Baseball/Comedy PG-13 Running time: 1:49
IMDB rating: 5.9 Aspect: Wide; Languages: English, French; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; Audio: DD Surr.
Emmy Award winner Tom Selleck stars as a major league ballplayer who is reluctantly traded to the Chunichi Dragons in Nagoya, Japan, in this fish-out-of-water sports comedy. Replaced by a rookie, the resentful Jack Eliot (Selleck) feels superior to the other Dragons, but he has a lot to learn about Japanese baseball, which is more about teamwork than about being an arrogant hotshot. Japanese superstar Ken Takahura is their hard-headed manager, Uchimaya, whom Jack treats with disrespect, while the beautiful Hiroko (Takanashi) helps him learn to live in - and love - his new home. Equal parts Gung Ho and Major League, this cross-cultural comedy was directed by Fred Schepisi, with music by famed composer Jerry Goldsmith, an Academy Award winner for The Omen.
