For Love of the Game [VHS]

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	Actor(s):	Kevin Costner Kelly Preston John C. Reilly Jena Malone Brian Cox
	Video by:	Universal Studios
	Sales Rank:	76927

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Actor(s):
Kevin Costner
Kelly Preston
John C. Reilly
Jena Malone
Brian Cox

Creators:
John Bailey (Cinematographer)
Amy Robinson (Producer)
Armyan Bernstein (Producer)
Marc Abraham (Producer)
Ronald M. Bozman (Producer)
Dana Stevens (Writer)
Michael Shaara (Writer)

Director(s):
Sam Raimi

Recording label: Universal Studios
EAN: 9780783245805
Binding: VHS Tape
ISBN: 0783245807
Number of items: 1
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC,
Release Date: 2000-08-15
Universal product code (UPC): 096898643436
Number of discs: 1
Audience rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)

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Billy Chapel (Kevin Costner) is having a bad day. His girlfriend Jane (Kelly Preston, stunning as ever) says she's leaving, and his boss (Brian Cox) says he's selling the business and ace employee Billy may be out of job. Sounds like business as usual for an old-fashioned veteran. However, the business is baseball and for Billy Chapel, the 40-year old former all-star for the Detroit Tigers, it means his career--and his life--is at a crossroads.

Although it is no Bull Durham, For Love of the Game finds a solid and very believable role for Costner. The film is based on Michael Shaara's (The Killer Angels) stream-of-consciousness novel (the rough manuscript was found after his death 1988). The entire film takes place on Billy's day on the mound against the Yankees, a meaningless late-season game for the Tigers, but everything for Billy. In flashbacks, he lingers over his long relationship with Jane and his baseball career (from World Series heroism to a career-threatening injury). His one viable link to the game at hand is his catcher, played winningly by John C. Reilly. Costner, like Chapel, is looking for one more great performance, but the film is too simplistic and loopy at times to resonate. The love story has an extra helping of cuteness, and legendary baseball announcer Vin Scully nearly takes on a leading role, waxing grandiloquent. It's no grand slam, but a solid double. --Doug Thomas

Running time: 137 minutes
Language: English (Unknown)