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The Sandlot is a american film of genre Comedy directed by David M. Evans released in USA on 7 april 1993 with Tom Guiry
The Sandlot (1993)
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Add to a movie listThe Sandlot, also known as The Sandlot Kids, is a 1993 American coming-of-age film baseball comedy directed by David M. Evans (who also narrated the film), which tells the story of a group of young baseball players during the summer of 1962. The filming location was in Glendale, Salt Lake City, Utah. The film was released with the title The Sandlot Kids in Australia and the United Kingdom.
The film grossed $33 million worldwide and has developed a cult following.
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In the San Fernando Valley during the summer of the early 1960s, protagonist Scotty Smalls moves into a new town with his mother and stepfather, and joins a local baseball team under captain Benjamin "the Jet" Rodriguez. With Benjamin's help, Scotty becomes a proficient player; but everybody learns that more than 150 of the team's numerous baseballs have ended up in the backyard fence of the sandlot, which is protected by an English Mastiff, a legendary ball-eating dog known as "The Beast," who belongs to his neighbor, Mr. Mertle. One day, the team's last ball lands in "The Beast's" possession, and Scotty substitutes one from his stepfather's collection, which is earlier signed by Babe Ruth. When this, too, is lost, the team construct a series of machines (each of them more complex than the last) to recover it remotely; but every time they ultimately fail. Inspired by a dream of Ruth (whom he admires), Benjamin is the first to seize the ball himself, while the others trap "The Beast;" whereupon Benjamin and Scotty return the latter to his owner, Mr. Mertle, who reveals that he himself knew Ruth, and later becomes the team's coach. Over the next three decades, Benjamin becomes a famous MLB player, and Scotty becomes a sports announcer.Actors
Tom Guiry
(Scotty Smalls)
Mike Vitar
(Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez)
Chauncey Leopardi
(Michael 'Squints' Palledorous)
Karen Allen
(Mom)
James Earl Jones
(Mr. Mertle)
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