Is Hardball based on a true story?
Hardball is a 2001 American sports drama film directed by Brian Robbins and starring Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane and D. B. Sweeney. The screenplay by John Gatins is based on the book Hardball: A Season in the Projects by Daniel Coyle. The original music score is composed by Mark Isham.
Who are the actors in hardball?
Hardball is a 2001 American sports comedy-drama film directed by Brian Robbins and starring Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane and D. B. Sweeney.
What is the rating of Hardball on Rotten Tomatoes?
On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 41% based on 113 reviews, with an average rating of 4. 72/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Although Hardball contains some touching moments, they are not enough to transcend the sports formula."
What part of Chicago was the movie Hardball filmed?
Keanu Reeves is expected in the Motor City this week to film scenes for his new movie, "Hardball." The locale -- Tiger Stadium, the old home of the Detroit Tigers.Oct 26, 2000
Is Hardball based off a true story?
"Hardball" is based on a true story -- Daniel Coyle's book about coaching Cabrini-Green kids, "Hardball: A Season in the Projects" -- but you'd never know it didn't spring from someone whose limited knowledge of poor urban kids was gleaned solely from movies.May 21, 2020
What happened to G baby in the movie Hardball?
Just after Conor drops the kids off at home after winning the pre-championship game, G-Baby is struck and killed by a stray bullet and Kofi has to hold him as he dies. Conor wants to forfeit the game, but Andre and especially Kofi, rallies the team together.
When was Hardball movie made?
September 10, 2001 (USA)Hard Ball / Release date
Who was Gbaby in Hardball?
DeWayne WarrenHardball (2001) - DeWayne Warren as Jarius 'G-Baby' Evans - IMDb.
Who is Gbaby?
New York rapper G Baby (real name: Gregory Brown), 22, was shot and killed in Queens, New York, early Saturday, a representative for the New York Police Department confirmed to MTV News on Monday (March 15). G Baby was signed to longtime Jay-Z associate Memphis Bleek's Get Low Records.Mar 15, 2010
What happened to Jamal on Hardball?
Jordan played Jamal, one of the older kids who was sadly kicked off the team after an opposing coach made a fuss about his age. Jamal reluctantly got sucked into the street life after that, hit a downward stride.May 3, 2021
How old is Dwayne Warren?
About 30 years (1992)DeWayne Warren / Age
Does Netflix have Hardball?
A gambler agrees to coach a Little League baseball team from a notorious Chicago housing project if a friend will lend him money to square his debts. Watch all you want.
Is Jamal from Hardball Michael B Jordan?
Hardball (2001) - Michael B. Jordan as Jamal - IMDb.
What is Hardball based on?
Based on Daniel Coyle's book about a magazine editor coaching a youth team in Chicago's Cabrini-Green projects, the film takes a true story and drags it through a swamp of hyped-up Hollywood cliches. Reeves plays Conor O'Neill — not an editor, but a gambler in debt for $12,000.Sep 14, 2001
What is Hardball slang for?
/ (ˈhɑːdbɔːl) / noun. US and Canadian baseball as distinct from softball. play hardball informal, mainly US and Canadian to act in a ruthless or uncompromising way. Slang.
Storyline
Bright, educated, handsome Conor O'Neill's promising future was wrecked by his gambling addiction, which dragged him into heavy drinking and petty crime, but worst of all, the stifling grip of loan-shark bookies. Desperate for a loan, he agrees to stand in for lawyer friend Jimmy Fleming as coach of a Chicago ghetto Little League baseball team.
Did you know
Before the film was released in 2001, posters and ads reflected the rating as R before it was re-edited to dub over the kids using the "f" word. Despite quite a bit of profanity remaining, the film was then released with a PG-13 rating.
Overview
Hardball is a 2001 American sports drama film directed by Brian Robbins and starring Keanu Reeves in the main role, Diane Lane and D. B. Sweeney. The screenplay by John Gatins is based on the book Hardball: A Season in the Projects by Daniel Coyle. The original music score is composed by Mark Isham. The film was released on September 14, 2001, topping the box office the week…
Plot
Conor O'Neill (Keanu Reeves) is a gambler who secretly bets $6,000 on his dead father's account and is now severely in debt with two bookies. In order to repay the debts, he is told by a corporate friend that he must coach a baseball team of troubled African-American fifth grade kids from Chicago's ABLA housing projects in exchange for $500 each week, for ten weeks.
Worried only about getting his $500 check, Conor shows up at the baseball field to a rag tag bun…
Cast
• Keanu Reeves as Conor O'Neill
• Diane Lane as Elizabeth Wilkes
• John Hawkes as "Ticky" Tobin
• Bryan C. Hearne as Andre Ray Peetes
Music
A soundtrack containing hip hop and R&B music was released on September 11, 2001 by Columbia Records. It peaked at #55 on the Billboard 200 and #34 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.
Reception
The film topped the box office by grossing $10.1 million on its opening weekend, which came shortly after the September 11 attacks. Worldwide it grossed $44.1 million The film at No. 2 at the box office that weekend was The Glass House which also starred Diane Lane.
On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 41% based on 113 reviews, with an average rating of 4.72/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Although …
See also
• List of sports films
• List of drama films
• List of hood films
External links
• Hardball at IMDb
• Hardball at AllMovie
• Hardball at Box Office Mojo
• Hardball at Rotten Tomatoes