The Winning Season (2004 film)

The Winning Season
Directed by	John Kent Harrison
Produced by	Lesley Oswald
Written by	Dan Gutman
Starring	Matthew Modine Kristin Davis
Country	United States
Language	English
Release date	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] The film follows the dream to the point where the boy is assisting Wagner in his 1909 World Series duel with fellow hall-of-famer Ty Cobb. It is adapted from the children's novel Honus & Me by Dan Gutman.

Production

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

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

Cast

• Matthew Modine - as Honus Wagner
• Kristin Davis - as Mandy
• Mark Rendall - as Joe Soshack
• William Lee Scott - as Ty Cobb

References

External links

• The Winning Season at the Internet Movie Database
• The Winning Season at Yahoo! Movies

Films directed by John Kent Harrison Beautiful Dreamers (1990) What the Deaf Man Heard (1997) You Know My Name (1999) In Love and War (2001) A Wrinkle in Time (2003) The Winning Season (2004) The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009) When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story (2010)

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