Kevin Costner in a baseball movie? Groundbreaking. (This one actually came BEFORE Field of Dreams!)
A young man is bogged down by his family, farm and school life, but after the baseball coach convinces him to play, he finds a bit of comfort in the sport--which he also excels in
Acting
Young Costner already doing his 'wistful golden boy' thing
Cinematography
Grainy Midwestern fields that look authentically exhausted
Director
Sean Roche
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Kevin Costner's first baseball film, predating Bull Durham by months. He was already typecasting himself.
The film captures the late-80s farm crisis but frames it through white male angst that would dominate 90s indie cinema.
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