The Perfect Game

Year:

2010

Duration:

USA:118 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Sport

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

William Dear

Details

Country: Canada

Release Date: 2010-04-01

Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $12,500,000

Gross: $1,089,445 (USA) (13 June 2010)

Cast

Actor

Character

Clifton Collins Jr.

The Perfect Game

Jansen Panettiere

The Perfect Game

Carlos Padilla

The Perfect Game

Jake T. Austin

Angel Macias

Moises Arias

Mario Ontiveros

Ryan Ochoa

Norberto Villarreal

Gabriel Morales

Ricardo Treviño

Tony Revolori

Fidel Ruiz

Mario Revolori

Gerardo Gonzalez

Alfredo Rodríguez

Jose 'Pepe' Maiz

Cheech Marin

Padre Esteban

Emilie de Ravin

Frankie Stevens

Bruce McGill

Mr. Tanner

Patricia Manterola

Maria

David Koechner

Mac Thompkins

Louis Gossett Jr.

Cool Papa Bell

Frances Fisher

Betty

Carlos Gómez

Umberto Macias

John Cothran

Clarence Bell

Tracey Walter

Captain Slater

Oliver Dear

Officer Spike

Ramón Franco

Senor Villarreal (as Ramon Franco)

Ruben Garfias

Senor Suarez

Chalo González

Maria's Father (as Chalo Gonzalez)

Julieta Ortiz

Senora Suarez

Leticia Castillo

Senora Ontiveros

Ernie Lively

Coach Sam Hicks

Ren Trella

Brenda Louisville Tour Guide (as Karen Trella)

Seraly Morales

Oralia Macias

Sonya Eddy

Rose Bell

Chris Mulkey

Lucky Haskins

William Marquez

Mexican Official #1

Gino Montesinos

Mexican Official #2

Ismael 'East' Carlo

Fundidora Supervisor

Jon Baggio

Bus Ticket Clerk

Pat McGreal

Umpire (Louisville)

Steve Seagren

Umpire (Williamsport)

David Salzberg

Dylan Texas Cowboy

Maddy Curley

Waitress (as Maddy Curly)

Samantha Boscarino

Gloria Jimenez

William May

Juan Zaraqosa

Andrew Thacher

Immigration Officer (as Andrew Thatcher)

Matt Battaglia

Coach McAllen (as Matt Bataglia)

Wyatt Smith

McAllen Player #1

Mat Smith

McAllen Player #2

Carlos Compean

Mexico City Coach

Jay Jay Harris

Mexico City Kid #2

Ron Roggé

Umpire (McAllen) (as Ron Rogge)

Jerry Giles

Coach McAllan Assistant

Drew Butler

Umpire (Fort Worth)

Dan Kelpine

Fort Worth Spectator #1

Tom Hornof

Fort Worth Spectator #2

Aaron Thompson

Cleon (Waco Team)

Alejandro Chabán

Javier (as Alejandro Chaban)

Gunner Wright

St. Louis Player #1

Wiley M. Pickett

St. Louis Player #2 (as Wiley Pickett)

Christian Fortune

Biloxi Pitcher

Drew Wicks

Louisville Spectator #1

Gary Ballard

Louisville Spectator #2

Ron Perkins

Little League Official

Sonny Carl Davis

Reporter #1 (as Sonny Davis)

Doug DeBeech

Reporter #2 (as Doug Debeech)

Ralph Mangum

Game Announcer

Rogelio T. Ramos

Mexican Radio Announcer (as Rogelio Ramos)

Don Abernathy

Baseball Fan #1 (uncredited)

Robert Blanche

Bridgeport Coach (uncredited)

David E. Brown

Umpire (Bridgeport) (uncredited)

Roy Campanella

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Emilio Cast

Pedro Macias (uncredited)

Derek Easley

Angry Relative (uncredited)

Gregory George Frank

Spectator #1 (uncredited)

Gil Hodges

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bruce Holman

Newspaper reporter (uncredited)

Dava Hulsey

1957 Fan #1 (uncredited)

Steven Michael King

Spectator #2 (uncredited)

Gregg Lee

Baseball Fan #2 (uncredited)

Rae Sunshine Lee

Baseball Fan #3 (uncredited)

Stan Musial

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marc Musso

Tommy

Jackie Quinones

Baseball Player (uncredited)

Pee Wee Reese

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jessica Lynn Sadowski

1957 Fan #2 (uncredited)

Carol Shook

1957 Woman (uncredited)

Maria Zambrana

Baseball Stadium Patron (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

During the Little League World Series championship game against La Mesa, real Monterrey player Jose "Pepe" Maiz and Angel Macias along with La Mesa Player Joe McKirahan made a cameo scene appearances as fans watching the game.

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The original 1957 Monterrey Industrial Little League had 14 players and two coaches, Cesar Faz and Jose Gonzales. The Monterrey Little League got their charter in 1955 with 4 teams. They also won the 1958 Little League world championship with 14 different players.

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In the DVD commentary, William Dear mentions (at 06:45) "some of this footage is from a Mexico unit that had shot prior to our shooting and that's a whole other story about the struggle this movie had." At 11:53 in the commentary Dear adds "There was a unit that shot, prior to our shooting, in Mexico. I tried to use as much footage as I could from their shoot, but we had a lot of casting changes once that little shoot had folded." At 26:55 Dear mentions they had lost the boy originally cast as the catcher, Norberto, and were so close to shooting they could only use a boy who could already play baseball, when they found Ryan Ochoa who had the right look, acting ability, and could hit, pitch, and catch baseball despite being more than a year younger than the other principal boys.

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Goofs

When the Monterrey Industrials cross the border and head to McAllen, they continue on foot through the desert. In reality, between Mexico and Texas there's the Rio Grande.

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Contrary to the claims of the opening STL-Brooklyn archive footage-based game, Sal Maglie never pitched at Sportsman's Park in 1956. The only time he pitched vs. the St. Louis Cardinals in 1956 was August 5 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.

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Alejandro Chabán (as Alejandro Chaban) is listed twice, in the credits on screen, for the same role, "Javier," in credit numbers 54 and 61.

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Quotes

Cesar Faz: What are you doin' here?

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Padre Estaban: Our visa's have expired.

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Frankie Stevens: You know, you say that one more time I will punch you in the nose.

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Faq

Q

A Note Regarding Spoilers

A

he following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.

Q

Is "The Perfect Game" based on a book?

A

The Perfect Game is based on a true story about a group of boys from Monterrey, Mexico, who became the first non-U.S. team to win the Little League World Series in 1957. The script was written by W. William Winokur.

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