Trouble with the Curve (2012)

September 21, 2012 (US) • Drama, Romance • 111m

Overview

Slowed by age and failing eyesight, crack baseball scout Gus Lobel takes his grown daughter along as he checks out the final prospect of his career. Along the way, the two renew their bond, and she catches the eye of a young player-turned-scout.

Director

Robert Lorenz

Writer

Randy Brown

Top Billed

Clint Eastwood

Keywords

baseball pitcher home run aging cigar smoking talent scout draft motel room baseball scout failing eyesight blurry vision blurred sight father daughter relationship awestruck

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Top Billed Cast

Clint Eastwood

Gus Lobel

Amy Adams

Mickey Lobel

Justin Timberlake

Johnny Flanagan

Matthew Lillard

Phillip Sanderson

Jack Gilpin

Schwartz

John Goodman

Pete Klein

Robert Patrick

Vince

Scott Eastwood

Billy Clark

Ed Lauter

Max

Chelcie Ross

Smitty

Raymond Anthony Thomas

Lucious

Matt Bush

Danny

George Wyner

Rosenbloom

Bob Gunton

Watson

Tom Dreesen

Rock

James Patrick Freetly

Todd

Joe Massingill

Bo Gentry

Peter Hermann

Greg

Jay Galloway

Rigo Sanchez

Sammy Blue

Musician

Norma Alvarez

Grace Sanchez

Rus Blackwell

Rick

Josh Warren

Pitcher

Seth Meriwether

Wilson

Bart Hansard

Bo's Father

Patricia French

Diner Waitress

Tom Nowicki

Red Sox GM

Julia Walters

Young Mickey

Tyler Silva

Carlos Sanchez

Darren Le Gallo

Nurse

Clayton Landey

Manager

Matthew Brady

Swannanoa Manager

Jackie Prucha

Secretary

Ricky Muse

Jimmy

Carla Fisher

Law Receptionist

Kenny Alfonso

Umpire

Brian F. Durkin

Matt Nelson

Nathan M. Wright

Drunk Fan

Ryan Patrick Williams

Grizzly Player #1

Xavier Floyd

Grizzly Player #2

Bud Selig

Himself

Cara Mantella

Assistant

Jennifer Baskette-Ridings

News Reporter (uncredited)

Karen Ceesay

Carol (uncredited)

Mark Meekins

Bit

Moses J. Moseley

Baseball Fan (uncredited)

Clifton Guterman

Neil

Sam Collins

Kid #1

Chandler George Brown

Kid #2

Louis Fox

Lloyd

Leon Lamar

Regular #2

Dane Davenport

Waiter #1

Eric Mendenhall

Waiter #2

Melissa Lorenz

Mom in Diner

Rory Lorenz

Girl in Diner

Jack Lorenz

Boy in Diner

Rhubarb Jones

Announcer #2

Scott Estep

Umpire

Jason S. Gondek

Red Sox Exec

Mark Thomason

Braves Official

Hunter Clowdus

Yoga Student (uncredited)

