Perfect Game (2011 film)

Perfect Game

Film poster
Hangul
Revised Romanization Peopekteu Geim
McCune–Reischauer P‘ŏp‘et‘ŭ Geim
Directed by Park Hee-gon
Produced by Lee Ho-seong
Kim Seong-tae
Jang Won-seok
Choi Nak-kwon
Written by Park Hee-gon
Starring Jo Seung-woo
Yang Dong-geun
Music by Kim Tae-seong
Cinematography Choi Sang-ho
Edited by Kim Chang-ju
Distributed by Lotte Entertainment
Release dates
  • December 21, 2011
Running time
127 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean
Box office $9,966,609[1]

Perfect Game (Hangul: 퍼펙트 게임; RR: Peopekteu Geim) is a 2011 South Korean film based on the true story of rivals Sun Dong-yeol of the Haitai Tigers and Choi Dong-won of the Lotte Giants, the top pitchers in the Korea Baseball Organization league during the 1980s.[2] The rivalry between the two was further heated up by regionalism at the time with Sun representing the Jeolla Province and Choi, the Gyeongsang Province.[3]

The sports movie revisits one of the most exciting matches in Korean baseball history on May 16, 1987, which would be the last time the two stars would face each other, and ended in a 15-inning draw, although neither actually pitched a perfect game.[4][5][6][7] It stars Jo Seung-woo as Choi and Yang Dong-geun as Sun.[8][9][10][11][12]

Cast

References

  1. "Perfect Game(2011)". Korean Film Biz Zone.
  2. '퍼펙트게임' 롯데 이용훈 "1군 경기였더라면…". Yonhap (in Korean). 17 September 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  3. Kim, Heidi (13 April 2011). "Actor Cho Seung-woo cast in a new baseball film". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  4. Lee, Jin-ho (13 December 2011). "Preview: Perfect Game Shows Why Baseball is Popular". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  5. Hooker, Zachary R. (5 January 2012). "Perfect Game". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  6. "2011.12.16 Now Playing". Korea JoongAng Daily. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  7. "Perfect Game (2011)". The Chosun Ilbo. 23 December 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  8. Lee, Jin-ho (13 December 2011). "Cho Seung Woo Says Baseball Legends Can't be Compared". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  9. Lee, Jin-ho (13 December 2011). "Cho Jin Woong Has Newfound Respect for Baseball". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  10. "Cho Seung Woo: 'I Want to Break Record of Other Baseball Movies'". KBS Global. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  11. Lee, Ji-hye (26 December 2011). "INTERVIEW: Actor Cho Seung-woo - Part 1". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  12. Lee, Ji-hye (26 December 2011). "INTERVIEW: Actor Cho Seung-woo - Part 2". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

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