For love of the game / Universal Pictures presents a Beacon Pictures/TIG Productions/Mirage Enterprises production ; produced by Armyan Bernstein, Amy Robinson ; screenplay by Dana Stevens ; directed by Sam Raimi.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 20684 | Universal Studios Home VideoLanguage: English, French Original language: English Subtitle language: English Series: Universal all-starsPublication details: Universal City, Calif. : Universal, [2000], ©1999.Description: 1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 078324021X
- 9780783240213
- For love of the game (Motion picture)
- Director of photography, John Bailey; editors, Eric L. Beason, Arthur Coburn; music, Basil Poledouris.
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Adult DVD
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Main Library | DVD | DRAMA FOR LOVE | Available | 33111009920543 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Based on the novel by Michael Shaara, For Love of the Game brought Kevin Costner back to the world of baseball after his successes with Bull Durham (1988) and Field of Dreams (1989). Billy Chapel (Kevin Costner) is a star pitcher with the Detroit Tigers, standing on the mound at Yankee Stadium and throwing what is shaping up to be a perfect game with the help of his best friend and catcher, Gus Osinski (John C. Reilly). However, Billy is having a hard time keeping his mind on the game; he's come to a crossroads in both his personal and professional lives, and he isn't sure what to do or where to go. He's learned that the Tigers are about to be sold, and the new owners intend to trade him at the end of the season, and that his girlfriend Jane (Kelly Preston) is planning to leave him. For Love of the Game represents a change of pace for director Sam Raimi, best-known for the Evil Dead trilogy and the acclaimed suspense drama A Simple Plan (1998) (although Raimi, a baseball fan born in Michigan, doubtless enjoyed making a film featuring the Detroit Tigers). ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
DVD; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround (English), Dolby surround (French); anamorphic widescreen 2.35:1; NTSC, region 1.
In English with optional French soundtrack; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston, John C. Reilly, Jena Malone, Brian Cox.
Director of photography, John Bailey; editors, Eric L. Beason, Arthur Coburn; music, Basil Poledouris.
Based on the novel by Michael Shaara.
Rated PG-13.
"Legendary Detroit Tigers pitcher Billy Chapel (Kevin Costner) has always been better at baseball than at love. Just ask Jane (Kelly Preston), his on-again, off-again girlfriend. At the end of a disappointing season, just before what may be the last professional game of his life, Jane tells Billy she's leaving him. Now with his career and his love life in the balance, Billy battles against his physical and emotional limits as he plays the game of his life. And now with every pitch, Billy comes closer to making the most important decision of his life. The suspense doesn't end until the last ball is thrown in this heartwarming drama about love, life and the perfect game."--Container.
Special features: Spotlight on location, deleted scenes, the history of the perfect game, On the mound : a trivia game, theatrical trailer.