HARDBALL (DVD)DOLBY DIGITAL(ENGLISH 5.1 SURROUND/ENGLISH/WS ENHANCE 16X9) DVD

Hardball
Television actor-turned-director Brian Robbins follows up Varsity Blues (1999) and Ready to Rumble (2000) with another sports comedy. Keanu Reeves stars as Conor O'Neill, an underachiever and inveterate sports gambler who needs a bailout loan from a friend to pay off his mounting debt. As a condition for receiving the necessary funds, Conor is saddled with coaching a corporate-sponsored Little League baseball team for underprivileged youth in Chicago's notorious Cabrini Green housing project. Reluctant at first, Conor slowly begins to enjoy his new authority role, especially when he makes the acquaintance of his players' attractive teacher, Elizabeth Wilkes (Diane Lane). Based on the real-life chronicle Hardball: A Season in the Projects by Outside magazine editor Daniel Coyle, Hardball also stars D.B. Sweeney and Mike McGlone. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Cast Keanu Reeves as Conor O'Neill Diane Lane as Elizabeth Wilkes John Hawkes as Ticky Tobin D.B. Sweeney as Matt Hyland Sterling Elijah Brown as Sterling A. Delon Ellis Jr. as Miles Pennfield II Julian Griffith as Jefferson Albert Tibbs Bryan Hearne as Andre Ray Peetes Michael B. Jordan as Jamal Kristopher Lofton as Clarence Michael Perkins as Kofi Evans Brian Reed as Ray-Ray Alexander Telles as Alex DeWayne Warren as G-Baby

Crew Francine Jamison-Tanchuck - Costume Designer Brian Robbins - Director Ned Bastille - Editor Herbert W. Gains - Executive Producer Kevin McCormick - Executive Producer Erwin Stoff - Executive Producer Jermaine Dupri - Composer (Music Score) Mark Isham - Composer (Music Score) Jaymes Hinkle - Production Designer Tom Richmond - Cinematographer Tina Nides - Producer Mike Tollin - Producer Brian Robbins - Producer John Gatins - Screenwriter Michael J. Moore - Second Assistant Director Daniel Coyle - Book Author

Hardball
(not reviewed)
 

(no awards)

General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: English Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel DDS: Dolby Digital Surround Additional Features: Widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 TVs Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, English Dolby Surround, French Dolby Surround English subtitles 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 Gatins DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen MPAA Rating: PG13 DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 106 min Part of Series: Paramount Widescreen Collection   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 0. Scene Selection 1. Busted [:31] 2. A Couple Players Short [7:14] 3. Sister Wilkes [1:31] 4. Home After Dark [5:16] 5. Breaking It Down [:46] 6. Book Reports [5:30] 7. Kekambas vs. Waatas [:47] 8. True Player [6:39] 9. Contract Negotiations [:23] 10. Account 27 [2:57] 11. Striking Out [3:00] 12. Bulls and Six [1:08] 13. Major League Game [7:18] 14. Big Poppa [:40] 15. G-Baby [3:41] 16. The 'Ship [3:00]