The Comrades of Summer Contents Plot Cast Production References External links Navigation menuThe Comrades of Summereexpanding iteexpanding ite

Halloween III: Season of the WitchAloha SummerFright Night Part 2ItGreen Dolphin BeatThe Comrades of SummerDanger IslandWitness to the ExecutionOnce You Meet a StrangerSteel ChariotsThe SpreeVampires: Los Muertos


1992 films1992 television films1990s sports filmsAmerican filmsAmerican baseball filmsCanadian filmsHBO Films filmsFilms directed by Tommy Lee WallaceAmerican television film stubsSports film stubs


television filmJoe MantegnaTommy Lee WallaceRobert RodatMajor League BaseballSeattle MarinersglasnostRussiaNat Bailey StadiumVancouverBritish ColumbiaCanadaMoscowRussia




































The Comrades of Summer
TheComradesofSummer.jpg
GenreComedy
Sport
Written byRobert Rodat
Directed byTommy Lee Wallace
StarringJoe Mantegna
Theme music composerWilliam Olvis
Country of originUnited States
Canada
Russia
Original language(s)
English, Russian
Production
Producer(s)
Tim Braine
David Pritchard
Production location(s)
Nat Bailey Stadium, Vancouver
Cinematography
David Leiterman
Richard Leiterman
Editor(s)Stephen E. Rivkin
Running time96 minutes
Production company(s)
HBO Pictures
DistributorHome Box Office
Release
Original networkHBO
Original releaseJuly 11, 1992

The Comrades of Summer is a 1992 television film featuring Joe Mantegna. It was directed by Tommy Lee Wallace, written by Robert Rodat and aired on HBO on July 11, 1992.




Contents





  • 1 Plot


  • 2 Cast


  • 3 Production


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links




Plot


Major League Baseball manager Sparky Smith is fired from his job with the Seattle Mariners. His attitude has gotten him into trouble with George, the owner of the Mariners, and no other teams seem to want any part of him.


The Olympic Games are coming up, however, and a spirit of glasnost exists in the new Russia, which is trying to field its first Olympic baseball team. Sparky reluctantly accepts an offer to move to Moscow to coach the players, many of whom don't even know the game's fundamentals. The players are predictably inept at first, but Sparky begins to learn the real joy in baseball is in the effort and the camaraderie.


An exhibition game ultimately is arranged in which Sparky and his young, eager Russians get to play against his old team, the Mariners.



Cast



  • Joe Mantegna as Sparky


  • Natalya Negoda as Tanya


  • Michael Lerner as George


  • Mark Rolston as Voronov


Production


Filming took place in Nat Bailey Stadium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and in Moscow, Russia.



References





External links



  • The Comrades of Summer on IMDb






-