Making-of featurette "Go for Broke: Behind American Pastime" Theatrical trailer Region: 1 Audio: DD5.1
Rating: NR Genre: Drama Release Date: 05/22/2007 SubTitles: English/French Dubbed: English Sound: DD5.1 Run Time: 106 Minutes Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Gary Cole, Aaron Yoo, John Gries, and Judy Ongg star in an inspirational small town drama exploring the lingering effects of World War II on Japanese-American citizens struggling to overcome lingering hostilities and be accepted in country they now call home. The Nomuras are a typical American family who just happen to be of Japanese heritage. When World War II breaks out and the Nomuras are ushered into the Topaz internment camp, teenage son Lyle (Yoo) becomes the target of harassment to camp guard and frustrated minor league catcher Billy Burrell. Lyle is a star pitcher who had been accepted into college on a baseball scholarship, but was subsequently forced to abandon his dreams when his family was interned. Billy's daughter is a musical instructor at the camp, and when she and Lyle strike up a tenuous romance, tensions quickly come to a head between the two families. Hoping that the two families will be able to find a common ground due to their mutual love of baseball, Lyle's father proposes a goodwill game between Burrell's team and the internees. As the two teams take to the diamond for a game organized to unite them all, the small town's tolerance will be put to the ultimate test in a match that reveals the true spirit of American culture.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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from San Francisco California Great movie to watch
the first time i saw this was at the San Francisco International Asian AMerican Film festival in 2007. out of the 10 movies i watched there, this movie has to be the best one i saw. The struggles the japanese had to face while the war was going on is just one thing they had to face. the love story behind it makes it a great movie. not only sport lovers will love this, it is also comical and has a romantic story all in one.
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