The Sandlot

Movie Details:

Cast & Characters:

• Tom Guiry as Scott “Scotty” Smalls, new kid in town, who later becomes a left-center outfielder for the Sandlot team.
  • David Mickey Evans as adult Scott Smalls (narrator, voice-only)
  • Arliss Howard as adult Scott Smalls (live action, uncredited)
• Mike Vitar as Benjamin Franklin “Benny” Rodriguez, leader of the group, as well as the most dedicated and skilled member of the team.
  • Pablo Vitar as adult Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez
• Patrick Renna as Hamilton “Ham” Porter, overweight, short-tempered catcher.
• Chauncey Leopardi as Michael “Squints” Palledorous, glasses-wearing, snarky shortstop.
• Marty York as Alan “Yeah-Yeah” McClennan, smart-mouthed third baseman.
• Brandon Quintin Adams as Kenny “The Heater” DeNunez, easygoing pitcher.
• Grant Gelt as Bertram Grover Weeks, rebellious second baseman.
• Shane Obedzinski as Tommy “Repeat” Timmons, right-center outfield, and Timmy’s younger brother.
• Victor DiMattia as Timmy Timmons, hapless first baseman, and Tommy’s older brother.
• Denis Leary as Bill, Smalls’ stepdad
• Karen Allen as Smalls’ mom
• James Earl Jones as Mr. Mertle, former player who now resides near the Sandlot, and owner of “The Beast”.
• Art LaFleur as Babe Ruth “The Great Bambino”
• Marley Shelton (credited as Marlee Shelton) as Wendy Peffercorn, lifeguard at the local pool, and target of Squints’ crush.
• Wil Horneff as Little League team leader Phillips

Storyline:

Scotty Smalls moves to a new neighborhood with his mom and stepfather and wants to learn to play baseball. Benny Rodriguez, the neighborhood baseball guru, takes him under his wing and he soon becomes part of the local baseball buddies. They fall into adventures involving baseball, treehouse sleepovers, the desirous lifeguard at the local pool, the snooty rival Little League team, and the travelling fair. Beyond the fence at the back of the sandlot menaces a legendary ball-eating dog called the Beast, and the kids inevitably must deal with him.

About Movie:

The Sandlot is an American coming-of-age sports comedy film co-written, directed, and narrated by David Mickey Evans. It tells the story of a group of young baseball players during the summer of 1962. It stars Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Karen Allen, Denis Leary, Marty York, and James Earl Jones.

The movie is set in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, CA and the filming locations were in Midvale, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, Utah.

The Sandlot was theatrically released on April 7, 1993. It grossed $34 million worldwide and has since become a cult film.

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