Hardball

Resource Information

The work Hardball represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Noble County Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Hardball

Statement of responsibility

Paramount Pictures presents in association with Fireworks Pictures a Nides/McCormick production, a Tollin/Robbins production ; producers, Tina Nides, Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins ; screenplay writer, John Gatins ; director, Brian Robbins

Title variation

Hard ball

Contributor

• Paramount Pictures Corporation
• Bastille, Ned
• Beckel, Graham, 1949-
• Gatins, John
• Hawkes, John, 1959-
• Hinkle, Jaymes
• Isham, Mark
• Jamison-Tanchuck, Francine
• Lane, Diane
• Margolis, Mark
• McGlone, Michael
• Nides, Tina
• Reeves, Keanu
• Richmond, Tom
• Robbins, Brian, 1963-
• Sweeney, D. B., (Daniel Bernard), 1961-
• Tollin, Michael
• Fireworks Pictures

Subject

• Comedy films
• Compulsive gamblers
• Compulsive gamblers -- Drama
• Coyle, Daniel -- Film and video adaptations
• Drama
• Feature films
• Illinois -- Chicago
• Video recordings
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Youth league baseball
• Youth league baseball -- Coaching
• Youth league baseball -- Coaching -- Illinois | Chicago -- Drama
• Youth league baseball -- Illinois | Chicago -- Drama

Genre

• trueDrama
• Feature films
• Film and video adaptations
• Video recordings
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Comedy films

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• eng

Summary

A down-on-his-luck gambler finds himself in debt to a dangerous loan shark. Desperate for cash, he reluctantly takes on the job of coaching a youth baseball team. The team turns out to be a ragtag group of tough-talking kids from Chicago's inner city. Now, as he must wrestle with his past, the kids start to teach him some lessons that will forever change his future

Member of

• Widescreen DVD collection

Additional physical form

Also issued on VHS.

Cataloging source

TEF

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Tom Richmond ; editor, Ned Bastille ; music, Mark Isham ; costume designer, Francine Jamison-Tanchuck ; production designer, Jaymes Hinkle

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13

Language note

English or French dialogue, English subtitles ; closed captioned

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.H23530

PerformerNote

Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane, John Hawkes, D.B. Sweeney, Mike McGlone, Graham Beckel, Mark Margolis

Runtime

106

Target audience

general

Technique

live action