Hardball [videorecording] Paramount Pictures presents in association with Fireworks Pictures a Nides/McCormick production, a Tollin/Robbins production ; producers, Tina Nides, Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins ; screenplay writer, John Gatins ; director, Brian Robbins.
Also issued on DVD. Based on the book by Daniel Coyle. MPAA rating: PG-13. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001. Cast: Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane, John Hawkes, D.B. Sweeney, Mike McGlone, Graham Beckel, Mark Margolis.
Summary:
A down-on-his-luck gambler finds himself in debt to a dangerous loan shark. Desperate for cash, he reluctantly takes on the job of coaching a youth baseball team. The team turns out to be a ragtag group of tough-talking kids from Chicago's inner city. Now, as he must wrestles with his past, the kids start to teach him some lessons that will forever change his future.
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