For Love of the Game

For Love of the Game is about an aging baseball star, Billy Chapel (Costner), who is dealing with the pressure pitching at Yankee Stadium.

With Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston, John C. Reilly, Jena Malone. Finding her there waiting for her plane, they embrace and reconcile.

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"The actor playing Billy Chapel as a child in the opening credits is also Costner; the footage is actually old During post-production, a handful of lines (amounting to roughly 10 seconds of film) were edited or cut in order to prevent the film being given an "R" rating under the The film opened at #2 with a weekend gross of $13,041,685 from 2,829 theaters for a per venue average of $7,023. A former Secret Service agent takes on the job of bodyguard to an R&B singer, whose lifestyle is most unlike a President's. Jane had missed her flight the night before so she could watch the end of his perfect game.

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Wheeler hints that Billy should consider retiring rather than join another team. In October 1962, the Kennedy administration struggles to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis. Thus forcing the ball player to analyze his life and how his career as a player, and his life without her will change, thus altering his priorities between his career winding to a close, choosing what his path will be, the love of baseball or the love of his life?Rated PG-13 for brief strong language and some sexuality 36 of 47 people found this review helpful. For Love of the Game (1,094) IMDb 6.6 2h 17min 1999 X-Ray PG-13 A veteran pitcher takes the mound in the season's last game with a lot on his mind - his girl is leaving him and the team plans on trading him. The play-by-play of the game is announced by longtime The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics and was a box office disappointment, grossing $46.1 million against a $50 million production budget. I would have to say that I have seen very few movies better than For Love of the Game. An middle-aged unknown comes seemingly out of nowhere to become a legendary baseball player with almost supernatural talent. The soundtrack to Sam Raimi's ultimate crossover bid For Love of the Game -- face it, a baseball-themed romantic melodrama starring Kevin Costner is the furthest away from Bruce Campbell and the Evil Dead movies as can possibly be imagined -- is as smooth and measured as the film itself, appealing to a wide range of audiences and managing to find the right tone. In his final game, Chapel pitches a perfect game, but while he's pitching, he reflects on his relationship with his girlfriend, Jane Aubrey (Preston), who was going to London to accept a job offer. A Detroit pitcher Billy Chapel, reflects on his life in major league baseball, after he finds out his girlfriend moves to London for a job. Clichéd in parts and involving in others, For Love of the Game is a largely uneven romantic drama/baseball movie.