Movie
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-Keanu
Reeves
Brian
Robbins
(VARSITY
BLUES)
directs
another
sports-related
picture
with
HARDBALL,
an
uplifting
story
about
a
man
who
finds
redemption
when
he's
least
expecting
it.
Keanu
Reeves
stars
as
Conor
O'Neill,
an
underachiever
whose
gambling
addiction
has
gotten
him
into
seemingly
insurmountable
trouble.
Desperate
for
money,
he
begs
his
friend
Jimmy
(Mike
McGlone)
to
bail
him
out
one
more
time.
Jimmy
agrees
to
give
Conor
a
weekly
stipend,
but
only
if
Conor
agrees
to
coach
a
little
league
baseball
team
in
Chicago's
inner
city.
At
first,
Conor
realizes
just
how
unequipped
he
is
for
this
particular
task,
as
the
assembled
team
goofs
off,
fights,
and
curses,
paying
no
attention
to
his
authority.
Eventually,
however,
he
gains
their
respect,
and
pretty
soon,
they're
winning
games.
Meanwhile,
off
the
field,
Conor
finds
himself
falling
for
the
children's
schoolteacher,
Miss
Wilkes
(Diane
Lane).
He
also
places
a
potentially
life-threatening
bet
with
a
high-level
bookie,
but
after
a
miracle
saves
him
and
he
begins
to
fully
embrace
his
new
role
as a
coach
and
father
figure,
tragedy
strikes
and
teaches
Conor
a
much
more
valuable
life
lesson.
Based
on
the
non-fiction
book
by
Daniel
Coyle,
HARDBALL
is
an
uplifting
story
that
gets
a
boost
of
energy
from
its
non-professional
cast
of
youngsters.
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of
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1948-2006 Muze
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