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The Sandlot

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The Sandlot
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PG,1hr 41min
Released:
April 1, 1993
Distributor:
20th Century Fox
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 ... Full Synopsis
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A summertime counterpart to the wintry A Christmas Story (1983), The Sandlot is one of those quaint coming-of-age movies that looks back on childhood follies and adventures through rose-colored glasses. Also like A Christmas Story, The Sandlot is blessed with its own peculiar group of stereotypical characters who seem to be taken from everyone's childhood, and each tall tale seems taller than the next, ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Scotty Smalls
Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez
Hamilton "Ham" Porter
Michael "Squints"' Palledorous
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