Don Young

Regular #1

Crew

Robert Lorenz

Director

Joel Cox

Editor

Eve Streger

Casting

Clint Eastwood

Producer

Steve Riley

Special Effects

Tim Moore

Executive Producer

Marco Beltrami

Original Music Composer

James J. Murakami

Production Design

Geoffrey Miclat

Casting

Randy Brown

Screenplay

Robert Lorenz

Producer

Ross Dunkerley

Gaffer

Michele Weisler

Producer

Tom Stern

Director of Photography

John McAlary

Casting

Gary D. Roach

Editor

Keith Bernstein

Still Photographer

Kevin Murray

Assistant Sound Editor

Kristin Kulyniak-Deale

Production Secretary

Matthew Butler

Greensman

John Hair

Greensman

Trevor Carroll-Coe

Camera Loader

Carol A. O'Connell

Hair Department Head

David M. Bernstein

First Assistant Director

Deborah Hopper

Costume Design

Tim Moore

Unit Production Manager

Paula Case

Second Assistant Director

Alan Robert Murray

Supervising Sound Editor

Heather Sease

Costumer

Guy Micheletti

Key Grip

Tony X. Deale

Assistant Production Coordinator

Bobby McMahan

Second Assistant Camera

Cha Blevins

Costume Supervisor

Corey Bronson

Set Costumer

Mitchell Ray Kenney

Costumer

Luisa Abel

Makeup Department Head

Stephen Crowley

Rigging Supervisor

Steve Sudge

Best Boy Lighting Technician

Mitzi Haralson

Costumer

Tangi Crawford

Key Costumer

Gary Fettis

Set Decoration

Bub Asman

Supervising Sound Editor

Stephen S. Campanelli

Camera Operator

Bill Coe

First Assistant Camera

Ann Culotta

Set Costumer

Patricia DeHaney

Hair Department Head

Chris McGeary

Music Editor

Jonathan Fuh

Boom Operator

Branden Marks

Costumer

Patrick M. Sullivan Jr.

Supervising Art Director

Sherrie Peterson

Costumer

Austin Lapierre

Assistant Production Coordinator

Eliot Levin

Assistant Property Master

Gail Carroll-Coe

Boom Operator

Cindy M. Ichikawa

Art Department Coordinator

Walt Martin

Sound Mixer

Michelle Vittone

Makeup Artist

John Lacy

Assistant Chief Lighting Technician

Landon Trawny

Assistant Accountant

Mable Lawson-McCrary

Script Supervisor

Ross Dunkerley

Chief Lighting Technician

Simeon Keri Jones

Additional Second Assistant Director

Steven Olivera

Assistant Accountant

Mike Sexton

Property Master

Jason S. Gondek

Production Accountant

Cody Williams

Second Second Assistant Director

Kevin Shaw

Assistant Property Master

Andrew Paulson

Assistant Accountant

Jay Wejebe

Key Makeup Artist

Dawn Turner

Hairstylist

Jennifer Hunt Pedevilla

Assistant Accountant

Brandon Pope

Greensman

Ben D. Griffith Jr.

Best Boy Grip

Greg Brooks

Dolly Grip

Michael Muscarella

Construction Coordinator

William Monroe

Propmaker

Patrick Mignano

Location Manager

James Ashwill

Foley Mixer

Tyler Kettenburg

Set Dresser

Konrad Lewis

On Set Dresser

Chuck McCourt

Set Dresser

Daniel B. Foster

Set Dresser

Patrick Johnson

Set Dresser

Lucas Godfrey

Set Dresser

Patrick Ingram

Extras Casting

Blake Collins

Foley Mixer

Richard Duarte

Foley Mixer

Ryan Murphy

Mix Technician

Margaret Hungerford

Set Dresser

Dan O'Connell

Foley Artist

Michael Owens

Visual Effects Supervisor

Jill Bogdanowicz

Digital Colorist

Lonnie R. Smith Jr.

Stunt Coordinator

Cherly Baird

Animal Wrangler

John T. Cucci

Foley Artist

Robert Brubaker

Stunts

William Cawley

Assistant Sound Editor

Christopher Flick

Foley Editor

April Mackin

Animal Wrangler

Candy Cothern

Animal Wrangler

Darin McCormick-Millett

Visual Effects Producer

Phillip Feiner

Visual Effects Supervisor

Alex Duke

Stunts

Cal Johnson

Stunts

Anderson Martin

Stunts

Michael Dressel

Foley Editor

Reviews

r96sk

⭐ 7/10

January 27, 2022

I enjoyed <em>'Trouble with the Curve'</em>.

There are a few too many moments of cringe for my liking, renditions of '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Are_My_Sunshine" rel="nofollow">You Are My Sunshine</a>' included, but as a whole it's a solidly entertaining sports flick - with added love drama.

The cast are the film's major plus, with Clint Eastwood - in his first strictly acting role since the early 1990s and last to date of r… read the rest.