The Comrades of Summer

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.[1]

The Comrades of Summer
GenreComedy
Sport
Written byRobert Rodat
Directed byTommy Lee Wallace
StarringJoe Mantegna
Natalya Negoda
Theme music composerWilliam Olvis
Country of origin United States
Canada
Russia
Original languagesEnglish
Russian
Production
ProducersTim Braine
David Pritchard
Production locationsNat Bailey Stadium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Moscow, Russia
CinematographyDavid Leiterman
Richard Leiterman
EditorStephen E. Rivkin
Running time96 minutes
Production companyHBO Pictures
DistributorHome Box Office
Release
Original networkHBO
Original releaseJuly 11, 1992 (1992-07-11)

Plot

Major League Baseball manager Sparky Smith is fired from his job with the Seattle Mariners. His attitude has gotten him into trouble with George, the owner of the Mariners, and no other teams seem to want any part of him.

The Olympic Games are coming up, however, and a spirit of glasnost exists in the post-Soviet Russia, which is trying to field its first Olympic baseball team. Sparky reluctantly accepts an offer to move to Moscow to coach the players, many of whom don't even know the game's fundamentals. The players are predictably inept at first, but Sparky begins to learn the real joy in baseball is in the effort and the camaraderie.

An exhibition game ultimately is arranged in which Sparky and his young, eager Russians get to play against his old team, the Mariners. Sparky also falls in love with young Russian girl Tanya Belova.

Cast

Production

Filming took place in Nat Bailey Stadium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and in Moscow, Russia.[1]

References
  1. "The Comrades of Summer (TV Movie 1992)". IMDb.


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