Boys of Summer

Name: Boys of Summer
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2006-02-21
Duration: 1 h 35 min
Rating: 8.7
Cast: Joe Buck, Dan Cochrane, Robert David Cochrane

20062006
1h 35m

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Robert David Cochrane and Dan Cochrane in Boys of Summer (2006)

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My father (who has Parkinson Disease) and I road-tripped 20,000 miles in two months to see a game at each of the 30 Major League Ballparks. We also visited the MLB Hall of Fame, the Negro Le... Read allMy father (who has Parkinson Disease) and I road-tripped 20,000 miles in two months to see a game at each of the 30 Major League Ballparks. We also visited the MLB Hall of Fame, the Negro League Museum and the Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa. We interviewed father and sons, m... Read allMy father (who has Parkinson Disease) and I road-tripped 20,000 miles in two months to see a game at each of the 30 Major League Ballparks. We also visited the MLB Hall of Fame, the Negro League Museum and the Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa. We interviewed father and sons, mothers and daughters as well as fellow Parkinsonians everywhere we went. 50% of the procee... Read all

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What an uplifting film!

By zig-zagging across the country for two months to visit every Major League ballpark, the Cochranes live out the ultimate father-son fantasy in this documentary. Unfortunately, there's an element of tragedy that accompanies this fantasy, as Dan Cochrane's battle with Parkinson Disease serves as the impetus for this cross-country journey with his film-making son. And it is here where Robert Cochrane hits a massive home run. He artfully weaves his father's daily struggles to cope with the disease with stories of others dealing with the plight, while at the same time providing those uplifting father-son baseball moments for which our National Pastime is so revered.

I took my 10-year-old son to see this movie, and as the credits rolled, he looked to me and said "Wow!" Wow, indeed! If you like films that move you emotionally -- that make you laugh, think and cry -- you will love "Boys of Summer."

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