The Sandlot (1993)

Director:

David M. Evans

Writers (WGA):

David M. Evans (written by) &
Robert Gunter (written by)

Release Date:

7 April 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Sport

Tagline:

The adventure of a lifetime,the summer of their dreams...the dog of their nightmares

Plot:

Scotty Smalls moves to a new neighborhood with his mom and stepdad, and wants to learn to play baseball...

Plot Keywords:

Baseball | Fence | Dog | Team | Treehouse

Awards:

1 win

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tom Guiry	...	Scotty Smalls
Mike Vitar	...	Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez
Patrick Renna	...	Hamilton 'Ham' Porter
Chauncey Leopardi	...	Michael 'Squints' Palledorous
Marty York	...	Alan 'Yeah-Yeah' McClennan
Brandon Quintin Adams	...	Kenny DeNunez (as Brandon Adams)
Grant Gelt	...	Bertram Grover Weeks
Shane Obedzinski	...	Tommy 'Repeat' Timmons
Victor DiMattia	...	Timmy Timmons
Denis Leary	...	Bill
Karen Allen	...	Mom
James Earl Jones	...	Mr. Mertle
Marley Shelton	...	Wendy (as Marlee Shelton)
Herb Muller	...	Young Mr. Mertle
Daniel Zacapa	...	Police Chief (as Garret Pearson)

Also Known As:

The Sandlot Kids (Australia) (UK)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some language and kids chewing tobacco.

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:F (Ontario) | Canada:G (Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Argentina:Atp | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Australia:PG | Germany:6 | UK:PG | USA:PG (certificate no. 31898) | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Dodger Stadium - 1000 Elysian Park Avenue, Chávez Ravine, Elysian Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Five of the members of the Sandlot baseball team - Patrick Renna, Chauncey Leopardi, Marty York, Brandon Quintin Adams, and Grant Gelt - all had roles in different episodes of Boy Meets World. Art LaFluer, "The Great Bambino," was also later featured in Boy Meets World.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the boys are jumping out of the tree house before the vacuums blow up, Benny is seen jumping over Ham who is holding onto the ladder, then Ham lets go and falls off. In the next shot, however, Benny and Ham hit the ground at the same time even though Benny jumped off way before.

Quotes:

Mr. Mertle: Baseball was life! And I was good at it... real good.

Movie Connections:

References Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966)

Soundtrack:

Wipe Out

One of the greatest childhood films ever

The Sandlot is a great childhood film because it examines changes and friendship among a group of pre-teens. It is really just good old fashioned fun (especially James Earl Jones' cameo) in the adventures of their baseball days. Denis leary makes one of his breakthrough films here. Entertainment supreme, and maybe adults will like it too. A