The Winning Season (2004 film)

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The Winning Season

Written by| Dan Gutman
Directed by| John Kent Harrison
Starring| Matthew Modine
Kristin Davis
Country of origin| United States
Original language| English
Production
Producer| Lesley Oswald
Original release
Network| TNT
Release|

* April 4, 2004 (2004-04-04)

The Winning Season is a 2004 television film with elements of a fantasy drama. It chronicles a young boy's dream in 1985 with playing with the Pittsburgh Pirates' great Honus Wagner.[1] It is adapted from the 1997 children's novel Honus & Me by Dan Gutman. The film premiered on TNT on April 4, 2004.

## Plot[edit]

A young boy dreams of playing with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and Honus Wagner. Eventually the boy assists Wagner in his 1909 World Series duel with fellow hall-of-famer Ty Cobb.

## Cast[edit]

* Matthew Modine \- as Honus Wagner
* Kristin Davis \- as Mandy
* Mark Rendall \- as Joe Stoshack
* William Lee Scott \- as Ty Cobb

## Production[edit]

The film was made by TNT and first broadcast on April 4, 2004. Modine prepared for his role as Wagner by playing with a minor-league team, the IronBirds in Aberdeen, Maryland, owned by Cal Ripken Jr.[2]

## Critical reaction[edit]

Variety condemned the film as "schlocky" and sentimental. Their critic found Modine's performance started to wear and Davis brought "little conviction", but director John Kent Harrison was praised for the performance he got out of Rendall.[3]

## See also[edit]

* List of baseball films

## References[edit]

1. ^ Margo Nash with Robert Strauss (April 4, 2004). "An Early Great". New York Times.
2. ^ Leopold, Todd (April 5, 2004). "Taking on 'The Flying Dutchman'". CNN. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
3. ^ Gallo, Phil (April 1, 2004). "The Winning Season (Review)". Variety.

## External links[edit]

* The Winning Season at IMDb
* The Winning Season at Yahoo! Movies

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