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The Sandlot
The Sandlot (released in some countries as The Sandlot Kids) is a 1993 American coming-of-age sports comedy film written by David Mickey Evans and Robert Gunter Evans also directed the film and served as a narrator. It tells the story of a diverse group of young baseball players during Summer 1962. It stars Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Karen Allen, Denis Leary, and James Earl Jones. The film is set in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California, and the filming locations were in Midvale, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, Utah.
The Sandlot was released on April 7, 1993, by 20th Century Fox. The film grossed over $34 million worldwide. It was followed by two direct-to-video sequels The Sandlot 2 (2005) and The Sandlot: Heading Home (2007).
In 1962, Scott "Scotty" Smalls moves to the San Fernando Valley with his unnamed mother and new stepfather, Bill. When Smalls's mother encourages him to make friends, he tries joining a group of eight boys—Benjamin Franklin "Benny" Rodriguez, Hamilton "Ham" Porter, Alan "Yeah-Yeah" McClennan, Kenny DeNunez, Michael "Squints" Palladorous, Bertram Grover Weeks, and brothers Tommy and Timmy Timmons—who play baseball daily at the neighborhood sandlot. Smalls leaves in embarrassment when everyone except Benny, the group's leader, laughs at his attempt to catch and throw a baseball. Benny later invites Smalls onto the team and helps him improve his skills and earn the other boys' respect.
The next day, Ham hits a home run into an adjacent backyard, angering the group. They stop Smalls from retrieving the ball and tell him about "the Beast", a large and fearsome English Mastiff living behind the fence of Mr. Mertle, who is depicted as being an unnaturally large, monstrous dog. Over the years, many baseballs have previously gone over the fence, with the Beast claiming each of these.
One hot day, instead of playing baseball, the team goes swimming at the neighborhood pool. They end up getting kicked out after Squints fakes drowning so the lifeguard, Wendy Peffercorn, kisses him while giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. The group later plays against a snooty rival Little League team and wins in a landslide. When celebrating their victory at a fair that night, all the boys get sick after chewing tobacco and riding the Trabant.
One day, Benny hits the cover off the team's only ball. With Bill away on business for a week, Smalls keeps the game going by borrowing his stepfather's prized baseball autographed by Babe Ruth. Unaware of its value, Smalls hits his first home run, sending it into Mr. Mertle's yard. When the team learns of the autograph, they quickly forge Babe Ruth's signature on a new ball to be a temporary replacement while attempting to recover the autographed ball. However, the Beast thwarts every makeshift device they use for this goal.
That night, Benny has a dream in which he meets Babe Ruth. Ruth tells Benny, reluctant, to climb over Mr. Mertle's fence to get the ball back, which he does the next day. A standoff ensues between the two: Benny takes off running for the ball, slides and grabs the ball and takes off running. The Beast, revealed to be a normal-sized dog, chases Benny through town. Benny outruns the dog all the way back to Mr. Mertle's yard, but the Beast crashes through the fence, which falls down on top of him. Smalls and Benny free the Beast, who gratefully licks Smalls's face and leads them to his stash of baseballs. The two meet Mr. Mertle, discovering that he is a retired baseball player and a friend of Babe Ruth who went blind after being struck by a pitch. Mr. Mertle trades them the chewed-up ball for one autographed by all the 1927 Murderers' Row.
Bill loves the Murderers' Row ball but still grounds Smalls for a week for ruining his Babe Ruth autographed ball. Their relationship nonetheless improves, and Smalls begins to call Bill "Dad". The sandlot boys appoint the Beast—whose real name is Hercules—as their mascot. As the years pass, they go their separate ways: Yeah-Yeah enlists in the army; Bertram disappears into the counterculture movement; Timmy and Tommy become an architect and a contractor; Squints marries Wendy, has nine kids with her, and the two run a local drugstore; Ham becomes a professional wrestler: "The Great Hambino"; Kenny plays Triple-A baseball before owning a business and coaching his sons' Little League team; and Benny earns the nickname "the Jet" after word spreads around about his encounter with the Beast.
