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Special Features
- Commentary with Director David Mickey Evans, Actor Sean Astin, Exectuive Producer Carl Borack and Producer Michael Wasserman
- Commentary with Producer Tony Wilson and real life coaches Kent Stock and Jim Van Scoyoc
- 3 Behind-the-Scenes featurettes
- The Real Season: The Spirit of Norway
Editorial Reviews
From the director of The Sandlot comes the true story of an underdog coach and the team that must defend their legacy against insurmountable odds. In the small town of Norway, Iowa, the high school baseball team, led by legendary Coach Jim Van Scoyoc (Powers Boothe, TV's Deadwood), has won 19 State Championships. But the small town heroes are dealt a series of unexpected blows that threaten to rob them of their 20th championship win. When talk of a school merger gets serious and Coach Scoyoc is fired, then replaced by his 24-year-old assistant, Kent Stock (Sean Astin, Rudy and The Lord of the Rings trilogy), failure seems inevitable. Tom Arnold, Rachael Leigh Cook and Michael Angarano join an excellent ensemble cast in this inspirational family gem.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By A. Reum
Format:DVD
The Final Season is definitely worth your time. This true story plays out in America's heartland and represents a huge cross section of rural America.
The Final Season reveals a truth not everyone seems to understand: its not all in the winning its how you play the game. Character, achievement and honest completion actually carry greater value than putting together a winning record.
The Norway baseball team may meet their collective demise but they prove sportsmanship and team achievement ensure their place in history. Join the team and catch the inspiration to play with all you've got!
The Final Season reveals a truth not everyone seems to understand: its not all in the winning its how you play the game. Character, achievement and honest completion actually carry greater value than putting together a winning record.
The Norway baseball team may meet their collective demise but they prove sportsmanship and team achievement ensure their place in history. Join the team and catch the inspiration to play with all you've got!
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Although I live near Washington D.C. now, I was raised in the Midwest and went to a rural farm community high school in Piasa, Illinois. Perhaps that helped me identify with this movie about Norway, Iowa, but if anyone can't identify with it on some level then they are missing something. I was lucky enough to play on a football team that won three championships. Considering we didn't have half the students of most the schools we played I know only to well the lesson "The Final Season" teaches about sports. If we didn't have students bused in from three small towns and we weren't so far from the large schools we probably would have been absorbed as well. Along with it's valuable lesson about what baseball means to these small towns, it teaches about how crowding students into larger schools doesn't make them smarter or better adjusted students, quite the contrary, and the sooner the public education system learns that the better. This movie has a great story, wonderful cast, and exceptional camera work. I highly recommend it. I haven't seen a sports movie inspire me this much since "Hoosiers". Excellent DVD quality with great replayability.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
It's great to add this DVD to my collection. Last October I had the chance to see the movie twice about this true story of an Iowa High School baseball team that won 20 state championships with its legendary coach. The movie covers how Norway High School entered its final year as a school before merging with Madison High School in the early 1990s.The triumph..the bitterness...all the emotion is covered in this 119 minute movie. If you like your baseball stories that are true and realistic, then don't miss the Final Season with Sean Astin and Powers Boothe!
By the way if you look realy closely a very good friend of mine Mike Doocy is one of the sports reporters featured in the movie. He is now the sports director for the FOX affiliate in Dallas! Another real reason to enjoy this movie!
By the way if you look realy closely a very good friend of mine Mike Doocy is one of the sports reporters featured in the movie. He is now the sports director for the FOX affiliate in Dallas! Another real reason to enjoy this movie!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Baseball lover
This is a fantastic , feel good moving for anyone but especially for baseball lovers. No sex violence just good entertainment
Published 23 days ago by ROBERT L SNYDER
4.0 out of 5 stars
This team from Norway (Iowa) played well at our Scandinavian Center
Naturally, this high school baseball film was a hit when shown at our Scandinavian Center at California Lutheran University. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Richard Londgren
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Final Season
Great story line and book. Like the real stories made into a movie. Lead charatcers were good - even the boys.
Published 3 months ago by Mike Welch
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love it
Love love love it. Again, txt box requires you type to much on the feedback. I should not be required to leave so many words. STUPID
Published 3 months ago by Lora
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great
This is a very good film. Iam a teacher and my high school students also liked it. I show it with Spanish subtitles to be able to justify it.
Published 3 months ago by Martha Waring
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great movie!
I purchased this as a gift for my husband. He has been asking for this movie for ages and he loves it. It isn't very easy to find anymore either!
Published 4 months ago by A. Johnson
4.0 out of 5 stars
Baseball movie
This was a good movie, I bought it for my grandson, , he is in college going to be a coach , he loved it
Published 4 months ago by Judy A. Shelton
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good movie about a good story.
If you like movies like Forever Strong or Goal, you will like this movie. It is a small part about how sometimes small-town America can be left behind by those in charge looking at... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Kevin Sczech
5.0 out of 5 stars
i loved this movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is my favorite movie ever. because i love baseball and this is the perfect movie for people that like small town baseball.
Published 4 months ago by Kim in IA
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great family movie
This based-on-a-true-Iowa-story is really great! I highly recommend it, especially to baseball fans or anyone who works with teens. Worth the investment.
Published 4 months ago by Linda Novak
