this movie and while seemingly base off of a movie of the same title in 1951 release by mgm and star janet leigh and be still a great film . danny glover in one of his best performance bring george knox and a down on his luck baseball manager with a short temper and to life . a for this movie be stack and how about add christopher lloyd ( his stage experience work and show through in his performance on screen and a wonderful actor ) and joseph gordon levitt ( third rock from the sun ) and brenda fricker ( a charming and well seasoned irish actress ) and tony danza ( yes even he be good in this film ) and matthew mcconaughey ( he steal the show in dazed and confused and and his role may not be a pivotal in this film and but he get exposure ) and adrien brody ( what i say about matthew mcconaughey go the same for adrien and except the dazed and confused part ) and some great character actor like taylor negron ( david ) and tony longo ( messmer ) and jay o. sander ( ranch wilder ) and neal mcdonough ( whitt bass ) and a seasoned veteran in one of his final performance and ben johnson ( hank murphy and the owner of the california angel ) and and the rest of the cast do a great job and plus a great storyline that be uplift to pretty much anyone and i do not care what recess of depression youre in . i love this film a a kid and and it bring back memory when i watch it today . i need this on dvd . i recommend it to any parent who look for something their kid have not see and and everybody else and for that matter .