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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
James Orr (written by) &
Jim Cruickshank (written by)
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Release Date:
12 October 1990 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Would you give up everything you have... for everything you've ever wanted? Then meet... more
Plot:
Unhappy Larry Burrows sees what his life could've been like, had he made that winning home run as a teenager. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Pretty Impressive more (33 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

James Belushi ... Larry Joseph Burrows

Linda Hamilton ... Ellen Jane Burrows / Robertson

Michael Caine ... Mike / Mr. Destiny

Jon Lovitz ... Clip Metzler

Hart Bochner ... Niles Pender
Bill McCutcheon ... Leo Hansen

Rene Russo ... Cindy Jo Bumpers / Burrows

Jay O. Sanders ... Jackie Earle 'Cement Head' Bumpers
Maury Chaykin ... Guzelman
Pat Corley ... Harry Burrows
Douglas Seale ... Boswell

Courteney Cox ... Jewel Jagger
Doug Barron ... Lewis Flick
Jeff Weiss ... Ludwig

Tony Longo ... Huge Guy
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Additional Details

Runtime:
110 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The baseball team in the flashback sequence is from Richard J. Reynolds High School located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Jewel stabs the cigar and shows it to Larry, the wrap around the cigar is shredded. In the next shot, it is more intact. more
Quotes:
[voice over]
Larry Joseph Burrows: Why is it every time your best friend's kissing you on the head, a beautiful woman comes along and catches you?
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Movie Connections:
Version of The Family Man (2000) more
Soundtrack:
GIMME SOME LOVIN' more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful.
Pretty Impressive, 9 September 2000
9/10
Author: ZachDVD from United States

Not really a big box office draw, but I was pleasently surprised

with this movie. James "I did some things to Farrah Fawcett" Orr

co-wrote and directed this movie about an ordinary, average guy

named Larry Burrows who thinks his life would have been

incredibly different if he hit a homerun at a key baseball game

when he was 15. But thanks to mysterious and magical bartender

Mike, Larry gets his wish, yet soon realizes that his new life

isn't exactly as he hoped it would be.

I must say, this movie really impressed me. Critics have given

it mixed, and I must say the concept is really interesting and

pulled off well. Yes, it is a little standard, but packs enough

funny moments, drama and excellent acting to make it really

good. James Belushi (I think) was Oscar worthy for his role. Jon

Lovitz is perfect, and Linda Hamilton plus Renee Russo shine in

their roles. Michael Caine is perfect as the bartender. It's

just a good movie with a good lesson. If you've never seen, I

highly recommend you check

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