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Synopsis. Young foster child Roger Bomman and his friend, J.P., love to sneak into baseball games of the struggling California Angels. Still in limited contact with his widowed father, Roger asks when they will be a family again. His father replies sarcastically, "I'd say when the Angels win the pennant."
Angels in the Outfield: Directed by William Dear. With Danny Glover, Brenda Fricker, Tony Danza, Christopher Lloyd. When a boy prays for a chance to have a family if the California Angels win the pennant, angels are assigned to make that possible.
- (35K)
- Comedy, Drama, Family
- William Dear
- 1994-07-15
Heartwarming movie about hope and baseball. Read Common Sense Media's Angels in the Outfield review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Christopher Lloyd, Danny Glover, Tony Danza
- William Dear
- Buena Vista
Plot. Young foster child Roger Bomman and his friend, J.P., love to sneak into baseball games of the struggling California Angels. Still in limited contact with his widowed father, Roger asks when they will be a family again. His father replies sarcastically, "I'd say when the Angels win the pennant".
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(known simply as Angels in some countries) is a 1994 Walt Disney Pictures film remake of the 1951 film of the same name, starring Danny Glover, Tony Danza, and Christopher Lloyd. It also featured appearances from future stars Adrien Brody, Matthew McConaughey, and Neal McDonough.
Unlike the original film, which focused on the Pittsburgh Pirates as the team in heavenly need, this one focused on the California Angels, now the Los Angeles Angels, who started play ten years after the original one came out. It did, however, make a connection to the Bucs by having its world premiere at the Pirates home at the time, Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. The premiere actually drew on on the stadium's highest attendance figures, even with it hosting two World Series championships for the Pirates and four Super Bowl-winning teams in the Pittsburgh Steelers, who also drew well regardless due to that team's rabid fanbase.
Young foster children Roger Bowman (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and his friend, J.P. (Milton Davis, Jr.), love to sneak into baseball games of the hopelessly dreadful California Angels.
Still in limited contact with his widowed father, Roger asks when they will be a family again. He replies sarcastically, "I'd say when the Angels win the pennant." Taking his words literally, Roger prays for God to help the Angels win. After he prays, a star, unseen by Roger, twinkles in the sky.
Then, in a game against the Toronto Blue Jays which Roger and J.P. attend, he sees a group of angels led by Al (Christopher Lloyd) helping the team. Although Roger can see the angels quite clearly, everyone else can only explain the seemingly impossible acts as freak occurrences.
Roger's unique ability to see which players are receiving help from angels leads the Angels' skeptical manager, George Knox (Danny Glover) (who dislikes children) to keep Roger around as a good luck charm/consultant. Due to the much needed help, the Angels start to win games and make a surprising second-half surge to the top of their division. They have made it to the Division championship, but Roger is forced to miss the first Championship game because of a court hearing, only to find out that his father permanently gave up custody of him instead. Knowing that he had come a long way for nothing, and seeing his father leave forever, he bursts into tears.
Meanwhile, the Angels lose the first game and J.P. is crying. When Knox goes into his office, J.P. accidentally reveals to antagonistic sportscaster Ranch Wilder (Jay O. Sanders) that Roger has the ability to see angels, and that Knox has been winning through the advice he gave him. Then, later, their caretaker, Maggie Nelson (Brenda Fricker), and Roger return home at the same time Knox and J.P. do, Maggie tells Knox what happened, then he tells Roger that when he was his age he and his brothers rarely saw their father, because he couldn't take care of himself and also if Roger continues to think people would let him down, like Knox, he would dislike children when he becomes an adult.
Meanwhile, Ranch, hoping to destroy Knox informs the press of what J.P. told him and tells owner Hank Murphy (Ben Johnson) who threatens to fire Knox for this seemingly absurd notion that angels are helping the team. Roger comes clean about his special ability and at a press conference they and the entire team defend Knox in front of the press. Moved by their faith, Murphy allows Knox to continue being the manager of the team and play for the championship.
•Danny Glover as George Knox
•Tony Danza as Mel Clark
•Christopher Lloyd as Al the Boss Angel
•Brenda Fricker as Maggie Nelson
•Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Roger Bowman
•Milton Davis, Jr. as J.P.
•Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Brenda Fricker share the same birthday: February 17.
•Before Danny Glover was cast as George Knox, Walt Disney Pictures and director William Dear wanted Bob Hoskins for the role because the character of George Knox was a little similar to Eddie Valiant, who Hoskins played in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (which also starred Christopher Lloyd who played Al The Boss Angel in this film), but it felt that Hoskins wasn't the right size to play the baseball manager, the 5"4 Hoskins would've looked extremely short next to the actors playing The California Angels. Danny Glover was cast because he's 6"4 and was a perfect fit for the role.
Angels in the Outfield is a family sports comedy film directed by William Dear. The story follows young foster child Roger, who believes a miraculous angelic intervention could help his favorite baseball team, the California Angels, win the pennant.
Overview. Roger is a foster child whose irresponsible father promises to get his act together when Roger's favourite baseball team, the California Angels, wins the pennant. The problem is that the Angels are in last place, so Roger prays for help to turn the team around.
