Underplayed Gems

For Love of the Game (1999)

For Love of the Game poster
Directed by
Sam Raimi
Genre
drama film, romance film, sport film, flashback film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 18m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 473 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An aging baseball pitcher focuses on throwing a perfect game in his final start. He calms himself by remembering his past romance with a woman he loved.

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What happens

For Love of the Game is a 1999 American sports drama film directed by Sam Raimi and written by Dana Stevens, based on Michael Shaara's 1991 novel of the same title. Starring Kevin Costner and Kelly Preston, it follows the perfect game performance of an aging star baseball pitcher as he deals with the pressures of pitching in Yankee Stadium in his final outing by calming himself with memories of a long-term relationship. The play-by-play of the game is announced by longtime Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers baseball broadcaster Vin Scully, who himself called four perfect games in his career, and Steve Lyons. For Love of the Game was released by Universal Pictures on September 17, 1999. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a box office bomb, grossing $46.1 million against a $50 million production budget. Costner received a nomination for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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