Angels in the Outfield (1994 film)

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Angels in the Outfield
Angels in the Outfield poster
Directed by	William Dear
Produced by	Richard Birnbaum Joe Roth Irby Smith
Written by	Dorothy Kingsley George Wells (1951 & 1994 screenplay) Richard Conlin (1951 story) Holly Goldberg Sloan
Starring	Danny Glover Brenda Fricker Tony Danza Christopher Lloyd Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Music by	Randy Edelman
Cinematography	Matthew F. Leonetti
Editing by	Bruce Green
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures
Release date(s)	15 July 1994
Running time	102 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
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Angels in the Outfield is a 1994 Disney film starring Danny Glover, Tony Danza and Christopher Lloyd.

Taglines:

It Could Happen.
Ya Gotta Believe!

1 Plot
2 Trivia
3 Cast
4 See also
5 External link

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

A young foster child named Roger (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and his friend J.P. (Milton Davis, Jr.) love to sneak into baseball games to watch the California Angels baseball team. Roger still has limited contact with his father, but when Roger asks his father when they will be a family again, his father replies, "I'd say when the Angels win the pennant."(He says this because the Angels had been playing so badly). This prompts Roger to pray one night for God to help the Angels win. The next time he and his friend go to see the game, he sees a group of angels led by Al (Christopher Lloyd) helping the team. Despite the skepticism of the team's manager George Knox (Danny Glover), Roger starts consulting with George, letting him know when he sees an angel helping a player. After the angels start to interfere, the Angels start to win games and make a surprising second-half surge to the top of their division. However, Roger's father permanently gives up custody of his son. The Angels ultimately win the final game of the regular season without the help of the angels (Al explains to Roger that championships must be played without help) and clinch the division pennant over the rival Chicago White Sox. The movie ends with George adopting both Roger and J.P.

The movie spawned two made-for-TV sequels, Angels in the Endzone and Angels in the Infield.

[edit] Trivia

The uniforms the Angels wore in the movie had not been used since 1990.
Due to an owners lockout, the 1994 World Series was not held.
"Ya Gotta Believe" was a rallying cry the New York Mets Major League Baseball team used during their unbelievable come-from-behind winning season to win the 1973 National league Pennant. The famous rallying cry was made by Mets' relief pitcher Tug McGraw, the phrase is still used today by many Mets fans and in many other Major Sports in North America.