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For Love of the Game

starring: Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston, John C. Reilly, Jena Malone, Brian Cox
directed by: Sam Raimi

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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Team Marketing
EAN: 9780783240213
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 078324021X
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 04, 2000
Running Time: 137 minutes
Sales Rank: 4226
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: September 17, 1999



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Product Description:
A baseball legend almost finished with his distinguished career at the age of thirty-seven has one last chance to prove who he is, what he is capable of, and win the heart of the woman he has loved for the past four years.

Amazon.com:
Billy Chapel (Kevin Costner) is having a bad day. His girlfriend Jane (Kelly Preston, stunning as ever) says she's leaving, and his boss (Brian Cox) says he's selling the business and ace employee Billy may be out of job. Sounds like business as usual for an old-fashioned veteran. However, the business is baseball and for Billy Chapel, the 40-year old former all-star for the Detroit Tigers, it means his career--and his life--is at a crossroads.

Although it is no Bull Durham, For Love of the Game finds a solid and very believable role for Costner. The film is based on Michael Shaara's (The Killer Angels) stream-of-consciousness novel (the rough manuscript was found after his death 1988). The entire film takes place on Billy's day on the mound against the Yankees, a meaningless late-season game for the Tigers, but everything for Billy. In flashbacks, he lingers over his long relationship with Jane and his baseball career (from World Series heroism to a career-threatening injury). His one viable link to the game at hand is his catcher, played winningly by John C. Reilly. Costner, like Chapel, is looking for one more great performance, but the film is too simplistic and loopy at times to resonate. The love story has an extra helping of cuteness, and legendary baseball announcer Vin Scully nearly takes on a leading role, waxing grandiloquent. It's no grand slam, but a solid double. --Doug Thomas



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - My Love for "For Love of the Game"
I bought the movie for my boyfriend. We watched it together solely because it was written by one ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Kevin Baseball
Costner has made about 5 or 6 good movies, and three of them are about baseball. Bull Durham is the ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - For The Love of the Game
Kevin Costner gives a very compelling performance as a baseball player at the end of his career. He ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Another Good Baseball Movie From Costner
For Love of the Game is a very enjoyable film. Costner, as usual, gives a fine performance surrounded ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Excellent
Not being a baseball fan at all, I hesitated to get this movie. I have Bull Durham, and like it the more ... Read More

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