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Ballplayer: Pelotero

Original title: Pelotero
  • 20112011
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 17m
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7.2/10
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Ballplayer: Pelotero (2011)
Two top baseball prospects in the Dominican Republic face fierce competition and corruption as they chase their big league dreams.
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Two top baseball prospects in the Dominican Republic face fierce competition and corruption as they chase their big league dreams.Two top baseball prospects in the Dominican Republic face fierce competition and corruption as they chase their big league dreams.Two top baseball prospects in the Dominican Republic face fierce competition and corruption as they chase their big league dreams.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
492
YOUR RATING
  • Directors
    • Ross Finkel
    • Trevor Martin
    • Jon Paley
  • Stars
    • Jean Carlos Batista
    • Miguel Angel Sano
    • John Leguizamo(voice)
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  • Directors
    • Ross Finkel
    • Trevor Martin
    • Jon Paley
  • Stars
    • Jean Carlos Batista
    • Miguel Angel Sano
    • John Leguizamo(voice)
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    • 8User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
    • 75Metascore
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    Jean Carlos Batista
    • Self
    Miguel Angel Sano
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    John Leguizamo
    John Leguizamo
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      • Ross Finkel
      • Trevor Martin
      • Jon Paley
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    • Trivia
      Trevor Martin described Pelotero as a spiritual predecessor to Sugar (2008) as Pelotero is about how a player is recruited to Major League Baseball from the Dominican Republic and Sugar's plot relates to how a player adapts to Major League Baseball once he has arrived.

    User reviews8

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    9/10
    People as commodities
    "They are the product to be sold", one of the coaches says during the documentary. I don't remember which coach said it about his player, from whom he planned to profit, but it was said nonetheless, and that basically sums up the tenor of this documentary.

    There really are no heroes or villains in this, except perhaps the Orioles "talent scout" who appears to trigger an investigations into one player's age order to artificially lower the player's value and buffalo the player and his coach into signing on the cheap. It's all just shrugged off as if to say "that's baseball."

    For the extreme pragmatist, baseball is entertainment and players and their amazing skills provide that entertainment. Players in this system are examined and graded like diamonds and little concern seems to be expended toward their lives beyond the commodity value they can bring to the entertainment business.

    It's an extremely raw, open and telling dynamic that's on display in this documentary, and it's hard not to see your own work situations in light of what's displayed here.
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    • Jan 19, 2015

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    • Release date
      • July 13, 2012 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Dominican Republic
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • Spanish
      • English
    • Production company
      • Makuhari Media
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $46,109
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $20,628
      • Jul 15, 2012
    • Gross worldwide
      • $46,109
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 17 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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