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Miguel 'Sugar' Santos is a talented Dominican baseball player who longs to break into the American big league and earn the money needed to support his impoverished family. He is a talented pitcher who might just have what it takes to earn a prized spot on a Major League Baseball team. Befo...

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Corporate Authors: Journeyman Pictures (Great Britain), Hunting Lane Films, Gowanus Projections (Firm), Single A Films (Firm), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Mezey, Paul, Patricof, Jamie, Walker, Jeremy Kipp, Boden, Anna, Fleck, Ryan, 1976-, Pérez Soto, Algenis, Rufino, Rayniel, 1986-, Holland, André, Whitney, Ann, Porterfield, Ellary, 1989-, Tirelli, Jaime, Rijo, José, Gaston, Michael, Vargas, Alina, Bull, Richard, 1924-2014, Garcia, Kelvin Leonardo, Brown, Joendy Pena, Brook, Michael, 1952-
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
Spanish
Portuguese
Language Notes:Spanish or Portuguese dialogue, English, French, Portuguese or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2009]
Subjects:
Baseball players > Dominican Republic > Drama.
Baseball players > United States > Drama.
Minor league baseball > Iowa > Drama.
Pitchers (Baseball) > Iowa > Drama.
Critical thinking > Iowa > Drama.
Jugadores de beísbol > República Dominicana > Teatro.
Jugadores de beísbol > Estados Unidos > Teatro.
Baseball players.
Critical thinking.
Minor league baseball.
Pitchers (Baseball)
Dominican Republic.
Iowa.
United States.
Drama.
Feature films.
Sports films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Fiction films.
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Summary:Miguel 'Sugar' Santos is a talented Dominican baseball player who longs to break into the American big league and earn the money needed to support his impoverished family. He is a talented pitcher who might just have what it takes to earn a prized spot on a Major League Baseball team. Before that happens he'll have to prove his worth in the minor leagues. Advancing in baseball's minor league system at the tender age of 19, Miguel is warmly welcomed into the small-town Iowa home of his host family. He struggles with language and cultural barriers despite the kindness of strangers. Subsequently forced to reevaluate his life's ambition after his once-trusty arm becomes unreliable. The previously single-minded pitcher gradually begins to question both the world he lives in and the role he has chosen to play in it.
Item Description:Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.
Special features: Includes interviews with Major League Baseball stars Pedro Martinez, David Ortiz, Sammy Sosa.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray disc, widescreen (1.78:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players.
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Andrij Parekh ; editor, Anna Boden ; music, Michael Brook.
ISBN:1435983556
9781435983557