The Final Season

Infobox Film
name = The Final Season


caption = Theatrical release poster
director = David Mickey Evans
producer = Tony Wilson
writer = Art D'Alessandro
starring = Sean Astin
Powers Booth
Tom Arnold
Rachael Leigh Cook
Michael Angarano
music = Nathan Wang
cinematography = Dan Stoloff
editing = Harry Kerimidas
distributor = Yari Film Group
released = October 12, 2007
runtime = 114 min.
country = flagicon|United States
language = English
website = http://www.finalseason.com/
amg_id = 1:392254
imdb_id = 0449018

"The Final Season" is a 2007 baseball film starring Sean Astin, Rachael Leigh Cook, Tom Arnold, Powers Boothe, Brett Claywell, Michael Angarano, and Marshall Bell and directed by David Mickey Evans. Sports Actions was by Rob Miller of ReelSports. The film wrapped production last summer in Norway, Iowa and Cedar Rapids, Iowa and was released in the United States and Canada on October 12, 2007 by Yari Film Group.

The film premiered three times at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, New York.Fact|date=October 2007 The film also premiered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on October 7, 2007.

Plot

The true story of Kent Stock (Sean Astin), who in the early 90s, takes the job of a lifetime as head coach of the Norway High School baseball team, a school which had won 19 State titles and equated baseball with life. Kent must win over his players and convince them and himself that he can fill their former coach's shoes all while dealing with the reality that this will be the team's final season due to an impending merger with a nearby school.

In the summer of 1991 Norway High's baseball tradition ended on a triumphant but somber note.

Cast

* Sean Astin as Kent Stock
* Rachael Leigh Cook as Polly Hudson
* Michael Angarano as Mitch Akers
* Powers Boothe as Jim Van Scoyoc
* Tom Arnold as Burt Akers
* Brett Claywell as Patrick Iverson
* Marshall Bell as Harvey Makepeace
* Jesse Henecke as Principal Halberstorm
* Larry Miller as Roger Dempsey
* Roscoe Myrick as Sammy
* Angela Paton as Ann Akers
* Nick Livingston as Kevin Stewart

Reception

The Final Season received mainly negative to mixed reviews from critics. On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a "Rotten" rating of 25%, based on 40 reviews. [cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1178221-final_season/ |title=The Final Season - Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=2007-10-13 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes] On Metacritic, the film hadsan average score of 44 out of 100, based on 15 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews". [cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/finalseason |title=Final Season, The (2007): Reviews |accessdate=2007-10-13 |publisher=Metacritic]

References

External links

* [http://www.finalseason.com/ Official site]
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*rotten-tomatoes|id=1178221-final_season|title=The Final Season
*metacritic film|id=finalseason|title=The Final Season
*mojo title|id=finalseason|title=The Final Season
*amg title|id=1:392254|title=The Final Season