sports film about a group of young baseball
players during the summer of 1962. The film was filmed in Utah
and directed by David M. Evans
. It was released with the title The Sandlot Kids in Australia
and the United Kingdom
.
The film is told through the perspective of Scotty Smalls (Tom Guiry
), who is reminiscing about the summer of 1962. Smalls moves with his mother (Karen Allen
) and stepfather Bill (Denis Leary
) to a new neighborhood outside Los Angeles
and has a hard time making new friends.
[voiceover] We all lived in the neighborhood for a couple of more years-mostly through junior high school-and every summer was great. But none of them ever came close to that first one. When one guy would move away, we never replaced him on the team with anyone else. We just kept the game going like he was still there.
Let me tell you something kid, everybody gets one chance to do something great. Most people never take the chance, either 'cause they're too scared, or because they don't recognize it when it spits on their shoes. This is your big chance, and you shouldn't let it go by...
The adventure of a lifetime, the summer of their dreams...the dog of their nightmares.
They're more than a team. They're the best buddies in the entire history of the world.
A piece of paradise a half block wide and a whole summer long.
You're killing me, Smalls !