The Sandlot (1993)

In the summer of 1962, a new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures.

Director:

David Mickey Evans

Writers:

David Mickey Evans, Robert Gunter

Stars:

Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Art LaFleur

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Art LaFleur	...	The Babe (as Art La Fleur)
Tom Guiry	...	Scotty Smalls
Mike Vitar	...	Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez
Patrick Renna	...	Hamilton 'Ham' Porter
Chauncey Leopardi	...	Michael 'Squints' Palledorous
Marty York	...	Alan 'Yeah-Yeah' McClennan
Brandon Quintin Adams	...	Kenny DeNunez (as Brandon Adams)
Grant Gelt	...	Bertram Grover Weeks
Shane Obedzinski	...	Tommy 'Repeat' Timmons
Victor DiMattia	...	Timmy Timmons
Denis Leary	...	Bill
Karen Allen	...	Mom
James Earl Jones	...	Mr. Mertle
Marley Shelton	...	Wendy (as Marlee Shelton)
Herb Muller	...	Young Mr. Mertle

Storyline

Scotty Smalls moves to a new neighborhood with his mom and stepdad, and wants to learn to play baseball. Rodriguez, the neighborhood baseball guru, takes Smalls under his wing - soon he becomes part of the local baseball buddies. They fall into adventures involving baseball, treehouse sleep-ins, the desirous lifeguard at the local pool, the snooty rival ball team, and the travelling fair. Beyond the fence at the back of the sandlot menaces a legendary ball-eating dog called The Beast, and the kids inevitably must deal with him.

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Plot Keywords:

original story | baseball | the wolf man character | lawrence larry talbot character | twin | 

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Taglines:

No uniforms. No problem. No girls. No problem. No ball. *BIG* problem!

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Sport

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some language and kids chewing tobacco

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 April 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Sandlot

Filming Locations:

1388 Glenrose Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Box Office

Gross USA:

$32,416,586

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox, Island World

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

For most of the filming the days were very hot, however during the filming of the pool scene it was overcast and the water was 56 degrees. All the kids were extremely cold, and can be seen shivering.

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Goofs

The cakes that flies into the air when the beast is chasing Benny is obviously a different cake than the one that falls onto the chefs (at around 1h 84 mins).

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Quotes

Narrator: [at the end, telling what became of his friends] Bertram?... Bertram got really into the 60s, and no one ever saw him again.

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Crazy Credits

The opening 20th Century Fox logo plays in complete silence.

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Alternate Versions

Some network television prints omit a scene involving a local carnival and the kids' first time using chewing tobacco.

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Connections

References Cool Hand Luke (1967)

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Soundtracks

Smokie Pt. 2
Written by Bill Black
Performed by Bill Black's Combo
Courtesy of Hi Records
By arrangement with CEMA Special Markets

User Reviews

an all time classic movie.

I grew up watching The Sandlot and what i realized about this movie is that this film doesn't have the players winning or losing, but this is about friendship and how a big dog can make your worst dreams come true. The Sandlot is about a gawky kid named Smalls(Tom Guiry) who just moves into the neighborhood and tries to blend in with the crowd, until he fails. Mike Vitar who plays the neighborhood baseball hero Benny, helps Smalls play baseball and fit him in with the crowd. The team accepts Smalls and what makes the film interesting like i written above is that this film isn't about winning or losing, but about living your days in the summer when you are ten to twelve and realize that there is more to life than winning.

Overall a great movie.