The Comrades of Summer

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The Comrades of Summer
Genre	Comedy Sport
Written by	Robert Rodat
Directed by	Tommy Lee Wallace
Starring	Joe Mantegna Natalya Negoda
Theme music composer	William Olvis
Country of origin	United States Canada Russia
Original languages	English Russian
Production
Producers
Production locations	Nat Bailey Stadium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Moscow, Russia
Cinematography	Richard Leiterman
Editor	Stephen E. Rivkin
Running time	96 minutes
Production company	HBO Pictures
Distributor	Home Box Office
Release
Original network	HBO
Original release	July 11, 1992 (1992-07-11)

The Comrades of Summer is a 1992 television film featuring Joe Mantegna and Natalya Negoda. It was directed by Tommy Lee Wallace, written by Robert Rodat and aired on HBO on July 11, 1992.^[1]

Plot[]

Major League Baseball manager Sparky Smith is fired from his job with the Seattle Mariners. His attitude has gotten him into trouble with George, the owner of the Mariners, and no other teams seem to want any part of him.

The Olympic Games are coming up, however, and a spirit of glasnost exists in the post-Soviet Russia, which is trying to field its first Olympic baseball team. Sparky reluctantly accepts an offer to move to Moscow to coach the players, many of whom don't even know the game's fundamentals. The players are predictably inept at first, but Sparky begins to learn the real joy in baseball is in the effort and the camaraderie.

An exhibition game ultimately is arranged in which Sparky and his young, eager Russians get to play against his old team, the Mariners. Sparky also falls in love with young Russian girl Tanya Belova.

Cast[]

• Joe Mantegna as Sparky
• Natalya Negoda as Tanya
• Michael Lerner as George
• Mark Rolston as Voronov

Production[]

Filming took place in Nat Bailey Stadium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and in Moscow, Russia.^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• The Comrades of Summer at IMDb

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