Taglines: An inspirational baseball movie.
Mr. Baseball movie storyline. Although a one-time MVP for the New York Yankees, Jack Elliott is now on the down side of his baseball career. His batting average is low and one of his few claims to fame is that during the previous year, he led the team in 9th inning doubles in the month of August. With an up and coming slugger ready to replace him, he learns that he’s been traded to the Chunichi Dragons of the Japanese Central baseball league.
Elliott is set in his ways and quite inflexible, not only in accepting Japanese culture in general, but also with the way the baseball team is managed. When he meets his very pretty PR agent, Hiroko, he begins to gain a greater appreciation that he should accept his current situation. When he realizes her other connection to the team, his attitudes begin to change at an even greater pace.
Mr. Baseball is a 1992 American sports comedy film directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Tom Selleck, Ken Takakura, Dennis Haysbert, and Aya Takanashi. It depicts a tumultuous season in the career of veteran New York Yankees first baseman Jack Elliot, who is traded to the Chunichi Dragons of the Japanese Central League during Spring Training, and forced to contend with overwhelming expectations and cultural differences during the Dragons’ run at the pennant.
Mr. Baseball (1992)
Directed by: Fred Schepisi
Starring: Tom Selleck, Ken Takakura, Aya Takanashi, Toshi Shioya, Dennis Haysbert, Kosuke Toyohara, Toshizo Fujiwara, Norihide Goto, Takanobu Hozumi
Screenplay by: Fred Schepisi
Production Design by: Ted Haworth
Cinematography by: Ian Baker
Film Editing by: Peter Honess
Costume Design by: Bruce Finlayson
Set Decoration by: Cloudia Rebar
Art Direction by: Kenneth J. Creber, Katsumi Kaneda, Russell J. Smith
Music by: Jerry Goldsmith
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sensuality and language.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release Date: October 2, 1992
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