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The Sandlot
The Sandlot (released in some countries as The Sandlot Kids) is a 1993 American coming-of-age sports comedy film written by David Mickey Evans and Robert Gunter Evans also directed the film and served as a narrator. It tells the story of a diverse group of young baseball players during Summer 1962. It stars Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Karen Allen, Denis Leary, and James Earl Jones. The film is set in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California, and the filming locations were in Midvale, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, Utah.
The Sandlot was released on April 7, 1993, by 20th Century Fox. The film grossed over $34 million worldwide. It was followed by two direct-to-video sequels The Sandlot 2 (2005) and The Sandlot: Heading Home (2007).
In 1962, Scott "Scotty" Smalls moves to the San Fernando Valley with his unnamed mother and new stepfather, Bill. When Smalls's mother encourages him to make friends, he tries joining a group of eight boys—Benjamin Franklin "Benny" Rodriguez, Hamilton "Ham" Porter, Alan "Yeah-Yeah" McClennan, Kenny DeNunez, Michael "Squints" Palladorous, Bertram Grover Weeks, and brothers Tommy and Timmy Timmons—who play baseball daily at the neighborhood sandlot. Smalls leaves in embarrassment when everyone except Benny, the group's leader, laughs at his attempt to catch and throw a baseball. Benny later invites Smalls onto the team and helps him improve his skills and earn the other boys' respect.
The next day, Ham hits a home run into an adjacent backyard, angering the group. They stop Smalls from retrieving the ball and tell him about "the Beast", a large and fearsome English Mastiff living behind the fence of Mr. Mertle, who is depicted as being an unnaturally large, monstrous dog. Over the years, many baseballs have previously gone over the fence, with the Beast claiming each of these.
One hot day, instead of playing baseball, the team goes swimming at the neighborhood pool. They end up getting kicked out after Squints fakes drowning so the lifeguard, Wendy Peffercorn, kisses him while giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. The group later plays against a snooty rival Little League team and wins in a landslide. When celebrating their victory at a fair that night, all the boys get sick after chewing tobacco and riding the Trabant.
One day, Benny hits the cover off the team's only ball. With Bill away on business for a week, Smalls keeps the game going by borrowing his stepfather's prized baseball autographed by Babe Ruth. Unaware of its value, Smalls hits his first home run, sending it into Mr. Mertle's yard. When the team learns of the autograph, they quickly forge Babe Ruth's signature on a new ball to be a temporary replacement while attempting to recover the autographed ball. However, the Beast thwarts every makeshift device they use for this goal.
That night, Benny has a dream in which he meets Babe Ruth. Ruth tells Benny, reluctant, to climb over Mr. Mertle's fence to get the ball back, which he does the next day. A standoff ensues between the two: Benny takes off running for the ball, slides and grabs the ball and takes off running. The Beast, revealed to be a normal-sized dog, chases Benny through town. Benny outruns the dog all the way back to Mr. Mertle's yard, but the Beast crashes through the fence, which falls down on top of him. Smalls and Benny free the Beast, who gratefully licks Smalls's face and leads them to his stash of baseballs. The two meet Mr. Mertle, discovering that he is a retired baseball player and a friend of Babe Ruth who went blind after being struck by a pitch. Mr. Mertle trades them the chewed-up ball for one autographed by all the 1927 Murderers' Row.
Bill loves the Murderers' Row ball but still grounds Smalls for a week for ruining his Babe Ruth autographed ball. Their relationship nonetheless improves, and Smalls begins to call Bill "Dad". The sandlot boys appoint the Beast—whose real name is Hercules—as their mascot. As the years pass, they go their separate ways: Yeah-Yeah enlists in the army; Bertram disappears into the counterculture movement; Timmy and Tommy become an architect and a contractor; Squints marries Wendy, has nine kids with her, and the two run a local drugstore; Ham becomes a professional wrestler: "The Great Hambino"; Kenny plays Triple-A baseball before owning a business and coaching his sons' Little League team; and Benny earns the nickname "the Jet" after word spreads around about his encounter with the Beast.