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6.5/10   1,386 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Art D'Alessandro (story) &
James Grayford (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
12 October 2007 (USA) more
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Plot:
Kent Stock disrupts his life to become coach of the Norway High School baseball team and try to lead them to victory. full summary | add synopsis
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A Very Good Movie with a Lot Baseball Feeling more (21 total)

Cast

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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)
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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
 

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG for language, thematic elements and some teen smoking.
Runtime:
119 min
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Mike Boddicker who played for Norway High School and in the major leagues with Boston and Baltimore had his son James Boddicker play Richie Iverson. His daughter also sang the national anthem at the final game. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: Many of the logos in Veterans Memorial Stadium are for companies that did not exist in 1991 or had different logos then, such as U.S. Cellular. more
Quotes:
Jim Van Scoyoc: Norway is baseball. more
Movie Connections:
References First Blood (1982) more
Soundtrack:
Coming Home more

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7 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
A Very Good Movie with a Lot Baseball Feeling, 8 June 2008
10/10
Author: aguilucho9 from Dominican Republic

This is a Great Baseball Movie, and all peoples who have the sport of Baseball in their blood will love this film.

Passion, friendship, loyalty, family , all we have in this movie, but specially, a good feeling about baseball, the favorite pass time of all us.

I'm from Dominican Republic, where we live the baseball, and we are proud to have ball players like Albert Pujols, Pedro Martinez, Alex Rodriguez, Vladimir Guerrero, Sammy Sosa and others in the MLB, and like i said, we live the feeling and the passion of baseball.. Baseball it's so important to us, and with this movie, we can know the importance of something like that in a town and in our Life.

Baseball for much of us , the baseball fans, it's not only a sport, it's more than that, it's passion, it's feeling, It's Proud...

The movie have a very good acting and good script..

Playball!.....

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