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THE HILL – Geoff Zanelli
Original Review by Jonathan Broxton
The Hill is a biographical sports drama directed by Jeff Celentano, which tells the true story of Rickey Hill, a young boy growing up in Texas in the early 1970s who dreams of becoming a baseball player despite wearing leg braces and suffering from a degenerative spinal disease. His father, a strict but kind pastor, tries to dissuade young Rickey from following his baseball dreams as he is worried that the physical toll of the game will result in him suffering further injuries, but Rickey persists, and eventually catches the eye of a legendary Major League Baseball scout who encourages him to try out to play for the Montreal Expos. The film was written by Angelo Pizzi – the screenwriter of such classic sports dramas as Hoosiers and Rudy – and contains many of the rousing, overcoming-the-odds touchstones that those iconic films featured. It stars Colin Ford as Rickey, who is supported by screen icons including Dennis Quaid, Scott Glenn, and Bonnie Bedelia. Read more…
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