Sugar

Sugar

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Homesickness | Baseball

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  • Genre(s): Drama
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
  • Cast(s): Algenis Perez Soto, Karl Bury, Braulio Castillo, Rayniel Rufino, André Holland See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 2h
  • Music: Michael Brook
  • Award(s): Grand Jury Prize 2008 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: "Wuthering Heights", 180
  • Story:
    Sugar is a 2008 sports drama film directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. It follows the story of Miguel Santos, a. k. a. Sugar (Algenis Perez Soto), a Dominican pitcher from San Pedro de Macorís, struggling to make it to the big leagues and pull himself and his family out of poverty. Playing professionally at a baseball academy in the Dominican Republic, Miguel finally gets his break at age 19 when he advances to the United States' minor league system; but when his play on the mound falters, he begins to question the single-mindedness of his life's ambition.
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7.2/10
IMDb

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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
Sugar is a 2008 sports drama film directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. It follows the story of Miguel Santos, a. k. a. Sugar (Algenis Perez Soto), a Dominican pitcher from San Pedro de Macorís, struggling to make it to the big leagues and pull himself and his family out of poverty. Playing professionally at a baseball academy in the Dominican Republic, Miguel finally gets his break at age 19 when he advances to the United States' minor league system; but when his play on the mound falters, he begins to question the single-mindedness of his life's ambition.
Ratings

7.2/10

IMDb

92%

Rotten Tomatoes

AWARDS

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Nominations
Grand Jury Prize Award

Dramatic | 2008 | Ryan Fleck

Gotham Independent Film Award

Best Ensemble Performance | 2009 | Algenis Perez Soto

Independent Spirit Award

Best Screenplay | 2009 | Ryan Fleck

WFCC Award

Best Movie by a Woman | 2009 | Anna Boden

Black Reel Award

Outstanding Independent Feature | 2010 | Ryan Fleck

Artios Award

Outstanding Achievement in Casting Low Budget Feature DramaComedy | 2009 | Cindy Tolan

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

Some 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.

After this film was shot, the name of the team in Iowa was changed from the Swing of the Quad Cities to its former team name of the Quad Cities River Bandits.

Popular Dialogues

"Frank: Life gives you lots of opportunities. Baseball only gives you one."

"Earl Higgins: No drinking. No cervezas in the casa. No chicas in the bedroom."

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