Information
| Year: | 1999 |
| Rating: | 6.2(13603) |
| Listed in: | Drama, Romance, Sport |
| Directed by: | Sam Raimi |
| Actors: | Kevin Costner John C. Reilly Brian Cox J.K. Simmons Kelly Preston Jena Malone Addie Daddio |
| "Billy Chapel must choose between the woman he loves and the game he lives for." | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Sam Raimi | |
| Actors | |
| Kevin Costner | as Billy Chapel |
| John C. Reilly | as Gus Sinski |
| Brian Cox | as Gary Wheeler |
| J.K. Simmons | as Frank Perry |
| Vin Scully | as Himself |
| Steve Lyons | as Himself |
| Carmine Giovinazzo | as Ken Strout |
| Bill E. Rogers | as Davis Birch |
| Hugh Ross | as Mike Udall |
| Domenick Lombardozzi | as Tow Truck Driver |
| Larry Joshua | as Yankee Fan in Bar |
| Greer Barnes | as Mickey Hart |
| Scott Bream | as Brian Whitt |
| Jose Mota | as Jose Garcia |
| Earl Johnson | as Marcus Random |
| Chris Lemonis | as Lee Giordano |
| Jesse Ibarra | as Dennis Skinner |
| Pedro Swann | as Juan Vasquez |
| Michael Rivera | as Jimmy Pena |
| Dave Eiland | as Relief Pitcher |
| Joe Lisi | as Pete |
| Jim Colborn | as 3rd Base Coach |
| Paul Bradshaw | as Tiger Pitching Coach |
| Gene Kirley | as Tiger Bench Coach |
| Chris Fischer | as Detroit Tiger |
| Jon M. McDonnell | as Detroit Tiger |
| Barry Bradford | as Detroit Tiger |
| Kevin Craig West | as Detroit Tiger |
| Wes Said Drake | as Detroit Tiger |
| Luis Moro | as Detroit Tiger |
| Michael Papajohn | as Sam Tuttle |
| John Darjean Jr. | as Jonathan Warble |
| Donzell McDonald | as Lenny Howell |
| Scott Pose | as Matt Crane |
| Vick Brown | as Jesus Cabrillo |
| Chris Ashby | as Nardini |
| Bill Masse | as Mike Robinson |
| Mike Buddie | as Jack Spellman |
| Eric Knowles | as Ted Franklin |
| Ricky Ledee | as Ruiz |
| Juan Nieves | as Francisco Delgado |
| Augie Garrido | as Yankee Manager |
| Rick Reed | as Home Plate Umpire |
| Rich Garcia | as 1st Base Umpire |
| Jerry Crawford | as 2nd Base Umpire |
| Bob Sheppard | as Yankee Stadium Announcer |
| Eddie Layton | as Yankee Stadium Organist |
| Robinson Frank Adu | as Locker Room Attendant |
| T. Sean Ferguson | as Heckler |
| Victor Colicchio | as Heckler |
| David Mucci | as Heckler |
| Jacob Reynolds | as Wheeler's Nephew |
| Maurice Shrog | as Yankee Stadium Usher |
| William Newman | as Fitch |
| P.J. Barry | as Waldorf Doorman |
| Frank Girardeau | as Waldorf Bellhop |
| Monty Alexander | as Waldorf Pianist |
| Daniel Dae Kim | as E.R. Doctor |
| Bill Vincent | as X-Ray Technician |
| Bill Costner | as Mr. Chapel |
| Mark Thomason | as Billy's Father in Early Years |
| Christopher Cousins | as Ian |
| Ted Raimi | as Gallery Doorman |
| Michael Emerson | as Gallery Doorman |
| Shelly Desai | as Taxi Driver |
| Ed Morgan | as Man at Cafe |
| Brian Donald Hickey | as Autograph Seeker |
| Tracy Perry | as Autograph Seeker |
| Michael Neeley | as Horseback Cop |
| Mark Adrian | as Yankee Fan |
| Tom Bezas | as Young Baseball Fan |
| Jani Blom | as Drunk Guy |
| David Bookbinder | as Baseball Fan |
| Barry Brandt | as Billy's Brother |
| Chuck Bunting | as Yankees Fan |
| James H. Burns | as Baseball Scout |
| Carl Burrows | as Cunningham |
| Todd Carroll | as Yankee Player |
| David Crane | as New York Fan |
| David Mitchell Evans | as Airport Bar Patron |
| Phil Faicco | as Baseball Fan |
| Ken Farnell | as Taxi driver |
| Guy Guglielmi | as Baseball Fan |
| Phil Hawn | as Fan in Airport Lounge |
| Tracy Howe | as Cabbie |
| David G. Knappe | as Baseball Fan |
| Eric Lykins | as Yankees Fan |
| John McEwan | as Stadium Spectator |
| Seth William Meier | as Brian Whelan |
| Dominic Pace | as Aravalo |
| Michael C. Pierce | as Relief Pitcher Lovett |
| Bobby Plasencia | as Yankees Fan |
| Stu 'Large' Riley | as Richard |
| Tait Smith | as Frat Boy |
| Laurent St. Pierre | as Maitre D' |
| Robert Stepanek | as Yankee Fan |
| John B. Sterling | as Radio Announcer |
| Al Thompson | as Pete |
| Joseph Tudisco | as Yankee Fan |
| Tom Ward | as Yankees Bench Manager |
| Geoff Witcher | as Detroit Radio Announcer |
| Actresses | |
| Kelly Preston | as Jane Aubrey |
| Jena Malone | as Heather Aubrey |
| Addie Daddio | as Waitress |
| Arnetia Walker | as Airport Bartender |
| Karen Williams | as Kisha Birch |
| Tracy Middendorf | as Blonde Player's Wife |
| Caterina Zapponi | as Waldorf Singer |
| Judith Drake | as E.R. Nurse |
| Sharon Costner | as Mrs. Chapel |
| Laura Cayouette | as Masseuse |
| Lucinda Clare | as Airline Ticket Agent |
| Sonia Aurora | as Baseball Fan |
| Jennifer Bailey | as Flight Attendant |
| Allison Baker | as Baseball Fan |
