David Evans's The Sandlot: An American Classic

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The Sandlot - An American classic

The cracking of a wooden bat, hollers coming from the mouths of middle school boys, the pop of the ball falling into the glove, and the grunts from the effort to throw the ball back towards home. This American classic revolutionized movie production. Directed by David Evans, The Sandlot is a comedic motion picture jam- packed with terrific acting.

The movie takes place in the San Fernando Valley in 1962. Scotty Smalls is the new kid in town, and with his mom bugging him about getting friends, he heads to the nearby baseball field. Little did he know, soon he was about to uncover an amazing journey.

The Sandlot is known for many comical events including the one-liners and the insults. The hilarious lines spoken by the characters have been revolutionized and are used in everyday life. “You’re killing me, Smalls,” along with, “You play ball like a girl!” are just two one-liners that have even been marketed around the world. (Yes, marketed.) These lines can be found on T-shirts around America.
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The Sandlot is stuffed with face close ups on the children, requiring them to put on their best expression in the movie. They did a spectacular job at this, and all of the kids got filmed in these multiple times in the movie. Another good piece of acting was the voices of the kids in exciting times and furious times. For example, when the kids resolve a problem together, they let out a vivacious cheer in perfect harmony. The same for if someone mocks them, or if they get lied to, they let out a combative grunt of disgust. The acting of the children tie the movie together .

The Sandlot is known around the world as an American classic. The movie is hilarious, with great acting to support it. One-liners, insults, face close ups and the voice acting added to the plot make for an amazing movie, that will be remembered for a long

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