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For Love Of The Game [DVD] [2000]
enlarge	Director: Sam Raimi Actors: Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston, John C. Reilly, Jena Malone, Brian Cox Studio: Universal Pictures UK Category: DVD List Price: ~~£9.99~~ Buy New: £2.58 as of 25/11/2009 23:39 GMT details You Save: £7.41 (74%) New (6) Used (7) from £2.58 Seller: selectcheaper Rating: 7 reviews Sales Rank: 38612 Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen Languages: English (Original Language), German (Original Language), English (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Polish (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), Czech (Subtitled), Greek (Subtitled) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 132 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 UPC: 044007819227 EAN: 5035822006942 ASIN: B000050GQF Theatrical Release Date: September 17, 1999 Release Date: September 8, 2003 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review Billy Chapel (Kevin Costner) is having a bad day. His girlfriend Jane (Kelly Preston, stunning as ever) says she's leaving, and his boss (Brian Cox) says he's selling the business and ace employee Billy may be out of job. Sounds like business as usual for an old-fashioned veteran. However, the business is baseball and for Billy Chapel, the 40-year old former all-star for the Detroit Tigers, it means his career--and his life--is at a crossroads. p Although it is no IBull Durham/I, IFor Love of the Game/I finds a solid and very believable role for Costner. The film is based on Michael Shaara's (IThe Killer Angels/I) stream-of-consciousness novel (the rough manuscript was found after his death 1988). The entire film takes place on Billy's day on the mound against the Yankees, a meaningless late-season game for the Tigers, but everything for Billy. In flashbacks, he lingers over his long relationship with Jane and his baseball career (from World Series heroism to a career-threatening injury). His one viable link to the game at hand is his catcher, played winningly by John C. Reilly. Costner, like Chapel, is looking for one more great performance, but the film is too simplistic and loopy at times to resonate. The love story has an extra helping of cuteness, and legendary baseball announcer Vin Scully nearly takes on a leading role, waxing grandiloquent. It's no grand slam, but a solid double. --IDoug Thomas, Amazon.com/I

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 7 1 2 Next » watch it and watch it again March 7, 2004 7 out of 8 found this review helpful for love of the game is a true lovestorybr brbilly chapel a famous baseball player falls in love with jayne who also falls in love with him but jayne comes second in billys life baseball comes firstpit is mainly flashbacks of how they met and how billy treated jayne the end is perfect and just how i hoped pa perfect film of romance if you however wanted to see the baseball i would not watch this if i were you only brief bits are shownpa perfect performance from the cast espescially kevin costner (billy chapel)pi have bought this film a year ago and are still watchin it now buy it and you will know why A Love Supreme ! October 9, 2002 2 out of 2 found this review helpful Ok, so Kevin Costner doesn't always make great movies but he always makes great BASEBALL movies ! "For Love Of The Game" will probably be the epitaph etched on Costner's headstone because he truly does love the game of Baseball ... and it shows.brThis is the third film in Costner's Baseball "Trilogy" and, like it's predecessors "Bull Durham" and "Field of Dreams" it demonstrates the actor's knowledge of and feeling for the subject matter. He was by all accounts a more than useful player in his youth and this experience is put to good use as he stars as Billy Chapel, a veteran Pitcher with the Detroit Tigers, who is coming to the end of his big-league career. The film regularly flashes back through Chapel's on-off relationship with his long-term girlfriend {Kelly Preston} but the romantic scenes don't detract from the action sequences which see Billy taking the mound at Yankee Stadium for what may well be the final nine innings of an illustrious twenty-year career with his beloved Tigers. Near the end of the film, both Billy's career and relationship are on the line and the climax is exactly what you'd expect but no less dramatic for that. This film works on a number of levels - the romantic stuff isn't mushy or overplayed and the Baseball scenes are extremely realistic and cleverly filmed. Anyone who's ever seen a game at Yankee Stadium will immediately recognise the .. err .. unique atmosphere generated by the New York fans !brAt the end of the day , if you're a Baseball Nut you'll love this film because no-one does it better than Kevin and even if you've no interest in the game, there's enough of a sub-plot to hold your attention.brI loved it, Jonathan Ross {apparently} loved it and so will you ! More than baseball July 10, 2009 Robert Collman (S.E. England) This film is for those of us that love baseball, but it could also be considered a chick flick. Costner is in real life a frustrated shortstop and as a result, made some great baseball films; this is, in my opinion, his second best (Bull Durham being the best). Told in a series of flashbacks during one game, it is an involving love story while remaining a great sports movie. You don't have to know anything about baseball to enjoy this film. Great study of selfishness May 31, 2001 2 out of 2 found this review helpful This film is NOT about baseball, you could transplant it with any professional sport. Baseball works because it has plenty of time within the game that allow's Costners character to reflect on the passing of his professional career and how he has got to this point. pThe Flashbacks are done superbly, they start off rose-tinted but as the film progresses reality enters, showing what little regard he had for anyone around him, and he has to question Was it worth it?pSam Raimi has crafted a great film about the selfishness of professional sportsmen. The only problem was part of the Romantic thread of the story, it worked for the most part, but part of it just didnt ring true especially at the end. If you watch it you'll see what I mean, I kept expecting her to say you had me at Hello. This looked like a nice tidy add-on forced by the studio, who seem to think that the guy should always get the girl.pSam Raimi has shown with this and A simple plan, that he is an accomplished filmmaker, who isnt afraid to take time to build the characters, so we actually care what happens to them. What's not to love? February 20, 2007 Robin Johnston (Michigan, USA) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful I love baseball, I love Costner sports movies and I love the Detroit Tigers. br / br /Guess what? I loved this film. Sure there are bits and pieces to quibble about (hence 4 stars rather than 5) but it's a good story that has been given a good treatment. It clearly shows the not so lovable side of sportsmen alongside all the great stuff, which I think is what makes it so compelling. br / br /I will be watching this film and enjoying it for many years. Showing reviews 1-5 of 7 1 2 Next »

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