| Maureen Bothe | as Baseball Fan |
| Stéphanye Dussud | as Detroit Tiger's Wife |
| Caroline Fogarty | as Waitress |
| Sheila Lussier | as Baseball Player's Wife |
| Taylor McCall | as Baseball Fan |
| Wendy Rich Stetson | as Baseball Player's Wife |
| Kimberly Torrence | as Schoolgirl |
| Molly Torrence | as Principle |
| Debra Venedam | as Yankee Fan |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Filming dates: | 8 October 1998 - 29 January 1999 |
| Budget: | USD 50,000,000 |
| Gross: |
USA - 35,168,395 USD (28 November 1999) |
| Plot: | Baseball great Billy Chapel, 40, wants nothing more than to reconnect with his one-time lover, Jane Aubrey. On the morning he's to pitch the last game of the season, she tells him she's leaving that evening for a job in London; he also learns that the Detroit Tigers' new owners plan to trade him. As he pitches that night, he must decide whether to accept the trade or quit the game he loves, and between innings, he recalls meeting Jane, their first date, happy times, miscommunication, and what may be a final break. Meanwhile, with Vin Scully announcing, one Yankee batter after another fails to reach first base. Can Billy pitch a perfect game, and if so, what does it matter if he loses Jane? |
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Goofs
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Continuity: The scar on Billy's pitching hand is missing as he sits on his bed in the hotel room after the game. It is also missing earlier in the movie before we knew to look for it. Revealing mistakes: In the ninth inning of Billy's perfect game, a foul ball is hit by a Yankee into the stands. The negative is flipped - a fan's shirt has the name "Jeter" spelled backwards along with his uniform number "2". Continuity: Billy Chapel warms up in the bullpen prior to his final game wearing the 1997 uniform of the Detroit Tigers. However, when he takes the mound, and for the balance of the movie, he's wearing the 1998 Tigers uniform. The difference is a prominent quarter-inch navy blue piping on the front of the jersey (around the collar and parallel to the buttons). Continuity: When Billy is warming up to start the game, the catcher has a protective arm flap on his right shoulder. When the catcher throws the ball down to second base, the arm flap is missing. Continuity: At the end of the third inning, the announcer says that Billy strikes out the side and now has five strikeouts. Billy strikes out the second batter and third batter in the first inning, and strikes out the first batter (fourth batter in the lineup) at the start of the second inning. During the eighth inning, it's revealed that the sixth batter in the lineup struck out twice previously, which means he struck out back in the second inning. If Billy struck out the side in the third inning, he should have at least seven strikeouts by the end of the third inning, not five. Continuity: At the end of the third inning, the last Yankee hitter is walking up the first baseline complaining loudly about a called third strike. We know he is the sixth batter because he bats third in the eighth inning (and if it's in the midst of a perfect game, he's batting sixth in the lineup). At the end of the third inning, it'd be the ninth batter that had just struck out, not the sixth batter. SYNC: During the third inning when Billy throws three pitches, all of which are preceded by the announcer saying 'Strike Three,' the same player's picture can be seen on the screen in deep right center field in the background. Continuity: When Sam Tuttle comes to bat in the first inning the scoreboard indicates that he has hit 39 homers, but when he bats in the seventh his home run total is 19. Fact errors: When Gus Sinsky is at bat and gets his double, one shot shows the sun in front of him. With the orientation of Yankee Stadium, the only time the sun could be in that position is in the morning, but the game time is late afternoon/evening. Fact errors: The game takes place in Yankee Stadium, Billy Chapel pitching for the Detroit Tigers. We see the scoreboard and when Billy Chapel gets three outs, they are recorded in the second row: the visiting team usually tracked in the first row, the second row is for the home team. Continuity: As the third inning ends the TV network scoreboard graphic indicates that neither team has any hits, runs or errors. Moments later a shot of the Yankee Stadium scoreboard indicates the same thing. However, when the fourth inning starts TV announcer Vin Scully states that the Yankee pitcher has allowed two hits. Continuity: When Mickey Hart saves the would-be Davis Birch home run in