Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 2004


The Winning Season (2004 film)

Buy The Winning Season (2004 film) now from Amazon

First, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.

Wikipedia article




'The Winning Season' is a 2004 television film with elements of a fantasy drama. It chronicles a young boy's dream in 1985 with playing with the Pittsburgh Pirates' great Honus Wagner. The film follows the dream to the point where the boy is assisting Wagner in his 1909 World Series duel with fellow hall-of-famer Ty Cobb. It is adapted from the 1997 children's novel 'Honus & Me' by Dan Gutman. The film premiered on TNT on April 4, 2004.

Production



The film was made by TNT and first broadcast on April 4, 2004. Modine prepared for his role as Wagner by playing with a minor-league team, the IronBirds in Aberdeen, Maryland, owned by Cal Ripken Jr.

Critical reaction



'Variety' condemned the film as "schlocky" and sentimental. Their critic found Modine's performance started to wear and Davis brought "little conviction", but director John Kent Harrison was praised for the performance he got out of Rendall.

Cast



* Matthew Modine - as Honus Wagner

* Kristin Davis - as Mandy

* Mark Rendall - as Joe Stoshack

* William Lee Scott - as Ty Cobb

References




Buy The Winning Season (2004 film) now from Amazon

<-- Return to movies from 2004



This work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1107650974.