Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment has officially announced that the Keanu Reeves sports drama Hardball will make its debut on Blu-Ray on September 21, 2021 in celebration of its 20th anniversary. Directed by Brian Robbins, the emotional sports tale stars Reeves alongside Diane Lane, John Hawkes, D.B. Sweeney, and Michael B. Jordan in one of his first film roles.
Synopsis: Featuring a sensational cast including Keanu Reeves, Diana Lane, John Hawkes, D.B. Sweeney, and Michael B. Jordan in one of his first film roles, HARDBALL follows Conor O’Neill (Reeves), a down-on-his-luck gambler in debt to dangerous loan sharks. Desperate for cash, Conor reluctantly takes a job coaching a youth baseball team. The “team” turns out to be a ragtag group of tough-talking kids from Chicago’s inner city. Secretly, Conor plans to desert the team after he wins a big bet. But the stakes are higher than Conor imagined: the kids need someone to believe in. As Conor wrestles with his past, the kids start to teach him some lessons that will forever change his future – that responsibility and trust must be earned and hope can appear in the most unlikely places.
The HARDBALL Blu-ray includes the following legacy bonus content:
- Commentary by director Brian Robbins and writer John Gatins
- The Making of Hardball
- Deleted Scenes
- Music Video – “Hardball” by Lil’ Bow Wow, Lil’ Wayne, Lil’ Zane and Sammie
- Interstitials
- Theatrical Trailer
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