the 8th inning, the initial close-up shot sees the hands of fans vying for the ball, but when shown from distance Hart makes the catch on a part of the wall that is nowhere near any spectators. Continuity: We hear the fan say "kiss that bitch goodbye, take it over" and waves towards the stands. After Chapel "clears the mechanism" they show the exact same sequence with the fan, only without the sound. DATE: When Mickey Hart makes the leaping catch, to save the home run, you see an advertisement on the right field wall. Yankee stadium would not have any advertisements there until the 2005 season. Revealing mistakes: In the beginning of the movie, one of the newspaper's headlines states, "Chapel Pitches Lincoln To Title For Second Straight Year." All of the bold print is about Chapel's high school career. However, all of the print is concerning a game the previous night between Detroit and New York in which Billy Chapel pitched. Continuity: During the first overhead shot of Yankee Stadium, the left field upper deck is completely empty. Later that section is full from a field shot. During a later overhead shot, that section is empty again. FAIR: The shirt he has on under his jersey had the "home" white "D", instead of the road colors - orange "D". However, there are no regulations as to what a player wears UNDER his jersey/uniform. Billy might simply have chosen to wear a home t-shirt, for any number of reasons. CHAR: Chapel mentions on the plane that he'll be pitching tomorrow and the radio broadcast mentions on game day that it is the second to last day of the season. It is highly unlikely, if not impossible, that a pair of Major League teams would end the season on a 2 game series. Continuity: When Billy Chapel met young Strout before his last game beneath the stands, Strout was wearing uniform number 60. However, when Strout entered the dugout after making the final out of the game, he was wearing uniform number 61. Fact errors: The new owners would not be able to trade Billy away, because he is a 10-5 guy. 10 years in the league, 5 years with one club. GEOG: When Jane arrives at Winter training, she tells Billy about her flight to Lauderdale. The Detroit Tigers Winter Training is in Lakeland, FL, near Tampa. She would have flown into TPA, Tampa International Airport. Fact errors: Billy Chapel would not be able to be traded to the Giants. He could insert the 5/10 Rule whereby players who have been with a club for 5 consecutive years and have been a major league player for 10 years cannot be traded without their consent. Therefore, Billy would be able to remain with the Tigers under new ownership. |
Quotes
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[repeated line - his trick for concentration] Billy Chapel: Clear the mechanism. [Billy and Jane have sex in her bed for the first time, and Billy finds a flashlight by his feet] Jane Aubrey: It's not mine. Billy Chapel: You mean it doubles as a flashlight? Jane Aubrey: I need a regular guy. Not the guy in the Old Spice commercials. Billy Chapel: It was Right Guard. Jane Aubrey: What? Billy Chapel: It was Right Guard, not Old Spice. Jane Aubrey: I was being metaphorical. Vin Scully: And you know Steve you get the feeling that Billy Chapel isn't pitching against left handers, he isn't pitching against pinch hitters, he isn't pitching against the Yankees. He's pitching against time. He's pitching against the future, against age, and even when you think about his career, against ending. And tonight I think he might be able to use that aching old arm one more time to push the sun back up in the sky and give us one more day of summer. Jane Aubrey: Do you lose very much? Billy Chapel: I lose. I've lost 134 times. Jane Aubrey: You count them? Billy Chapel: We count everything. Billy Chapel: The game doesn't stink, Mr. Wheeler. It's a great game. Heather: So, are you my mom's boyfriend? Billy Chapel: I'm not sure. Heather: But you've slept with her. [to himself, pitching to a Yankee batter] Billy Chapel: Sam Tuttle. I can't think of a better reason not to be a Yankee. [while helping a traded teammate move] Billy Chapel: I ain't carryin' no books. Where's the pillows? Jane Aubrey: What if my face was all scraped off and I was totally disfigured and had no arms and legs and I was completely paralyzed. Would you still love me? Billy Chapel: No. But we could still be friends. Billy Chapel: I don't know if I have anything left. Gus Sinski: You just throw whatever you got, whatever's left. The boys are all here for you. We're gonna be awesome for you right now! Gus Sinski: You know, a lot of little bottles makes a big bottle, Chapy