Rating: PG13
Genre: Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 09/14/2001(USA)
Release Date: 02/19/2002
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 106 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Questionable for Children, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Paramount

Television actor-turned-director Brian Robbins follows up Varsity Blues (1999) and Ready to Rumble (2000) with another sports comedy. Keanu Reeves stars as Conor O'Neill, an underachiever and inveterate sports gambler who needs a bailout loan from a friend to pay off his mounting debt. As a condition for receiving the necessary funds, Conor is saddled with coaching a corporate-sponsored Little League baseball team for underprivileged youth in Chicago's notorious Cabrini Green housing project. Reluctant at first, Conor slowly begins to enjoy his new authority role, especially when he makes the acquaintance of his players' attractive teacher, Elizabeth Wilkes (Diane Lane). Based on the real-life chronicle Hardball: A Season in the Projects by Outside magazine editor Daniel Coyle, Hardball also stars D.B. Sweeney and Mike McGlone.

~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Keanu Reeves - Conor O'Neill
Diane Lane - Elizabeth Wilkes
John Hawkes - Ticky Tobin
D.B. Sweeney - Matt Hyland
Sterling Elijah Brown - Sterling
A. Delon Ellis, Jr. - Miles Pennfield II
Julian Griffith - Jefferson Albert Tibbs
Bryan Hearne - Andre Ray Peetes
Michael B. Jordan - Jamal
Kristopher Lofton - Clarence
Michael Perkins - Kofi Evans
Brian Reed - Ray-Ray
Alexander Telles - Alex
DeWayne Warren - G-Baby

Production:
Brian Robbins - Director
Brian Robbins Mike Tollin Tina Nides - Producer
Mark Isham Jermaine Dupri - Composer
Ned Bastille - Editor
John Gatins - Screen Writer
Tom Richmond - Cinematographer
Francine Jamison-Tanchuck - Costume Designer
Erwin Stoff - Executive Producer
Herbert W. Gains - Executive Producer
Kevin McCormick - Executive Producer
Jaymes Hinkle - Production Designer
Michael J. Moore - Second Assistant Director
Daniel Coyle - Book Author

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