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Actors: Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about For the Love of the Game |
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Detroit Tigers pitcher Billy Chapel (Costner) is preparing to play what might be the last professional game of his life when his on again, off again girlfriend Jane (Preston) informs him that she has accepted a job in London and is leaving him. An inner war rages inside of him- love of the game versus the love of his life. Which will he choose?
--Patti Illsley, Resident Scholar
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Billy Chapel (Costner) was a great pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, but he spent for time focusing on baseball than on life. His career is nearly at and end and his long time girlfriend (Preston) wants to leave him. He has once chance left at baseball and at love and he takes full advantage of both.
--Steve Polizzi, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of For the Love of the Game |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
- present (2000-2010)
Kind of sports story:
- baseball
Sports story?
Yes
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- athlete
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- athlete
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- blonde
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- Miami
Misc setting
- sports arena
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
- encouraged
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
- Some foul language
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