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Encyclopedia > For Love of the Game (film)
For Love of the Game

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Directed by Sam Raimi
Written by Michael Shaara (novel)
Dana Stevens (screenplay)
Starring Kevin Costner
Kelly Preston
John C. Reilly
Jena Malone
Brian Cox
Music by Basil Poledouris
Cinematography John Bailey
Editing by Eric L. Beason
Arthur Coburn
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) September 17, 1999 (U.S. release)
Running time 137 min
Language English
Budget $50,000,000
IMDb profile
This article is about the 1999 film. For for other uses, see For Love of the Game.

For Love of the Game is a film based on the book For Love of the Game by Michael Shaara. It is directed by Sam Raimi and starring Kevin Costner as Billy Chapel and Kelly Preston as Jane Aubrey Samuel Marshall Raimi (born October 23, 1959) is an American film director, producer, and writer. ... Michael Shaara Michael Shaara (June 23, 1928 - May 5, 1988) was a writer of science fiction, sports fiction, and historical fiction. ... Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an Oscar winning American film actor and director who has often produced his own films. ... Kelly Preston talks with Navy family members at the USO holiday party at Rockwell Hall Gym on Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va, December 3, 2005 Kelly Kamalelehua Palzis Preston-Travolta (born October 13, 1962 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American Actress. ... John Christopher Reilly (born May 24, 1965) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ... Emile Hirsch as Francis Doyle and Malone as Margie Flynn in The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys Jena Malone (born November 21, 1984) is an American actress. ... Brian Denis Cox, CBE (born June 1, 1946 in Dundee, Scotland) is a Scottish actor, notable for being the first actor to play Hannibal Lecter, a role he took in the Michael Mann film Manhunter (in which the characters surname was spelled Lecktor). Image:Http://www. ... Basil Poledouris (Greek: Βασίλης Πολεδούρης) (August 21, 1945 - November 8, 2006) was an American film composer. ... John Bailey (cinematographer) (born 10 August 1942 in Moberly, Montana) is an award-winning American cinematographer and film director. ... Universal Pictures is the main motion picture production/distribution arm of Universal Studios, a subsidiary of NBC Universal. ... September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This article is for the novel by Michael Shaara. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... This article is for the novel by Michael Shaara. ... Michael Shaara Michael Shaara (June 23, 1928 - May 5, 1988) was a writer of science fiction, sports fiction, and historical fiction. ... Samuel Marshall Raimi (born October 23, 1959) is an American film director, producer, and writer. ... Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an Oscar winning American film actor and director who has often produced his own films. ... Kelly Preston talks with Navy family members at the USO holiday party at Rockwell Hall Gym on Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va, December 3, 2005 Kelly Kamalelehua Palzis Preston-Travolta (born October 13, 1962 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American Actress. ...

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Plot summary

A baseball legend, almost finished with his distinguished career at the age of 40, 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.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Kevin Costner plays a Major League pitcher playing in his last professional game for the Detroit Tigers, in the midst of throwing a perfect game at Yankee Stadium, flashes back to memories of his long time girlfriend. Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) Central Division (1998–present) Current uniform Name Detroit Tigers (1901–present) Ballpark Comerica Park (2000–present) Tiger Stadium(1961-1999) a. ... Yankee Stadium is the home stadium of the New York Yankees, a major league baseball team. ...


Starring

Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an Oscar winning American film actor and director who has often produced his own films. ... Kelly Preston talks with Navy family members at the USO holiday party at Rockwell Hall Gym on Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va, December 3, 2005 Kelly Kamalelehua Palzis Preston-Travolta (born October 13, 1962 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American Actress. ... John Christopher Reilly (born May 24, 1965) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ... Emile Hirsch as Francis Doyle and Malone as Margie Flynn in The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys Jena Malone (born November 21, 1984) is an American actress. ... Vin Scully publicity photo, © Los Angeles Dodgers Vincent Edward Vin Scully (born November 29, 1927 in The Bronx, New York) is an American sportscaster, known primarily as the play-by-play voice of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers baseball teams. ...

Trivia

  • During a scene of Kevin Costner up-close, former Yankee, Ricky Ledee, can be seen on the Jumbotron in the background. LETS GO YANKEES!~

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Barred from the game they love - Telegraph (894 words)
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While they filmed a fictional group of women banned from the game in one part of the stadium, "on the same day, about a 100 other women had been kept out.
Love of the game - Film - www.theage.com.au (1003 words)
Before the film was even out, various "firms" - the hooligan cadres who use their teams' soccer fixtures as a primer for pitched battles with their opposite numbers at rival clubs - issued death threats against the writer-director.
You can't make a film about British football hooligans and play it safe," notes Love, who heavily promoted the film when it was released in Britain in May. "The good thing was that no one said it was dull.
Love is blunt in his opinion of actor Daniel Craig (Sylvia), who recently refused to do any publicity for a British film in which he stars, Layer Cake.
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