Movie : The Perfect Game

Info Movie :

Release Date : 8 August 2008 (USA)
Company : Prelude Pictures
Filming Locations : Los Angeles, California, USA
Aspect Ratio : 2.35 : 1
Language : English
Sound Mix : DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification : USA:PG
MPAA : Rated PG for some thematic elements.
Country : USA
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Clifton Collins, Cheech Marin, Louis Gossett, Jake T. Austin, David Koechner
Director: William Dear
Screenwriter: W. William Winokur
Producer: David Salzberg, Christian Tureaud, Mark Koch, Daniel de Liege, W. William Winokur, Michael Gallant
Composer: Bill Conti

Producer’s Synopsis:



“Dream for the fences.”
“In 1957, in the poverty-stricken town of Monterrey, Mexico, a barefooted, rag-tag group of boys discovers the joys of sandlot baseball under the guidance of Cesar, a failed U.S. minor league ballplayer. Dreaming of playing a real Little League game, the young team defies disapproving parents, bigotry, and an utter lack of resources to score their first Little League victory on U.S. soil only to find themselves at the beginning of a once-in-a-lifetime journey. Relying on their religious faith and their love of the game, the nine players and their coach embark on an incredible, record-breaking winning streak that leads them from southern Texas all the way to the 1957 Little League World Series in Williamsport, PA, where a miracle will cement their place in history and change their lives forever.



Based on the extraordinary true story of the 1957 Monterrey Industrials Little League team, THE PERFECT GAME is an inspiring and heartwarming tale of faith and a testament to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming odds.



THE PERFECT GAME stars Clifton Collins Jr. (BABEL, CAPOTE, THE RULES OF ATTRACTION), Cheech Marin (GRINDHOUSE, ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO, SPY KIDS), Emilie De Ravin (Lost, THE HILLS HAVE EYES), Bruce McGill (ELIZABETHTOWN, CINDERALLA MAN, COLLATERAL) and Mexican telenovela star-singer-model, Patricia Manterola. Among the talent young cast are Moises Arias (Disney Channels Hannah Montana, NACHO LIBRE), Jake T. Austin (Nickelodeons Go Diego Go), Jansen Panettiere (ROBOTS, ICE AGE: MELTDOWN), and Alfredo Rodriguez (GOAL, GOAL II). Written by W. William Winokur, THE PERFECT GAME is directed by William Dear (WILD AMERICA, ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD, HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS) and produced by David Slazberg, Christian Tureaud, Mark Koch, Daniel de Liege, W. William Winokur and Michael Gallant.”
Taken From : http://www.christiananswers.net

Baseball Movie The Perfect Game
by Alex Billington



Remarkably there's yet another heartwarming sports movie due out by the end of the summer, this one called The Perfect Game. Based on a true story, the film tells the story of a group of boys from Monterrey, Mexico who become the first non-US team to win the Little League World Series. Clifton Collins Jr. and Cheech Marin star in the film. This reminds me of movies from my childhood like The Sandlot or Rookie of the Year, but unfortunately it doesn't even look half as good as those two. Either way, some kids of this generation might come to attach to this as their big sports movie, so I'll give it a chance. Plus any movie with a heartwarming story about baseball always captures my interest, even if it's not the best.

Taken from :http://www.firstshowing.net

Movie Review:

In 1957 North America, baseball was, as it is today, filled with miracles of all sizes. In The Perfect Game, based on a true story of baseball and miracles, a ragtag group of young altar boys in Mexico without hope of baseball but living in a culture filled with miracles and formed by an unlikely padre played remarkably by Cheech Marin, unfold their story. It may be just in time to rescue modern baseball fans of all stripes from apathy, cynicism, disgust and maybe even football. Many things have not changed in baseball or in life - men have fallen to envy, prejudice and corruption in every age - the real story is in the redemption of fallen or disheartened or oppressed or angry men and The Perfect Game is a unique kind of redemption story - a story of faith, hope, charity and a little romance - and the victory of the underdog that is more timely now than half a century ago. There is even a great little subplot about women in sports journalism.

Uplifting us from the sandlot of Monterrey to the glory of Ebbets Field, this is a movie to cheer about. In fact, at the screening I attended, that's just what happened in the audience! People love a story of men who believe in a cause and fight for it, and this is one story and one cause that should have no detractors. There WAS prejudice in 1957 in all quarters, but that did not stop one faithful priest and his flock from giving one desperate man (Clifton Collins, Jr.) a reason to believe and some good work to do. In the process, from a most unlikely corner of the continent, comes a story that reminded a nation what it means to seek and to find not only the American dream, but the God Who is behind it all. It bears repeating that the story has not changed much over the years.

This movie was to have been released on August 8th, 2008, but has been put on the backburner. If you believe in the power of miracles, please contact Lionsgate to vote for release of this movie sooner rather than later.

Taken From : http://catholicmediareview.blogspot.com




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