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The Comrades of Summer | |
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Genre | Comedy Sport |
Written by | Robert Rodat |
Directed by | Tommy Lee Wallace |
Starring | Joe Mantegna |
Theme music composer | William Olvis |
Country of origin | United 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 time | 96 minutes |
Production company(s) | HBO Pictures |
Distributor | Home Box Office |
Release | |
Original network | HBO |
Original release | July 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
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