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Great for Intercultural Communication in ESL
I'm teaching college level Japanese adults who have an upper intermediate level of English and virtually no experience in studying films. The course is Classics of Comedy where humor is so difficult to understand. Students look forward to a class where they can enjoy a movie, laugh, and learn why they are laughing. This film fits that criteria.

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A Great Movie About Baseball, Friendship, and Growing Up
This movie is told through the eyes of Scotty Smalls (Tom Guiry). Scotty has just moved to California with his mom (Karen Allen) and stepfather (Denis Leary). Upon moving in to their new home, Scotty's mom tells him that she wants him to make some new friends instead of staying inside all of the time. One day, Scotty comes across a group of boys plaing baseball in a sandlot. He goes over to watch, but he changes his mind. He's embarrassed because he doesn't know how to throw or catch. He asks his stepfather to help, but Scotty doesn't get any better. <
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>One of the boys at the sandlot noticed Scotty. He introduces himself as Benny (Mike Vitar) and proceeds to show Scotty the finer points of baseball. In no time at all, Scotty is catching, throwing, hitting, and has become a part of the team. These nine boys become inseparable, spending their days playing baseball, swimming, riding bikes, and doing the things most grade school age boys do on summer vacation. The boys do have one problem in their lives; the beast. The beast is a large dog that lives behind the fence which surrounds the sandlot where the boys play baseball. Every time someone hits a ball over the fence, it is automatically assumed that the ball is lost forever, because no one has ever ventured into the yard to get their ball back. Such a case arises for Scotty and his friends. <
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>One day while playing ball, someone hit the ball over the fence. Scotty volunteered to go home and get another one. He brought it back to the field and the game began again. Scotty himself ends up hitting the ball he brought over the fence, but the ball was autographed by Babe Ruth. The boys try all different kinds of ideas to get the valuable ball back, but nothing seems to work. One night, Benny has a dream about Babe Ruth and getting the ball back. Babe tells Benny that he must go into the yard to retrieve the ball. Will Benny Survive his encounter with the beast? <
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>This is an excellent movie. It takes me back to my own childhood when I would do the same thing as the boys in the movie; play baseball from early morning until late in the afternoon. I thought the story was exceptional. It was fun watching the boys learn about life along the way as well. The scene where "Squints" fakes drowning and is revived by the cute lifeguard was one of the best scenes in the movie. Benny overcoming his own uncertainties as he prepared to retrieve the Babe Ruth ball was equally as good. I'm a huge baseball fan and I've seen such classics as "Eight Men Out", "The Natural" and "Field of Dreams". "The Sandlot" ranks with these as being one of the best baseball movies I've ever seen. I highly recommend this movie. If you're a baseball fan like me or if you enjoy watching movies about friendship and growing up, then this movie is one you won't want to miss. Watch "The Sandlot" and see how a group of boys bond as friends through playing baseball.

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Ultimate Fun!
This is the ultimate " scary beast next door " I love this film I watch it over and over again. Its funny, plenty action, drama it's all in this film. i think its suitablefor all the family but for younger viewers mostly. 10 year old kids would lose this film. 5 stars for me, top class stuff!