The Perfect Game Page #3

Synopsis: Based on a true story. In 1957 a rag-tag, shoeless, poor group of kids from Monterrey, Mexico shocked the world by winning 13 games in a row and the Little League World Series in the only perfect game ever pitched in the Championship. These kids, led by their priest and a down-and-out former major leaguer embark on a journey through the southern US and up into Williamsport, PA for the Championship game. They encountered many adversities including nearly being deported and the bigotry that wouldn't allow them into certain restaurants or travel on certain buses. They never lost their faith and eventually captured the hearts of both nations. This is a heart-warming inspirational story in the tradition of "Rudy", "Hoosiers", "Coach Carter" or "Friday Night Lights".
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Director(s): William Dear
Production: Visio Entertainment
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
42
Rotten Tomatoes:
57%
PG
Year:
2009
118 min
$1,000,000
Website
841 Views


Angel!

Mr. Faz!

Want to have a catch?!

Angel.

Angel.

Well, we have a field.

Yeah. You got

a field.

Lucky. It's Cesar.

Cesar? How

the heck are you?

You still got your contacts

in Williamsport?

I need you to pull

some strings,

and help me get Monterrey

a Little League franchise.

Little League? I thought

you didn't like kids.

Well, you going to lecture

me or you going to help me?

You know that's a pretty tall

order this late in the game.

I watched you

deck a shore patrolman

and then sweet-talk him into

driving you back to your ship.

I know what you can

do on a one-day leave.

Oh, good, I didn't know

I had a whole day.

Holler when you're hurting.

Oh, I'm hollering.

Five skills in baseball.

Running, catching,

throwing, hitting,

and hitting harder.

They already know

how to do all these things.

They just need you to

tell them when to do them.

Wow.

Um, thank you.

Oops.

Oh, uh.

You shouldn't hold

that so tightly.

You'll bruise

the delicate fruit inside.

You were in church

on Sunday, right?

Yes, yes I was in church

on Sunday. That was me.

I'm Maria.

I'm Cesar Faz.

You, uh...

you buy food here?

Yes, Cesar

Faz, it's a food market.

Right.

And what

do you do here?

I'm here scouting

for the team.

Oh, what kind of team?

Little

League baseball!

Here? In Monterrey?

First time

for everything, right?

Like Cesar Faz

coming to my church.

That's right. Yeah.

Well, that's all

I came for.

Yeah, we,

you and I,

uh, should go out?

Um, would you like to

join my family for dinner, tonight?

Yeah. Yeah. Tonight?

Mm-hm.

Yeah. That sounds

real nice.

7 o'clock.

Bye.

Father.

What are you guys doing here?

Recruiting, remember?

I think Mr. Faz

has been recruiting.

Okay, okay, who

do we got?

That's Fidel Ruiz.

Man, that kid can run.

Tell him it's a sin

to steal.

Unless it's bases.

He's in.

How about that kid that murdered

that cardboard decoration?

Baltazar!

He's the strongest

kid in town.

He's in. Okay. Angel,

Enrique, Ricardo, Fidel.

What about Mario?

Yes, yes, Mario's important.

He's pretty small.

Is he a great hitter?

Um, not so much.

Fantastic fielder?

Uh, not so much.

Mario.

You got a great

arm, right?

Not so much.

Mr. Faz.

Why's he so special?

Because he knows all the girls.

Mario. You

got a glove?

Yeah!

Mario, you're in.

Okay, I want you

on the field in an hour.

What about the flowers?

Flowers? For what?

For Maria.

Maybe you didn't

hear that beauty,

just invite me to her house for dinner.

Really?

Where does she live?

Diego Martin number 5.

And don't forget

the flowers.

Dear Lord, bless these boys

and the field

on which they play

for your greater

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