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You don't have to be a baseball fan to appreciate the last project Christopher Reeve worked on before he passed away. According to William H. Macy, who voices a character in 20th Century Fox's computer animated film, Everyone's Hero, "It's so pure and clean and it's about keep swinging and don't give up."
Reeve and his wife Dana took on the job after their son loved the story so much that he couldn't come to dinner one night because he wanted to finish reading. The next morning, Reeve called writer Howard Jonas and said he wanted transform the bedtime story into a film and that he wanted to direct.
The heart-filled tale is set in the Depression-era and is centered around Yankee Irving, a 10-year-old boy who embarks upon on a journey with his newfound friend Screwie (Rob Reiner), a wisecracking talking baseball, to recover Babe Ruth's missing lucky bat named Darlin (Whoopi Goldberg).
Before his death, Reeve was able to complete a lot of the storyboarding and prep work and before his wife died of lung cancer, she voiced the character of Yankee Irving's mom.
Macy talked about the iconic actor and his wife. "I knew Chris. Chris had done a film that I wrote a long time ago and that was a big boom to my pledging writing career. I knew him in New York before that. Chris and Dana's spirit is all over this thing so pretty much everybody that was contacted said 'you want to make sure this thing gets done', everybody said yeah. It's a lovely script and I like the simplicity of it and the beauty of it."
Reeve's loyal friend Robin Williams is also in the movie as the voice for the envious team owner of the Chicago Cubs; however, he is not credited and wanted it that way, Reiner explained.
"He did it as a favor because he loved Christopher. They were very close friends and you know he did it for that reason."
In preparation for his role, Reiner laughed and said, "I went and talked to as many baseballs as I could. Ones that are used in fungos, ones that are used in games, ones that are you know just batting practice. They all have a different slant on it and I took from all of them."
In the film, the bat is stolen from the New York Yankees slugger's locker room by Chicago Cubs pitcher Lefty (William H. Macy). Since Irving's dad works as a janitor at the stadium and was the last one to be seen with the bat, he is blamed and fired as a result.
Not only is the family financially strapped now, but if Babe doesn't get his bat back, the chances of the Yankees winning the 1932 World Series are slim.
Reiner says the ball plays a more important role than the bat in America's favorite pastime
"This is the unspoken rivalry that's gone on since the beginning of baseball. It's always been who is more important. The ball or the bat. I would always say the ball is more important because it is called baseball. It's not called baseball bat or batball. You can play baseball without a bat. You can get a broom handle; you can get a piece of wood. How do you play without the baseball?"
When asked if they were avid fans of the sport, Macy very candidly told us he is, but only around the more exciting moments of the game.
"I'm one of these guys that comes in on the playoffs and pretend that I've been watching all year and sort of memorize all the names and try to fake my way through it. It's just an excuse to drink beer, let's face the facts," he joked.
Everyone's Hero opens in theaters on September 15.
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=16360
Reeve and his wife Dana took on the job after their son loved the story so much that he couldn't come to dinner one night because he wanted to finish reading. The next morning, Reeve called writer Howard Jonas and said he wanted transform the bedtime story into a film and that he wanted to direct.
The heart-filled tale is set in the Depression-era and is centered around Yankee Irving, a 10-year-old boy who embarks upon on a journey with his newfound friend Screwie (Rob Reiner), a wisecracking talking baseball, to recover Babe Ruth's missing lucky bat named Darlin (Whoopi Goldberg).
Before his death, Reeve was able to complete a lot of the storyboarding and prep work and before his wife died of lung cancer, she voiced the character of Yankee Irving's mom.
Macy talked about the iconic actor and his wife. "I knew Chris. Chris had done a film that I wrote a long time ago and that was a big boom to my pledging writing career. I knew him in New York before that. Chris and Dana's spirit is all over this thing so pretty much everybody that was contacted said 'you want to make sure this thing gets done', everybody said yeah. It's a lovely script and I like the simplicity of it and the beauty of it."
Reeve's loyal friend Robin Williams is also in the movie as the voice for the envious team owner of the Chicago Cubs; however, he is not credited and wanted it that way, Reiner explained.
"He did it as a favor because he loved Christopher. They were very close friends and you know he did it for that reason."
In the film, the bat is stolen from the New York Yankees slugger's locker room by Chicago Cubs pitcher Lefty (William H. Macy). Since Irving's dad works as a janitor at the stadium and was the last one to be seen with the bat, he is blamed and fired as a result.
Not only is the family financially strapped now, but if Babe doesn't get his bat back, the chances of the Yankees winning the 1932 World Series are slim.
Reiner says the ball plays a more important role than the bat in America's favorite pastime
"This is the unspoken rivalry that's gone on since the beginning of baseball. It's always been who is more important. The ball or the bat. I would always say the ball is more important because it is called baseball. It's not called baseball bat or batball. You can play baseball without a bat. You can get a broom handle; you can get a piece of wood. How do you play without the baseball?"
When asked if they were avid fans of the sport, Macy very candidly told us he is, but only around the more exciting moments of the game.
"I'm one of these guys that comes in on the playoffs and pretend that I've been watching all year and sort of memorize all the names and try to fake my way through it. It's just an excuse to drink beer, let's face the facts," he joked.
Everyone's Hero opens in theaters on September 15.
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=16360
