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The Sandlot

1993 · 101 min

A sun-drenched nostalgic summer of backyard baseball, easy laughs and gentle childhood scares that leaves you smiling.

Tagline
They're more than a team. They're the best buddies in the entire history of the world.
Overview
During a summer of friendship and adventure, one boy becomes a part of the gang, nine boys become a team and their leader becomes a legend by confronting the terrifying mystery beyond the right field wall.

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • coming-of-age
  • found family
  • family
  • memory
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
family, comedy, drama
Directed by
David Mickey Evans
Written by
David Mickey Evans, Robert Gunter
Starring
Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Patrick Renna, Chauncey Leopardi, Marty York, Brandon Quintin Adams, Grant Gelt, James Earl Jones
Music
David Newman
Cinematography
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Runtime
101 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, French

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