Initial release date: July 15, 1994
Studios: Walt Disney Pictures/Caravan Pictures
Tagline: It Could Happen
Ya GOtta Believe!
Plot: Foster kid Roger loves the Anaheim Angels, even though they're the worst team in the major leagues. His estranged dad promises to reunite the family if the Angels make it to the World Series, so Roger decides to ask for some divine help and prays that his favorite team will turn things around. Soon, a real angel named Al shows up in response to Roger's prayers, and Anaheim's hopeless coach is shocked to see his team on a winning streak.
Cast
Danny Glover - George Knox
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Roger
Brenda Fricker - Maggie Nelson
Tony Danza - Mel Clark
Christopher Lloyd - Al
Ben Johnson - Hank Murphy
Jay O. Sanders - Ranch Wilder
Milton Davis Jr. - J.P.
Taylor Negron - David Montagne
Tony Longo - Triscuitt Messmer
Neal McDonough - Whitt Bass
Stoney Jackson - Ray Mitchell
Matthew McConaughey - Ben Williams
Dermot Mulroney - Roger's Dad
Adrien Brody - Danny Hemmerling
Writer(s): Dorothy Kingsley (1951 screenplay)
George Wells (1951 screenplay)
Holly Goldberg Sloan (The Big Green; Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course)
Director: William Dear (The Sandlot: Heading Home; Wild America; Harry and the Hendersons)
Rated PG for mild language (102 minutes)
Angels in the Outfield has always been one of my all time favorite Disney movies. I haven't seen this movie in years - ever since I had the VHS copy (remember VHS?). And now this movie is FINALLY available on Disney Plus for its 30th anniversary!!
This 1994 family movie is a great little fantasy that delivers some really good laughs and a few heart-felt moments in between. Christopher Lloyd is still entertaining as always as the head angel and I forgot a few Hollywood stars that had early roles in this movie.
Some of the baseball moments are also entertaining and fun to watch. A few of the baseball scenes can really focus on the fantasy side of things but they are still entertaining nonetheless. It's still really fun to see the angels helping the baseball team out!
So, if you enjoy Angels in the Outfield and want to feel nostalgic, make sure to check this out while it's streaming on Disney Plus!!
Here are a few tidbits for the 1994 classic Angels in the Outfield!
At the time of its production and release, the Angels, who entered the American League in 1961 had never won an AL pennant or appeared in a World Series and were best known for their collapses in the ALCS. The Angels would lose their appearances in 1979, 1982 and 1986. Eight years after the movie's release, the Angels won both the franchise's first AL pennant and World Series Champtionship on 2002.
Carney Lansford, who plays Kit "Hit or Die" Kesey from the Whit Soix, was a baseball player in real life, who, in fact, played for the Angels from 1978-80.
Two of the actors who played Angels players, Adrien Brody and Matthew McConaughey, would go on to win Oscars for Best Actor.
Throughout the movie, the J.P. character says "it could happen" seven times.
Leslie Nielson was the first choice for the role of head angel Al, but he was busy with Nakked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult. After Tony Danza signed on, he persuased his old Taxi cast member, Christopher Lloyd, to take the role.
It's a remake of the 1951 film of the same name.
The movie opened at No. 4 at the North American box office, making $8.9 million in its opening weekend. It went on to gross $50.2 million.
Angels in the Outfield FINALLY is available on streaming on Disney Plus on July 15, 2024, to coincide with the movie's 30th anniversary.
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