Jackie Robinson puts on the Brooklyn Dodgers’ 42 and walks into every spit-soaked stadium in the league. Chadwick Boseman and Harrison Ford; the slurs are historically real, the courage more so. A family film for households ready to talk about it.
Faith tag: Family
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The Sandlot
The Sandlot is a 1993 American coming-of-age sports comedy film written by David Mickey Evans and Robert Gunter. Evans also directed the film and served as a narrator. It tells the story of a diverse group of young baseball players during Summer 1962. The film stars Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Karen Allen, Denis Leary, and James Earl Jones. It is set in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California, and the filming locations were in Midvale, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, Utah.
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Angels in the Outfield
Angels in the Outfield is a 1994 American family sports fantasy comedy-drama film directed by William Dear. It is a loose remake of the 1951 film of the same name. It stars Danny Glover, Tony Danza and Christopher Lloyd, and features several future stars, including Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Adrien Brody, Matthew McConaughey, and Neal McDonough. Angels in the Outfield was released by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution on July 15, 1994. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $50.2 million against a $31 million budget. It was followed by two made for TV sequels, Angels in the Endzone and Angels in the Infield.
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The Rookie of the Year
A twelve-year-old’s broken arm heals into a fastball the Cubs cannot ignore. 1993 baseball wish-fulfillment, light on romance, heavy on Wrigley. Fine for a Saturday with kids.
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Little Giants
Little Giants is a 1994 American family sports comedy film directed by Duwayne Dunham and written by James Ferguson, Robert Shallcross, Tommy Swerdlow, Michael Goldberg from the story by Ferguson and Robert Shallcross. The film stars Rick Moranis and Ed O’Neill as Danny and Kevin O’Shea, two brothers living in an Ohio town who coach rival Pee-Wee Football teams. It also featured John Madden making his feature film debut as himself. The film was produced by Amblin Entertainment and distributed by Warner Bros. under their Warner Bros. Family Entertainment label.
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The Mighty Ducks
The Mighty Ducks is a 1992 American sports comedy drama film directed by Stephen Herek and written by Steven Brill. It is the first film in the Mighty Ducks franchise. The film stars Emilio Estevez, Joss Ackland, and Lane Smith. It follows a self-centered Minnesota lawyer who is sentenced to community service coaching a rag tag youth hockey team. In some countries, the home release copies were printed with the title as The Mighty Ducks Are the Champions to avoid confusion with the title of the sequel.
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D2: The Mighty Ducks
D2: The Mighty Ducks is a 1994 American family sports comedy-drama film directed by Sam Weisman. It is the second installment in the Mighty Ducks trilogy, and a sequel to the 1992 film The Mighty Ducks produced by Walt Disney Pictures, The Kerner Entertainment Company and Avnet–Kerner Productions. Emilio Estevez, Joshua Jackson, Elden Henson, Shaun Weiss, Brandon Adams, Matt Doherty, Garette Ratliff Henson, Marguerite Moreau, Vincent Larusso, Brock Pierce, Robert Hall, and Bob Miller reprise their roles in the film with Michael Tucker, Jan Rubeš and Kathryn Erbe joining the cast. Kenan Thompson appears in his first film role. It was followed by the final film of the series, D3: The Mighty Ducks, in 1996.
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D3: The Mighty Ducks
D3: The Mighty Ducks is a 1996 American sports comedy-drama film directed by Robert Lieberman and sequel to the 1994 film D2: The Mighty Ducks. It is the third and final installment in the Mighty Ducks trilogy and was produced by Walt Disney Pictures and distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. It stars Emilio Estevez, Heidi Kling, Joss Ackland, Joshua Jackson, Elden Henson, Shaun Weiss, Matt Doherty, Garette Ratliff Henson, Marguerite Moreau, Vincent Larusso, Aaron Lohr, Ty O’Neal, Kenan Thompson, Mike Vitar, Colombe Jacobsen, and Justin Wong, who reprise their roles from the previous films in the series. Scott Whyte, who played Gunnar in the second film, returns in a different role and Jeffrey Nordling joins the cast.
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Hook
Hook is a 1991 American fantasy adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by James V. Hart and Malia Scotch Marmo. It stars Robin Williams as Peter Banning / Peter Pan, Dustin Hoffman as Captain James Hook, Julia Roberts as Tinker Bell, Bob Hoskins as Mr. Smee, Maggie Smith as Granny Wendy and Charlie Korsmo as Jack Banning. It serves as a modern-day sequel to J. M. Barrie’s 1911 novel Peter and Wendy, focusing on an adult Peter Pan who has forgotten his childhood. In his new life, he is known as Peter Banning, a successful lawyer who neglects his wife, Wendy’s granddaughter, Moira, and their two children, Jack and Maggie. When his old archenemy, Captain Hook, kidnaps his children, he returns to Neverland to save them.