For Love of the Game

Movie

1999

2h 18m

PG-13

English

Drama, Romance

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A baseball legend almost finished with his distinguished career at the age of forty has one last chance to prove who he is, what he is capable of, and win the heart of the woman he has loved for the past four years.

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For Love of the Game

PG-13

Movie

1999

2h 18m

English

Drama, Romance

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Cast

Billy Chapel

Jane Aubrey

Gus Sinski

Heather Aubrey

Gary Wheeler

Frank Perry

Self

Self

Ken Strout

Davis Birch

Mike Udall

Tow Truck Driver

Airport Bartender

Yankee Fan in Bar

Mickey Hart (Detroit Tigers)

Scott Bream

Brian Whitt (Detroit Tigers)

Jose Mota

Jose Garcia (Detroit Tigers)

Earl Johnson

Marcus Random (Detroit Tigers)

Chris Lemonis

Lee Giordano (Detroit Tigers)

Jesse Ibarra

Dennis Skinner (Detroit Tigers)

Pedro Swann

Juan Vasquez (Detroit Tigers)

Michael Rivera

Jimmy Pena (Detroit Tigers)

Dave Eiland

Relief Pitcher

Joe Lisi

Pete

Jim Colborn

3rd Base Coach

Directed By: Sam Raimi

Written By: Dana Stevens (Screenplay), Michael Shaara (Novel)

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Johnny.Lumsden says...

10 months ago

What a great idea of a plot for a baseball movie that blends romance into it as it follows a big time major league picture who is in the middle of one of his best games of all time as he reminisces over the timetable of him and his current girlfriend, and whether or not, he should retire and go spend time with her. I love these type of movies that go through a whole storyline based around one event in the whole movie. Of course, Kevin Costner is always a great casting, and other were as well. This movie really puts into words and actions of how the game of baseball truly is the pastime and it is romantic.

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Digital_Phreaker says...

3 months ago

For as schmaltzy and on-the-nose as the romance angle is, this movie truly lives up to the title in terms of loving the game of baseball. It's not a *great* baseball movie, but the game does indeed get the most romantic treatment outside of Kevin Costner and Kelly Preston smashing faces together. Also, Sam Raimi's range as a director needs to be highlighted. Darkman, Army of Darkness, The Quick and the Dead, and A Simple Plan were his directorial filmography in the 90s before this.

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Galileo5 says...

9 years ago

An absolute gem of a sports movie. People may find it corny but for me it's one of my favorite movies of all time. Of course there are "better" movies but for some strange reason this one touches my heart. A man playing against old age one last time to reach the highest peak, to make himself immortal. For a sports fan there is nothing more poetic than that.

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Whitsbrain says...

3 years ago

This was a relatively pleasant surprise. The story was pretty cliched but the baseball scenes were very well done. I'll credit this to Sam Raimi's direction. The love story was standard stuff but the ending was extremely sappy which was unfortunate.

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