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Quick Info

Rating

6.5/10

Release2001

Runtime1h 46m

StatusReleased

Budget$32,000,000

Revenue$40,222,729

Production

Paramount Pictures

Munich Film Partners & Company (MFP) GHS Productions

GHS Productions KG

Nides/McCormick Productions

Movie

Hardball

2001

1h 46m

6.5

Drama

Synopsis

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.

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