Aus Liebe zum Spiel

Originaltitel: For Love of the Game

1999
6
2 Std. 17 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,6/10

38.433

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Home Video Trailer from Universal Studios Home Entertainment

trailer wiedergeben0:31

2 Videos

94 Fotos

Baseball Drama Romance Sport

Nachdem er 19 Jahre lang das Spiel gespielt hat, das er sein ganzes Leben lang geliebt hat, muss sich Billy Chapel entscheiden, ob er alles riskieren und alles da rausbringen wird.Nachdem er 19 Jahre lang das Spiel gespielt hat, das er sein ganzes Leben lang geliebt hat, muss sich Billy Chapel entscheiden, ob er alles riskieren und alles da rausbringen wird.Nachdem er 19 Jahre lang das Spiel gespielt hat, das er sein ganzes Leben lang geliebt hat, muss sich Billy Chapel entscheiden, ob er alles riskieren und alles da rausbringen wird.

Regie
- Sam Raimi
Drehbuch
- Michael Shaara
- Dana Stevens
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,6/10

38.433

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Regie
- Sam Raimi
Drehbuch
- Michael Shaara
- Dana Stevens
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 7 Nominierungen insgesamt

Videos2

Trailer 0:31

For Love of the Game

Clip 4:32

For Love Of The Game: The Perfect Game

Clip 4:32

For Love Of The Game: The Perfect Game

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According to Kevin Costner, Yankees owner George Steinbrenner was becoming agitated that the Yankees would be seen losing in a movie filmed on location at Yankee Stadium. Costner said he was able to calm Steinbrenner down by explaining that Billy Chapel, and not necessarily the game itself, was the movie's major focus. Costner also explained that the game would mean nothing to the Yankees, and that it wasn't played as a "Winner Take All" scenario. Costner convinced Steinbrenner that in the movie's universe, the Yankees would clinch the AL East division the next day, keeping alive their World Series chances. Costner said that he later received a Yankees 1999 World Series ring as a thank-you gift from Steinbrenner.

Patzer
Baseball has a rule saying that any player who has been in the MLB for 10 or more years, and has played the last 5 or more consecutively with the same team has a full no-trade clause. Having played the last 19 for the Tigers, so they could not have traded Kevin Costner's character without his permission to do so.

Zitate
Vin Scully: The cathedral that is Yankee Stadium belongs to a Chapel.

Verbindungen
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: American Beauty/Blue Streak/For Love of the Game (1999)

Soundtracks
Summer Wind
Written by Johnny Mercer, Henry Mayer, Hans Bradtke
Published by WB Music Corp. o/b/o The Johnny Mercer and Edition Primus Rolf Budde KG (ASCAP)
Produced by Russ Titelman & Billy Williams
Performed by Lyle Lovett
Courtesy of Curb/MCA Records

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8/10

This Film Is About Life

This film is much more than a beautiful film about baseball. It's about life....about the continuity of life... about moving on... about taking stock of who you are, and who you are going to be. Billy Chapel stands there, quietly, introspectively, doing what he has always done, what he wants to always do, but knowing at the same time, through his reflections and his actions, that things change nevertheless. At the crux of the pennant game for the Yankees, this Detroit pitcher stands on the pitcher's mound, knowing, seeing, the flow of life. His team sold, knowing his days for the Tigers are over, that his catcher will likely not be there again, that his great love is leaving, that her daughter has grown, his friend playing now for the Yankees, even the last pitcher he faces - who began as a Tiger bat boy for the team his father played for, the Tigers - a boy whom the announcers say has no idea of what this moment is, although he does, his team owner watching the last great game of summer... deciding... about the rest of his life. Through his comments, his thoughts, and his reflections, he evaluates not only where he is going, but who he is and what he will be. And at the precipice of the rest of his life, a perfect game in the balance, he finds it... what his life means. This film never fails to make me cry.