The Final Season (2007)

Director:

David M. Evans

Writers:

Art D'Alessandro (story) &
James Grayford (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

12 October 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Sport

Tagline:

How Do You Want To Be Remembered?

Plot:

Kent Stock disrupts his life to become coach of the Norway High School baseball team and try to lead them to victory.

Plot Keywords:

Coach | Team | Baseball | High School Baseball | State Championship

Cast

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
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)
Scott Bradley Murphy	...	Chad Van Scoyoc (uncredited)

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
Chris Bevauns		(as Chris Warren)
Hunter Thomas

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
Roman Antolic	....	props
Chris Bevauns	....	artist (as Chris Warren)
Kat Jackson	....	prop intern (as Kathryn G. Jackson)
Ken Mitchroney	....	storyboard artist
Randy Susevich	....	carpenter
Brian Vogelgesang	....	on-set dresser
Adam Orton	....	art department intern (uncredited)

Sound Department
Jeff Clark	....	dialogue editor
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 (as Greg Magidow)
Charlie McNamara	....	gaffer
George Palmer	....	key grip
John Pycha	....	electrician
Roland Schlotzhauer	....	camera operator
Schimmel Scott	....	camera truck
Steve Speers	....	first assistant camera
John Woodard	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera (as John Woodward)

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
Avital Korin	....	music editor
Milton Nelson	....	orchestrator
Jeremy Raub	....	music editor
Christie Yih Chong	....	music programmer (uncredited)

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
Patrick Berry	....	production intern
Mike Boddicker	....	special baseball consultant (as Michael Boddicker)
Erin Burr	....	sports production assistant
Bennett Fidlow	....	production legal
Devon Friese	....	production assistant
Michael Goldberg	....	production accountant
Sherry Gunderman	....	script supervisor
Aaron Halverson	....	logo designer
Brad Hansen	....	production assistant
Kyle Kaplan	....	additional voice-over artist
Amanda Lensing	....	production assistant
Erin Lund	....	stand-in
Brett Maier	....	production assistant
Justin Marxen	....	stand-in: Sean Astin
John Mason	....	office production assistant
Robert Miller	....	sports coordinator
Steve Moes	....	location manager
Daniel E. Parr	....	production accountant
Tamara Patrilla	....	office production assistant (as Tamara Heckert)
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
George Sweney	....	production accountant
Eric Toriello	....	assistant: producer and UPM
Arturo Lopez Uscanga	....	scanning manager
Mark Yuhasz	....	assistant: producer

Thanks
Tom Dellaira	....	special thanks
Roland Schlotzhauer	....	in memory of

Production Companies

• Final Season, The
• Fobia Films
• Final Partners
• State of Mind Films

Distributors

• Yari Film Group Releasing (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• DTP Entertainment (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Mammoth Visual Effects (visual effects)
• Applied Art & Technology (additional visual effects)
• All Special Effects

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Filmtools  expendables
• Hollywood Intermediate  digital intermediate services
• Media Distributors Film Source  Fuji film stock supplied by
• Micdi Productions  music editorial
• ReelSports Solutions  sports coordination
• Schroder Fidlow  production legal services

MPAA:

Rated PG for language, thematic elements and some teen smoking

Runtime:

119 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

Company:

Final Season, The

Trivia:

The actual school that Norway merged to went to the state playoffs in 2009.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: The sheriff that pulls Mitch over is from Madison County, but Norway is in Benton County.

Quotes:

Polly Hudson:Baseball is not just for boys.

Movie Connections:

References First Blood (1982)

Soundtrack:

Big League

Excellent, good cast, good story

The story of a small town high school baseball team in the school's last year. The school, against the wishes of the towns people will be closed and the students transferred to another town's larger school. Sean Austin looking and acting like Vic Morrow has to pull together the depressed, fragmented team. The whole cast contributes. The focus is on the baseball team but it gives a nice picture of life in a small farming community. Tom Arnold is really effective in a small role. This shows what can be done with a small budget and no special effects. I will definitely buy this when it comes out on DVD.

The movie has the climax in the big state championship game. The fact that a town with 500+ people could have a high school state champion baseball team once is something but this one had 19. The opposing teams pitcher was unbeaten in the regular season. The person playing the pitcher was excellent. He just had one line but the expressions and body language was very effective. I liked it quite a lot.

I am sorry to say that I never saw this advertised and I think there was 3 other people in theater. The only reason I saw it was because I had a free pass and the movies I really wanted to see weren't accepting passes yet. After the movie I felt like going back and giving them the $8. It's a good movie but due to either no big stars or no money for advertising most people will never hear of it.