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Hardball
Directed by Brian Robbins
Produced by Brian Robbins
Michael Tollin
Written by Daniel Coyle (book)
John Gatins
Starring Keanu Reeves
Diane Lane
D.B. Sweeney
Music by Mark Isham
Cinematography Tom Richmond
Editing by Ned Bastille
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) September 14, 2001
Running time 106 minutes
Language English
Budget ~ US$21,000,000

Hardball is a 2001 American film directed by Brian Robbins. It stars Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane and D.B. Sweeney. The screenplay by John Gatlins is based on the book Hardball: A Season in the Projects by Daniel Coyle. The original music score is composed by Mark Isham. The film is known in some parts of the U.S. as "Little Sluggers."

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Cast

Plot

Conor O'Neill is a gambler who has bet on his dead father's account and is now severely in debt. In order to repay the debt he must coach a baseball team of troubled kids in the Cabrini-Green housing projects of Chicago. He had decided that once he repaid his debts he would leave the team but soon Conor connects with the kids and finds it harder to leave than he thought.

Details

  • Two players on Coach O'Neill's team are named Jamal and Andre. Keanu Reeves (O'Neill) starred as a quarterback in the football movie The Replacements, and his two main blockers were also named Jamal and Andre.
  • The Major League game took place not at Comiskey Park or Wrigley Field, but at Tiger Stadium.
  • The movie was filmed in the ABLA Homes in Chicago.
  • Sammy Sosa makes a cameo.
  • All of the league's team names are taken from tribes in Africa.
  • Diane Lane and D.B. Sweeney previously co-starred together in Lonesome Dove.
  • The bookies that O'Neil owes his debts to are members of the Irish Mob in Chicago's Lincoln Park Irish Pub area.
  • The film premiered just three days after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Controversy

The film was based off of a nonfiction novel that tracked the experience of Robert Muzikowski, a real-life youth baseball coach. Muzikowski sued Paramount Pictures Corp. for defamation, alleging that the film inaccurately portrayed him as a down-on-his-luck gambler with suspicious ties who took on youth baseball simply to repay a debt. In fact, Muzikowski coached baseball voluntarily because of his concern for the community, was not a degenerate gambler, and was an upstanding member of his community. Muzikowski won his lawsuit against Paramount Pictures Corp.

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Films directed by Brian Robbins

Good Burger (1997) • Varsity Blues (1999) • Ready to Rumble (2000) • Hardball (2001) • The Perfect Score (2004) • The Shaggy Dog (2006) • Norbit (2007) • Meet Dave (2008)
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