The Final Season (2007)

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

Director:

David Mickey Evans

Writers:

Art D'Alessandro (story), James Grayford (screenplay)

Stars:

Sean Astin, Powers Boothe, Rachael Leigh Cook

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

True story of Kent Stock, who in the early 90's, gives up a job to take over as head coach as the Norway High School baseball team. Kent must win over his players and convince them and himself that he can fill their former coach's shoes and that they can go out winners. In the summer of 1991 Norway High's baseball tradition ended on a triumphant but sombre note.

---

Plot Keywords:

coach | team | baseball | high school baseball | state championship | 

---

Taglines:

How Do You Want To Be Remembered?

---

Genres:

Drama | Sport

---

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for language, thematic elements and some teen smoking

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 October 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Final Season - Daran wirst du dich immer erinnern!

Filming Locations:

Sutliff, Iowa, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$664,351, 14 October 2007, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$1,158,779, 24 November 2007

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Final Season,Fobia Films,Final Partners

Technical Specs

Runtime:

119 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The actual school the Norway merged to is Benton Community High school, located in Van Horne, IA.

---

Goofs

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

---

Quotes

Kent Stock: Okay, its one and done, forever. South Clay is 31-8. The eight games they lost were when Reed Ellis wasn't in the rotation, he's pitching today. We all know he's being scouted by pro teams, but one player doesn't make a team.
[Sammy raises his hand]
Kent Stock: Sammy?
Sammy: He can if he throws 92 miles per hour coach.
Kent Stock: We win by playing Norway Baseball. 80% of this game is defense. We don't let anything out of the infield and we wait. Sooner or later, they'll make a mistake. Every person who's ever worn a Norway ...

---

Connections

References First Blood (1982)

---

Soundtracks

Coming Home
Performed by Alex Band
Written by Mitch Allan & Alex Band
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Published by Matzoh-Ball Music (ASCAP) and Alex Band Music (BMI)
By Arrangement with Arthouse Entertainment and BMG Music Publishing Inc.

User Reviews

One of the best baseball movies ever

This is one of the best baseball movies I have ever seen. It is not only very inspirational but heartwarming and asks a very personal question that we must all answer-"what do you want to be remembered for."

Kent Stock takes a very difficult situation of having to motivate the players of Norway High School with them facing their final season of the baseball program, let alone, the final year of their high school ever existing again, and motivates his players to play up to their best potential in capturing an astounding record 20th state championship in Iowa baseball.

This movie should be shown to every high school baseball team whether they be a large, medium, or small school, as well as shown to every coach, no matter what level of athletes they coach.