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The Comrades of Summer is a 1992 television film featuring Joe Mantegna and Natalya Negoda. It was directed by Tommy Lee Wallace, written by Robert Rodat and aired on HBO on July 11, 1992. Plot. Major League Baseball manager Sparky Smith is fired from his job with the Seattle Mariners.
Jul 11, 1992 · With Joe Mantegna, Natalya Negoda, Michael Lerner, Mark Rolston. To teach a team of Russian wanna-be baseball players the finer points of the all-American game is no easy task, but for a grudgingly resentful, recently fired baseball manager from the States, the task is formidable.
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- Comedy, Sport
- Tommy Lee Wallace
- 1992-07-11
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Jul 11, 1992 · Overview. Sparky Smith (Joe Mantegna) was manager of the Seattle Mariners until he had one too many shouting matches with the team's owner (Michael Lerner) and winds up fired. Now Sparky's ready to coach any team who'll have him.
A disgraced manager of the Seattle Mariners baseball team, Sparky Smith (Joe Mantegna), finds work in Russia running their Olympic team after the fall of the Soviet Union.
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- Tommy Lee Wallace
- R
- Joe Mantegna
Culture magazines. The Comrades of Summer. views 3,004,822 updated. The Comrades of Summer ★★½ 1992 (R) Mantegna plays bigleague baseball coach Sparky Smith, whose fiery temper gets him into big trouble. Out of a job, he discovers the only team willing to take a chance on him happens to be Russian.
2h 1992. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Film Details. Notes. Brief Synopsis. An American baseball manager is fired for his antics and then hired by the Russians to build an Olympic team. Cast & Crew. Read More. Tommy Lee Wallace. Director. Joe Mantegna. Sparky Smith. Natalya Negoda. Tanya. Michael Lerner. Team Owner. Eric Allan Kramer. Boris.
The film follows a typical 'sports movie' trajectory: Act 1 is the 'fish out of water' shtick, as Sparky struggles with Russian culture and athletic priorities, Act 2 finds the team coalescing, learning mutual respect, and facing their first challenge as the threat of disbandment hangs over them, and Act 3 is the 'big game' (or series in this ...
