Angels in the Outfield (1994 film)
| Angels in the Outfield | |
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| Directed by | William Dear |
| Written by | Dorothy Kingsley George Wells (1951/1994 screenplay) Richard Conlin (1951 story) Holly Goldberg Sloan |
| Produced by | Richard Birnbaum Joe Roth Irby Smith |
| Starring | Danny Glover Brenda Fricker Tony Danza Christopher Lloyd Joseph Gordon-Levitt Neal McDonough |
| Cinematography | Matthew F. Leonetti |
| Edited by | Bruce Green |
| Music by | Randy Edelman |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Pictures |
Release dates | July 15, 1994 |
Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Angels in the Outfield is a 1994 Disney film starring Danny Glover, Tony Danza and Christopher Lloyd.
Taglines:
- It Could Happen.
- Ya Gotta Believe!
Plot
Young foster children Roger (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and his friend J.P. (Milton Davis, Jr.) love to sneak into baseball games of the hopelessly dreadful California Angels.
Still in limited contact with his father, Roger asks when they will be a family again. His father replies, "I'd say when the Angels win the pennant." Taking his father's words literally, Roger prays for God to help the Angels win.
The next time he and J.P. go to see a game, he sees a group of angels led by Al (Christopher Lloyd) helping the team. Although Roger can see the angels quite clearly, everyone else can only explain the seemingly impossible acts as freak occurrences.
Roger's unique ability to see which players are receiving help from angels leads the Angel's skeptical manager, George Knox (Danny Glover) to keep Roger around as a good luck charm/consultant. Due to the much needed help, the Angel's start to win games and make a surprising second-half surge to the top of their division. However, Roger's father permanently gives up custody of his son.
On the championship game none of the Angels show up. Later on Al explains that championships must be played without help from the Angels and that Mel Calrk will be one (he's been a smoker for years and only has six months left). Through out the game Mel Clark has been in, but is geting tired after 157 pitches. Knox goes in, everyone thinks he's going in to take him out, but instead goes in for some motivation. The Angels ultimately win the final game of the regular season without the help of the angels and clinch the division pennant over the rival Chicago White Sox. The movie ends with George adopting both Roger and J.P, and J.P. seeing Al.
Sequels
The movie spawned two made-for-TV sequels, Angels in the Endzone and Angels in the Infield.
Cast
- Danny Glover as George Knox
- Brenda Fricker as Maggie Nelson
- Tony Danza as Mel Clark
- Christopher Lloyd as Al the Boss Angel
- Ben Johnson as Hank Murphy
- Jay O. Sanders as Ranch Wilder
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Roger Bomman
- Milton Davis, Jr. as J.P.
- Taylor Negron as David Montagne
- Tony Longo as Triscuitt Messmer
- Neal McDonough as Whitt Bass
- Stoney Jackson as Ray Mitchell
- Adrien Brody as Danny Hemmerling
- Tim Conlon as Wally
- Albert Garcia as Pablo Garcia
- Matthew McConaughey as Ben Williams
- Dermot Mulroney as Mr. Bomman (Roger's Dad)
Trivia
- Although the exterior and sky shots of the stadium were filmed at Angel Stadium of Anaheim (then known as Anaheim Stadium), most of the shots inside the stadium were actually filmed at McAfee Coliseum (then known as Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum).
See also
- Angels in the Outfield, the original 1951 film.
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