Jane Aubrey: So, when you're away, I'll live my life and you'll live yours. And none of this stupid bullshit "why didn't you call me?" crap. And "what you do when you're not with me has nothing to do with me" and vice versa. No questions asked, no worrying, no obsessing. Billy Chapel: That sounded perfect. Vin Scully: The cathedral that is Yankee Stadium belongs to a Chapel. [writing on a baseball] Billy Chapel: Tell them I'm through, "for love of the game", Billy Chapel Billy Chapel: [consoling Mickey Hart after an embarrasing play] There's a bunch of cameras out there right now waiting to make a joke of this, Mick. So you can either stop, give them the sound bite, do the dance. Or you can hold your head up and walk by, and the next time we're in Boston, we'll go out there and work the wall together. Don't help them make a joke out of you. Jane Aubrey: You ever gotten your heart broken? Billy Chapel: Yeah. When we lost the pennant in '87. Frank Perry: [Billy Chapel is warming up in the bullpen before the game] Well, since you're throwing bullets, I'm not even gonna mention the fact that you're an hour late, and I have been standing here trying to figure out who my starting pitcher would be if you didn't show up. Billy Chapel: Have I ever not showed? In the 19 years, have I ever not showed? Frank Perry: Well, that's true of everyone until the first time they don't show. Billy Chapel: God, I always said I would never bother you about baseball, Lord knows you have bigger things to worry about. But if you could make this pain in my shoulder stop for ten minutes, I would really appreciate it. Billy Chapel: Clear the Mechanism. [nothing happens; it doesn't work] Billy Chapel: Clear the Mechanism. [it still doesn't work] Billy Chapel: [nodding] All right; all right. Gus Sinski: The boys are all here for ya, we'll back you up, we'll be there, cause, Billy, we don't stink right now. We're the best team in baseball, right now, right this minute, because of you. You're the reason. We're not gonna screw that up, we're gonna be awesome for you right now. Just throw. Gus Sinski: Trying to take my hand off? Billy Chapel: Sorry. Gus Sinski: Just let me set for that juice. Warn me or something. Billy Chapel: I'm gonna throw a little harder than usual today. There's your warning. Gus Sinski: Chap, don't throw it away too early. Billy Chapel: Today I'm throwing hard. Gus Sinski: You and me? One more time? Billy Chapel: Why not? Billy Chapel: I used to believe, I still do, that if you give something your all it doesn't matter if you win or lose, as long as you've risked everything put everything out there. And I've done that. I did it my entire life. I did it with the game. But I never did it with you, I never gave you that. And I'm sorry. I know I'm on really thin ice but, when you said I didn't need you... well last night should've been the biggest night of my life, and it wasn't. It wasn't because you weren't there. So I just wanted to tell you, not to change your mind or keep you from going, but just so you know, that I know, that I do need you. Jane Aubrey: All I've got is my toothbrush and a bathing suit I bought at the airport. You're not smiling. You're annoyed. I'm an idiot. Billy Chapel: No, I'm an idiot. Jane, listen to me. No matter what happens in the next five minutes l want you to know that when I opened this door l was so happy to see you that my heart leapt. It leapt in my chest. Jane Aubrey: This can only end bloody for me, Billy. Jane Aubrey: It's never quite how you play it in your head. Billy Chapel: What about the whole deal thing? Jane Aubrey: What deal? Billy Chapel: You know, you do what you do, I do what I do. Jane Aubrey: You believed that? I was lying. I was trying to be the man. And I was doing a damn good job of it until you invited me down here. You were right. I was afraid. I was afraid you were gonna break my heart into 1,000 pieces. Frank Perry: Let's get outta here before we get our asses kicked twice in one night. Jane Aubrey: [trying to get a doctor for Billy] Are we not in America? Isn't Baseball America's favorite pastime? E.R. Doctor: [pause] Can I help you? [repeated line] Billy Chapel: I can always tell when I'm in New York. Jane Aubrey: [describing Billy] You're perfect. You, and the ball, and the diamond, you're this perfectly beautiful thing. You can win or lose the game, all by yourself. You don't need me. Tow Truck Driver: After Billy has invited Jane to a game and she demurs, "Hell, Billy, if she won't, I'll go." Billy Chapel: Looks at Jane, smiles. "Don't let that happen." |
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