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The Sandlot

Actor(s): Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Patrick Renna, Chauncey Leopardi, Karen Allen
Director(s): David Mickey Evans
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Details

MPAA Rating: PG
Content Advisory: Excellent For Children
Movie Release: 1993
DVD Release: 01/29/2002
Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned
Audio Tracks: English, French
Subtitles: English, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 41 mins
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Members Wishing: 12
Genres: Children's/Family, Americana, Period Film, Coming-of-Age, Sports Comedy
See Also: The Sandlot [Carrying Case], The Sandlot [Bonus On-Pack Kids Safety DVD], The Sandlot

Synopsis

The Sandlot is sparsely narrated by the main character (now an adult) who occasionally drops in on the action to comment on events or help move the story along. Tom Guiry plays Scotty Smalls, the shy new kid on the block who wants to join the rowdy pickup baseball team that plays every day in the neighborhood sandlot. But he doesn't know how to catch a baseball, and his stepfather (Dennis Leary) is too busy to teach him. He tries out for the sandlot gang anyway, and though he isn't very good, it turns out he's lucky: there happen to be only eight of them, and nine makes a team. The summer passes blissfully as Scotty learns to play ball under the wing of Benny Rodriguez (Mike Vitar), the oldest and best player, as well as Ham, Squints, Repeat, and the rest of the kid-eccentrics. The skies darken, however, when Benny literally knocks the stuffing out of the team's only baseball, a sign of impending doom, or worse, bad luck. Wanting to set things right, Scotty returns home and "borrows" his stepfather's ball, which he promptly uses to hit his first home run, knocking the ball clear out of the sandlot into mean old Mr. Mertle (James Earl Jones)'s junkyard, home to Mertle's legendary guard dog The Beast. Scotty admits that he took the ball without asking, and he naively explains that his stepfather will want it back since it had a woman's name written on it: some lady named Babe Ruth. Horror-stricken, the sandlot gang mobilizes to fetch the autographed ball from the clutches of The Beast, building a series of mechanical ball-retrieval machines which get progressively more complicated and preposterous as The Beast's size grows in their imaginations. ~ Anthony Reed, All Movie Guide

Cast

Tom Guiry - Scotty Smalls
Mike Vitar - Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez
Patrick Renna - Hamilton "Ham" Porter
Chauncey Leopardi - Michael "Squints"' Palledorous
Karen Allen - Mom
Marty York - Alan "Yeah-Yeah" McClennan
Daniel Zacapa

Editorial Review

David M. Evans family-oriented comedy The Sandlot comes to DVD with pair of transfers. The widescreen anamorphic transfer preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1 and is preferable to the standard full-frame transfer. Closed-captioned English soundtracks are rendered in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital Surround, while a French soundtrack has also been recorded in Dolby Digital Surround. English and Spanish subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a making-of featurette, television promotional spots, and a theatrical trailer. This is a solid release from 20th Century Fox. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

Member Reviews

Aimee M. wrote on 2/5/2008...

Who doesn't like this film?
I am not fond of baseball personally, but I enjoy this film for the nostalgia (I think we can all relate to a time in our childhood when we did something a little bad, and it kept snowballing until we knew our parents would kill us) and there are some great comic situations.
Good movie, and great for the family.