Major League: Back to the Minors

"They're just nine players short of a dream team."

1998 1h 40m EN

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★5.0TMDB · 122

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At the behest of Roger Dorn -- the Minnesota Twins' silver-tongued new owner -- washed-up minor league hurler Gus Cantrell steps up to the plate to take over as skipper of the club's hapless farm team. But little does he know that Dorn has an ulterior motive to generate publicity with a grudge match between the big leaguers and their ragtag Triple A affiliate.

“They're just nine players short of a dream team.”

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Cast

Scott Bakula
Gus Cantrell
Corbin Bernsen
Roger Dorn
Dennis Haysbert
Pedro Cerrano
Takaaki Ishibashi
Taka Tanaka
Jensen Daggett
Maggie Reynolds
Eric Bruskotter
Rube Baker
Walton Goggins
Downtown Anderson
Ted McGinley
Leonard Huff

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: John Warren
Writers: John Warren
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Earned back only 20% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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28 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Major League Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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207+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by John Warren, shot by Tim Suhrstedt. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor O. Nicholas Brown shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Scott Bakula and Corbin Bernsen and Dennis Haysbert carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

RUNTIME

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Marketing tagline: "They're just nine players short of a dream team.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

John Warren directs. Tim Suhrstedt behind the camera. O. Nicholas Brown cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Earned back only 20% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
228 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Major League Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4207+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by John Warren, shot by Tim Suhrstedt. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor O. Nicholas Brown shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Scott Bakula and Corbin Bernsen and Dennis Haysbert carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "They're just nine players short of a dream team.".
9IMDB entry: tt0120742 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Tim Suhrstedt
Editing: O. Nicholas Brown
Production design: David Crank
Costume design: Mary E. McLeod
Makeup / hair: Vivian Baker
VFX supervisor: Richard Malzahn
Sound: Larry Kemp
Stunt coordinator: Cal Johnson
Runtime: 100 min · 1h 40m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $18,000,000
Box office: $3,572,443
Return: 20% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Major League: Back to the Minors (1998)

Part of

Major League Collection

The first Major League became a surprise hit and served as a springboard for the careers of Charlie Sheen and Wesley Snipes. An enjoyable comedy which made enough box office to result in two sequels.

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GenerationofSwine2023-01-12
★ 5/10
I usually do all or nothing here, either it's good or it isn't. And, Major League II lost me as a kid when they added Epps and tried to tell us it was Snipes. Sorry, Epps, you failed the Pepsi challenge there. But this one, well Corbin Benson is still here, but so is Scott Bakula and Walton Goggins and they both do a really great job on an otherwise stinker of a film. So the cast is pretty solid. The acting is well done, and they aren't trying to sneak in new actors to play old favorites... the problem is the execution is God awful.

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