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For Love of the Game (1999) 6.5
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Metascore: 43/100
Reviews: 223 user | 119 critic | 31 from Metacritic.com A washed up pitcher flashes through his career. Director:Sam Raimi |
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Cast
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| John C. Reilly | ... | ||
| Jena Malone | ... | ||
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Frank Perry
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Himself
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Himself
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| Carmine Giovinazzo | ... |
Ken Strout
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Bill E. Rogers | ... |
Davis Birch
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Arnetia Walker | ... |
Airport Bartender
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Yankee Fan in Bar
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Detroit Tigers Veteran Pitcher Billy Chapel (Costner) has always been better at baseball than at love. Just ask Jane (Preston), his on-and-off girlfriend. After a bad season, just before he is about to start in what could be his final game, Jane tells Billy that she's leaving him...for good. Now with his career and love-life in balance, Billy battles against his emotional and physical limits as he strives for a Perfect Game. The suspense is never drawn back in this heartwarming drama about life, love, and risking it all For Love of the Game. Written by Zac Abrams
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perfect game | pitcher | detroit tigers | baseball | looking at one's self in a mirror |Taglines:
Billy Chapel must choose between the woman he loves and the game he lives for.Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
17 September 1999 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Au-delà du jeu et de l'amour See more »Box Office
Budget:
$80,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$13,041,685 (USA) (17 September 1999)Gross:
$35,168,395 (USA) (26 November 1999)Company Credits
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Billy Chapel: Looks at Jane, smiles. "Don't let that happen."
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Written by Joe Lervold (as Joel Evans) & J.Elle (uncredited)
Published by Revision West (BMI)
Performed by The Joel Evans Quartet
Courtesy of Marc Ferrari / Master Source
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The manager of the New York Yankees is played by Augie Garrido, who befriended Kevin Costner while he was the head coach at Cal State Fullerton. Garrido is currently the head coach at The University of Texas and the two remain good friends. See more »Goofs
Baseball has a rule saying that any player who has been in the MLB for 10 or more years, and has played the last 5 or more consecutively with the same team has a full no-trade clause. Having played the last 19 for the Tigers, so they could not have traded Kevin Costner's character without his permission to do so. See more »Quotes
Tow Truck Driver: After Billy has invited Jane to a game and she demurs, "Hell, Billy, if she won't, I'll go."Billy Chapel: Looks at Jane, smiles. "Don't let that happen."
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MoodyWritten by Joe Lervold (as Joel Evans) & J.Elle (uncredited)
Published by Revision West (BMI)
Performed by The Joel Evans Quartet
Courtesy of Marc Ferrari / Master Source
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This film is much more than a beautiful film about baseball. It's about life....about the continuity of life... about moving on... about taking stock of who you are, and who you are going to be. Billy Chapel stands there, quietly, introspectively, doing what he has always done, what he wants to always do, but knowing at the same time, through his reflections and his actions, that things change nevertheless. At the crux of the pennant game for the Yankees, this Detroit pitcher stands on the pitcher's mound, knowing, seeing, the flow of life. His team sold, knowing his days for the Tigers are over, that his catcher will likely not be there again, that his great love is leaving, that her daughter has grown, his friend playing now for the Yankees, even the last pitcher he faces - who began as a Tiger bat boy for the team his father played for, the Tigers - a boy whom the announcers say has no idea of what this moment is, although he does, his team owner watching the last great game of summer... deciding... about the rest of his life. Through his comments, his thoughts, and his reflections, he evaluates not only where he is going, but who he is and what he will be. And at the precipice of the rest of his life, a perfect game in the balance, he finds it... what his life means. This film never fails to make me cry.