The Sandlot

The Sandlot
Four children hold a baseball bat with the paw of a dog resting on the top of it. The film's tagline on top reads "They're more than a team. They're the best buddies in the entire history of the world". Below the film's title, another tagline reads "A Piece of Paradise a half block wide and a whole summer long".
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid Mickey Evans
Written by
  • David Mickey Evans
  • Robert Gunter
Produced by
  • Dale De La Torre
  • William S. Gilmore
Starring
Narrated byDavid Mickey Evans
CinematographyAnthony B. Richmond
Edited byMichael A. Stevenson
Music byDavid Newman
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • April 7, 1993 (1993-04-07)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7 million[citation needed]
Box office$34.3 million[1]

The Sandlot (released in some countries as The Sandlot Kids)[2] is a 1993 American coming-of-age sports comedy film co-written, directed, and narrated by David Mickey Evans. It tells the story of a group of young baseball players during the summer of 1962. It stars Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Karen Allen, Denis Leary, Marty York, and James Earl Jones. The movie is set in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, CA and the filming locations were in Midvale, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, Utah. It grossed $34 million worldwide and has since become a cult film.[3][4]

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  2. ^ Phillips, Nicole (September 4, 2017). "15 films with completely different titles in other countries". The Independent. Archived from the original on February 9, 2023. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  3. ^ Alexander, Bryan (September 19, 2013). "'The Sandlot' at 20: Diamonds are forever". USA Today. Archived from the original on May 22, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  4. ^ Caron, Tim (March 25, 2015). "The Cult of The Sandlot". Crooked Scoreboard. Archived from the original on July 5, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015.