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| Director: Sam Raimi
Actors: Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston, John C. Reilly, Jena Malone, Brian Cox
Studio: Universal Studios
List Price: $9.99
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Rating:  138 reviews
Sales Rank: 4192
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 137
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: TM2595
ISBN: 078324021X
UPC: 025192068423
EAN: 9780783240213
ASIN: 078324021X
Theatrical Release Date: September 17, 1999
Release Date: April 4, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Movie buffs: look at the deleted scenes! June 29, 2006
I loved this movie; it brought back to me my old love of baseball.It's touching and beautifully acted and photographed. Watching Kostner here and then contrasting his performance in "Tin Cup" is great fun; the man does have range. For DVD watchers, you will be so sad that more of Billy Chapel's private life was not shown in the film as released. The deleted scenes -- his empty encounters with women, his closeness to his teammates -- make his retirement prospects all the more desperate. Something went wrong with the writing for Kelly Preston's "Jane"; her character doesn't add up. She makes a ridiculous scene in front of a very famous hotel with fans of Chapel's all around; there is no basis for either the scene or her language and attitude in the script, it's gratuitous conflict. But the final moments of that Perfect Game make me cry every time I watch them.
 A solid time at bat, but could have been a home run June 14, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The baseball scenes in this movie are wonderful, the romance a little less so. The result is a solid time at bat, but not extra bases.
Costner makes you feel all the bursting athleticism, confidence, energy, and thoughts, of a great but aging pitcher in the early innings, and all his aches and pains, doubt and fatigue, as the game wears on. The actual baseball scenes are very realistic, with Costner doing his own pitching.
This film captures some of the precious little moments of baseball, such as the sizzle of a pitched ball, and the relationship between two friends, the pitcher and the catcher. Another strong point is that it captures the glowing voice of broadcaster Vin Scully, who I've listened to since I grew up a Dodger fan in New Jersey and the Dodgers were in Brooklyn. (Like another reviewer I wonder if Scully wrote his own dialogue. It sounded exactly like the way he broadcasts a real game.) The scenes of Yankee fans yelling at the TV as the broken-down pitcher neared the perfect game took me back 40 years. I yelled exactly the same things at our TV set when I watched Don Larsen pitch the last few innings of his perfect game against my Dodgers in 1956.
On the downside, someone made the decision to go over the top in the last scenes of both the baseball game and the romance. The music score, which has been wonderful and hitting all the right emotional notes until then, turns gushing and maudlin.
The film would have been more emotionally resonant and ultimately more satisfying with a quieter ending to both the baseball and the romantic storylines. For example, the deleted scenes, such as the after-the-game congratulations from the opposing players in the clubhouse, have an emotional depth to them that emphasize how much of his emotional life the pitcher is losing, and how empty even a big moment can be if there's no one to share it with.
Kudos to Costner for a terrific performance as the pitcher, John C. Reilly for his strong support as the catcher, Kelly Preston for a fine turn as Costner's on-and-off again love interest, and Jena Malone, who really shines as Preston's daughter.
To the reviewers who think the movie is too slow, you've been watching too many movies and too much TV that ignores character and story-telling and replaces it with a dozen explosions, fights, car chases, crashes, and special effects every minute, all shot by a relentlessly moving camera, and edited at an absurdly over-caffeinated staccato pace.
Slow down! If you take time to notice, there's a lot more going on in this kind of movie than in today's typical action flick.
 Entertainment factor simply because it is so bad. June 5, 2006
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
That's right, this is one of the movies that is so bad it is watchable, because you can kind of marvel at the sheer cheesiness of if. Some of the dialogue is so bad it belies description. Don't get me wrong, I loved Bull Durham. But this. Adding to the perverseness of this story is that Costner's character is so damned unlikeable. People that give this 5 stars, or 4 are beyond my understanding. I just don't get it.
Good movie, however... June 2, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
...I enjoyed it very much and bought it. But the reason I bought it is I've been a Dodger fan since before birth and it has Vin Scully in it.
 I'M GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THIS ONE....... March 22, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have seen them all from THE BABE RUTH STORY, THE NATURAL, BULL DURHAM, and all the other baseball movies. To me, this is one of the best movies on baseball ever made. I like this one because it shows the true grit of baseball, from spring training to the playoff run. One thing that stands out that most people do not notice or do not know was his hotel room.
The days of sharing a room with a team mate are long gone. He was the big name player who had a private suite at every stop.
My favorite baseball movie? 61...My worst ..FIELD OF DREAMS
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