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Paramount Pictures
details
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: Sep 14, 2001
Running Time: 106 mins. (V)
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
An aimless young man can't seem to stop gambling, drinking, and scalping tickets, even though all of his friends are settling down and making good money at legitimate jobs. Desperate for cash, he secures a loan from an acquaintance by agreeing to coach the Little League team of the Cabrini Green housing projects in Chicago. His new job gives him purpose and he starts to turn his life around.
cast + crew
Director
Conor O'Neill
Elizabeth Wilkes
Ticky Tobin
Andre Ray Peetes
Jefferson Albert Tibbs
Jamal
Miles Pennfield II
Clarence
Kofi Evans
Raymont 'Ray Ray' Bennet
screenplay
Book as Source Material
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Producer
Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
reviews
September 17, 2001
Step right up, ladies and gents, and watch Keanu Reeves coach Little League in a Chicago ghetto. Thrill to the sound of ten-year-old teammates talking dirty. Laugh when the star pitcher wears headphones to the mound so he can hear the Notorious B.I.G. sing about wanting to impregnate all the ladies he sees ("I love it when you call me Big Papa"). Weep when a tiny tyke gets killed in a drive-by shooting and Keanu delivers a rousing eulogy about the triumph of the human spirit.Had enough?…
Keanu Reeves stars as a down-and-out gambler who reluctantly agrees to coach a Little League Baseball team in one Chicago's toughest neighborhoods in order to repay some of his debts. Story When gambler Conor O'Neill (Reeves) hits rock bottom after he fails to cover the spread on a Chicago Bulls game, he's the prey of every bookie in town. To dig himself out of a seemingly bottomless fiscal hole, he tries to squeeze a loan out of his friend Jimmy (Mike McGlone), a broker at a downtown Chicago…
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