Hardball is a movie directed by Brian Robbins in 2001 and based on the book Hardball: A Season in the Projects by Daniel Coyle, first published in 1993. The movie features Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane, John Hawkes, D.B. Sweeney, Bryan Hearne, Mike McGlone, and others.
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Storyline
Conor O’Neill 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.
Movie vs Book
Year
2001
Minutes
109
Movie Rate
6.40
Source: IMDb
Movie
Hardball
Original title: Hard Ball
Director: Brian Robbins
Country: Germany
Year: 2001
Length: 1h49m
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Year
1993
Pages
368
Book Rate
8.04
S: Goodreads
Book
Hardball: A Season in the Projects
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“Adapting a book is nerve-wracking because there's an audience who loves the book, and what if they see the movie and hate it?”
ANGOURIE RICE (Actress)
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