Little Big League
| Little Big League | |
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Little Big League theatrical poster
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| Directed by | Andrew Scheinman |
| Produced by |
Steven Nicolaides Andrew Bergman Mike Lobell |
| Written by | Gregory K. Pincus |
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| Music by | Stanley Clarke |
| Cinematography | Donald E. Thorin |
| Edited by | Michael Jablow |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Release date
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June 29, 1994 |
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Running time
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119 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $12,211,068 (USA) |
Little Big League is a 1994 family sports film about a 12-year-old who suddenly becomes the owner and then manager of the Minnesota Twins baseball team. It stars Luke Edwards, Timothy Busfield, and Dennis Farina.
This film and Disney's Angels in the Outfield were both released just over a month before the 1994 MLB Baseball Players Strike, which forced the league to cancel the playoffs and the World Series. Both indeed feature fictional playoff races that never would have been played out in real life. The film was a box office disappointment when it was released perhaps due in large part to it being given a theatrical release around the same time as The Lion King and Forrest Gump.
Billy Heywood (Luke Edwards), a Little League Baseball player, is a pre-teen son to a widowed single mom, Jenny (Ashley Crow). Billy's grandfather is Thomas Heywood (Jason Robards), owner of the Minnesota Twins.
The Twins are a last-place team (though in real life, they were World Series champions just three years prior), but Billy and his grandfather love each other, the Twins, and the game of baseball. When the grandfather dies, it is revealed that he wants Billy to inherit the franchise. Thomas Heywood specified that if Billy is still a minor at the time of his death, his aides are to help him until Billy is old enough to run the team by himself.
Billy quickly runs afoul of the team's manager, George O'Farrell (Dennis Farina). Billy believes he is too hard on the players. O'Farrell despises the idea of working for a kid and balks at a potential signing of superstar player Rickey Henderson much to Billy's frustration. After O'Farrell insults Billy and tells him to butt out of the team's business, Billy fires him.
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