Little Big League (1994)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Andrew Scheinman

Writers (WGA):

Gregory K. Pincus (story)
Gregory K. Pincus (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

29 June 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Sport

Tagline:

Major League is about to experience a minor problem . . . . . . he's 12-years-old.

Plot:

A young boy is bequeathed the ownership of a professional baseball team.

Plot Keywords:

Baseball | Minnesota Twins | 12 Year Old | Young Boy | Grandfather

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Luke Edwards	...	Billy Heywood
Timothy Busfield	...	Lou Collins
John Ashton	...	Mac Macnally
Ashley Crow	...	Jenny Heywood
Kevin Dunn	...	Arthur Goslin
Billy L. Sullivan	...	Chuck
Miles Feulner	...	Joey
Jonathan Silverman	...	Jim Bowers
Dennis Farina	...	George O'Farrell
Jason Robards	...	Thomas Heywood
Wolfgang Bodison	...	Spencer Hamilton
Duane Davis	...	Jerry Johnson
Leon Durham	...	Leon Alexander
Kevin Elster	...	Pat Corning
Joseph Latimore	...	Lonnie Ritter

Runtime:

119 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | DTS | SDDS (8 channels)

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Australia:PG | Germany:6 | Spain:T | UK:PG | USA:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Edina, Minnesota, USA

Company:

Castle Rock Entertainment

Trivia:

In a movie in which the plot revolves around the owner of a baseball team passing away, in this case Jason Robards as Minnesota Twins owner Thomas Heywood, it's ironic that the film unintentionally features a reference to a real owner who had passed away. During the Twins games against the Texas Rangers (when Billy argues with the umpire), if you look on the sleeve of the Rangers' gray jerseys, there is a black "HEC" stenciled into the uniform. It's a reference to H. Eddie Chiles who passed away shortly after selling the Texas Rangers franchise to an investment group led by Dallas businessman Rusty Rose and future President of the United States, George W. Bush.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Jim Bowers mentions he is reading Destroy Thy Enemy by Sun Tzu. Sun Tzu actually wrote the transcripts The Art of War.

Quotes:

[to Mac]
Mike McGrevey: I think you should trade me.
Mac: As soon as we find someone stupid enough to take you, that's EXACTLY what we're gonna do.

Movie Connections:

References "The Beverly Hillbillies" (1962)

Soundtrack:

WILLIE AND THE HAND JIVE

It's really more than just a kids movie...

I really think this movie was done exceptionally well. The humor wasn't just the standard nose-picking, mud-throwing, loud-farting jokes that are so standard in kids movies. This movie was actually well written! I laughed the whole way through it, it's really too bad it gets put in the same class with movies like Rookie of the Year and The Big Green. It's so much more sophisticated (strange word to use to describe a kids movie...I know) as far as the writing style and humor goes than any of those other movies were. I really think that adults may enjoy this movie more than kids, because kids may not get all the jokes. It's disappointing that it will never be seen by so many because of the type of movie that it is and the way it was marketed.