	....	adr editor
Kelly Rooks	....	sound
T.C. Spriggs	....	assistant sound editor
Greg Stacy	....	co-supervising sound editor
Meredith Stacy	....	foley editor
Lee Tinkham	....	adr mixer
Lee Tinkham	....	foley mixer

Special Effects by
Ken Gorrell	....	special effects coordinator
Skylar Gorrell	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects by
Rachel Clement	....	digital cleanup artist
Amit Dhawal	....	digital visual effects supervisor
Stephen 'Sparky' Dixon	....	animator
Stephen 'Sparky' Dixon	....	compositor
Julius Friede	....	digital intermediate colorist
Chris Heckle	....	visual effects supervisor
Kelly Sandefur	....	visual effects supervisor
Parimal Sandhwar	....	visual effects production manager
Arturo Lopez Uscanga	....	scanning operator
Justine Whitehead	....	visual effects producer

Stunts
Thomas M. Ficke	....	stunt coordinator
Laurie Stock	....	horse wrangler
Justin Sundquist	....	stunt coordinator
Jim Wilkey	....	stunt driver

Camera and Electrical Department
Kent Abbott	....	electrician
Patti Arpaia	....	still photographer
Beau Batterson	....	camera production assistant
Patrick Beatty	....	grip
Brian Bernstein	....	camera operator
Chris Burgon	....	best boy electric
Shawn Flickinger	....	camera production assistant
Kira Hellickson	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
John Houghton	....	camera operator
Jeffrey G. Hunt	....	Steadicam operator
Jeffrey G. Hunt	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Cole Koehler	....	film loader
Eric R. Laudadio	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Michael Lindquist	....	assistant camera
Grg Magidow	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Charlie McNamara	....	gaffer
George Palmer	....	key grip
John Pycha	....	electrician
Roland Schlotzhauer	....	camera operator
Schimmel Scott	....	camera truck
Steve Speers	....	first assistant camera
John Woodward	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera

Casting Department
Eric Dean Freese	....	extras casting (as Eric Freese)
Ann Wilkinson	....	casting: Iowa

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Samantha Kuester	....	key set costumer
Branden Marks	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Anthony Bozanich	....	assistant editor
Dennis Little	....	digital intermediate producer
Jon Pehlke	....	on-line editor
Sarah Priestnall	....	production supervisor: digital intermediate
Kurt Tuffendsam	....	digital intermediate project manager

Music Department
Michael Aarvold	....	scoring mixer
Milton Nelson	....	orchestrator
Jeremy Raub	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Guy J. Graves	....	transportation coordinator
Michael Graves	....	driver
Mauer John	....	driver
Victor Moore	....	driver
James Neilan	....	driver: honeywagon
Chris Schimmel	....	transportation captain
Billy Scoles	....	driver
Jerene Thomas	....	driver: van

Other crew
Prince Bagdasarian	....	film and high definition coordinator
Emma Barnum	....	production secretary
Jaime Lynn Bauer	....	assistant to producers
Mike Boddicker	....	special baseball consultant (as Michael Boddicker)
Erin Burr	....	sports production assistant
Bennett Fidlow	....	production legal
Michael Goldberg	....	production accountant
Sherry Gunderman	....	script supervisor
Aaron Halverson	....	logo designer
Kyle Kaplan	....	additional voice-over artist
Amanda Lensing	....	production assistant
Erin Lund	....	stand-in
Justin Marxen	....	stand-in: Sean Astin
John Mason	....	office production assistant
Robert Miller	....	sports coordinator
Daniel E. Parr	....	production accountant
Travis Rehwaldt	....	set production assistant
Matt Rueckert	....	athletic trainer
Travis Schott	....	production assistant
Matthew Sefick	....	sports production coordinator
Janelle Smith	....	craft service
Jeff State	....	financial advisor to the producers
Andy Stoll	....	assistant production coordinator
Eric Toriello	....	assistant: producer and UPM
Arturo Lopez Uscanga	....	scanning manager
Mark Yuhasz	....	assistant: Mr. Wasserman

Thanks
Tom Dellaira	....	special thanks
Roland Schlotzhauer	....	in memory of

Production Companies

• Final Season, The
• Fobia Films
• Final Partners
• State of Mind Films

Distributors

• Yari Film Group Releasing (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Mammoth Visual Effects (visual effects)
• Applied Art & Technology (additional visual effects)
• All Special Effects

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Filmtools  expendables
• Hollywood Intermediate  digital intermediate services
• Media Distributors Film Source  Fuji film stock supplied by
• Micdi Productions  music editorial
• ReelSports Solutions  sports coordination
• Schroder Fidlow PLC  production legal services

MPAA:

Rated PG for language, thematic elements and some teen smoking.

Runtime:

119 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

Company:

Final Season, The

Trivia:

A helicopter used to film a parade scene crashed during production on 30 June 2006. Witnesses said the helicopter was carrying the pilot, a producer and a photographer when it hit power lines and crashed into a field about 10 miles southwest of Cedar Rapids. The cinematographer, Roland Schlotzhauer, was killed in the crash.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the first inning of the final game Kevin Stewart # 20 was batting 3rd after # 29 strike out. He came up to the plate. But # 30 Mitch Akers took the swings for him. In the 7th after #29 got hit by the pitch # 20 did bat and tied the game with a hit.

Quotes:

Polly Hudson: Baseball is not just for boys.

Movie Connections:

References First Blood (1982)

Soundtrack:

Big League

On the edge of our seats

Our family watched this movie and we were on the edge of our seats through the final credits. It's an inspiring story, and a well-executed movie. And it has deeper meaning than just baseball. We (two adults and a 10 and a 12 year old) all thought it was fabulous, gripping, and so fun to watch. And we then did some web research after watching it to learn more about the baseball program in the tiny town of Norway, which has been so successful for decades. Thank you to those who put this movie together, since it was a real treat for the audience! Whether you're into baseball (we are) or not, I think you'll enjoy the excitement of this story, the accomplishments of kids from a tiny town, and the challenges presented by mindless bureaucrats to life in small, agricultural towns.