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Dominican baseball star Miguel "Sugar" Santos is recruited to play in the U.S. minor-leagues.Dominican baseball star Miguel "Sugar" Santos is recruited to play in the U.S. minor-leagues.Dominican baseball star Miguel "Sugar" Santos is recruited to play in the U.S. minor-leagues.
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- 2 wins & 7 nominations
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- TriviaSome of the last names of the Swing of the Quad Cities players in the film were those of actual players on the team. However, they were not portrayed by the real Swing players. During filming, the real players were still in their regular season and then post-season.
- GoofsWhen Miguel is pitching to the Loons in the top of the fifth, the scoreboard already shows 0 runs. The score for a half inning is not registered until the half inning is completed.
- SoundtracksLos Que Me Esperaban, Llegue
Written by Tony Sugar
Performed by Yoan Soriano
Courtesy of Mambo Media, LLC
Featured review
The "Friday Night Lights" of baseball
"Sugar" is simply one of the best sports movies ever and it does so avoiding every sports movies cliché ever made. The story of the main character is simply a composite of the story of the majority of people who go to play the game professionally. Not only that, but also reflects the story of the immigrant who comes to America pursuing a dream.
Spoken mostly in Spanish, the movie almost qualifies as a foreign language film. The filmmakers do an excellent job capturing the contrast in atmosphere of the Dominican Republic -a poor country, rich in happiness- to the heartland of America, and back to the Bronx -a Dominican stronghold outside of the island, also stricken by poverty.
As in "Friday Night Lights" you can feel the constant stress these young players endure to make it big. It's every bit as tense and if you like baseball, and are interested a little bit about these foreign superstars now playing the game, this movie is going to be a treat.
One of the best films of 2009.
Spoken mostly in Spanish, the movie almost qualifies as a foreign language film. The filmmakers do an excellent job capturing the contrast in atmosphere of the Dominican Republic -a poor country, rich in happiness- to the heartland of America, and back to the Bronx -a Dominican stronghold outside of the island, also stricken by poverty.
As in "Friday Night Lights" you can feel the constant stress these young players endure to make it big. It's every bit as tense and if you like baseball, and are interested a little bit about these foreign superstars now playing the game, this movie is going to be a treat.
One of the best films of 2009.
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- Apr 17, 2009
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- Release date
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- Also known as
- Untitled Dominican Project
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,082,124
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $60,140
- Apr 5, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $1,144,438
- Runtime1 hour 54 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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