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Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)  /  Production Year: 2001  /  Region 1

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Select Product View: General Info 1 Empire Review 1 Customer Comments Suggestions 1 Used Product Box Cover Screen Shots Email a Friend Overall Rating: 4 out of 5, including 2 reviews Add your comments on this Title. Synopsis The most important thingiin life isishowing up. Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane and D.B. Sweeney score in this uplifting story of triumph over adversity that "hits an emotional home run." Conor O'Neill (Reeves) is a down-on-his-luck gambler in debt to dangerous loan sharks. Desperate for cash, Conor reluctantly takes a job coaching a youth baseball team. The "team" turns out to be a ragtag group of tough-talking kids from Chicago's inner city. Secretly, Conor plans to desert the team after he wins a big bet. But the stakes are higher than Conor imagined: The kids need someone to believe in. As Conor wrestles with his past, the kids start to teach him some lessons that will forever change his future - that responsibility and trust must be earned and hope can appear in the most unlikely places. Cast & Crew Actors:  • Keanu Reeves  • D.B. Sweeney  • Diane Lane  • John Hawkes  • Mike McGlone  • Graham Beckel Writers:  • John Gatins Producers:  • Tina Nides  • Brian Robbins  • Mike Tollin Directors:  • Brian Robbins Product Information Features: Interactive Menus Scene Selection Theatrical Trailer The Making of Hardball 3 Deleted Scenes Interstitials Music Video - Hardball by Lil Bow Wow, Lil' Wayne, Lil' Zane & Sammie Commentary by Director Brian Robbins and Writer John Gates Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) Audio: (more info) ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC] ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC] FRENCH: Dolby Digital Surround Subtitles: English Studio: Paramount Production Year: 2001 Release Date: 2/19/2002 Length: 106 mins Rating: PG-13 Chapters: 16 Includes: Audio Commentary Packaging: Keep Case Number of Discs: 1 Empire SKU: 43261 Disc: SS-DL Item Code: 330794 UPC Code: 097363307945 Browsei Category: Movies Genre: Sports, Baseball, Coming-Of-Age, Drama Bargains: $5 to $10 Studios: Paramount Customers Who Bought This Product Also Bought Don't Say A Word  DVD-Video Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back  DVD-Video Reviews Overall Rating: 4 out of 5, including 2 reviews Add your comments on this Title. Empire Review Better than the bears - 4 out of 5  (2/6/2002) It would be very easy to dismiss HARDBALL as another rip-off of THE BAD NEWS BEARS. It features a lot of similar elements. There is the ne'er do well leader who is forced to coach because of a financial crisis. There are also some similar members of the team; we have a large whiny kid, as well as a loudmouthed runt who fights his way out of every situation. To complete the package, there is also a star player who has to be coerced into playing and a pitcher who pitches to their own style of   more >> Customer Review I loved this movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - 4 out of 5  (3/1/2002) This film hits a very surprising emotional note, and it's very effective. Keanu Reeves is great, no surprise there, and so is Diane Lane and those terrific kids!!!!! Also, D.B. Sweeney plays a scum-bag coach of a rival team, which was good for me because I hate him anyway. Great fun, always great to watch, and has a surprising amount of extras considering: 1.) It's from Paramount, and 2.) It's not a Collector's Edition. Buy it today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1   more >>