The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014)
They put balls back in the game.
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 1時間 20分
演出 : Chapman Way, Maclain Way
シノプシス
Hollywood veteran Bing Russell creates the only independent baseball team in the country—alarming the baseball establishment and sparking the meteoric rise of the 1970s Portland Mavericks.
大ヒットした「がんばれ!ベアーズ」の続編。ヒューストン名物のアストロドームでの遠征試合が実現したベアーズ一行は、子供たちだけでテキサスへと向かう。ヒューストンには今やチームのリーダー的存在となったケリーの別れた父親がおり、ケリーは父にチームのコーチを頼む。互いの誤解も解けようやくアストロドームでの試合と相成るが、相手チームの猛攻に試合時間がどんどんなくなり、ベアーズは最大の危機を迎える……。
12歳の少年ヘンリーの夢は野球の選手。だが救いようのないスポーツ音痴の彼は、ある日滑って、転んで、右腕を骨折。しかしこれが奇跡の始まりだった。ギブスを取ったヘンリーは何故か160キロの豪速球を投げる投手に大変身! 弱小メジャーリーグ・チーム、シカゴ・カブスはこれに目をつけ、ヘンリーをスカウト。今年こそ最下位から脱出したい! 史上初の小さな大リーガー、ヘンリーの活躍やいかに!?
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ふとしたことから巻き起こった草野球チームと暴力団との抗争を描く。監督北野武として二作目の映画で、本作から脚本も手がける。
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