Sugar
By: Journeyman Pictures ; Hunting Lane Films ; Gowanus Projections ; Single A Films ; produced by Paul S. Mezey, Jamie Patricof, Jeremy Kipp Walker ; written by Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck ; directed by Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
Contributors: Pérez Soto, Algenis; Rufino, Rayniel; Holland, André; Whitney, Ann; Porterfield, Ellary, 1989-; Tirelli, Jaime; Rijo, José; Gaston, Michael; Vargas, Alina; Bull, Richard, 1924-2014; Garcia, Kelvin Leonardo; Brown, Joendy Pena; Brook, Michael, musician; Journeyman Pictures (Great Britain); Hunting Lane Films; Gowanus Projections (Firm); Single A Films; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Culver City, Calif
Language: spa
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 114
ISBN-13: 9781435968684
Subjects: Drama; Critical thinking; Baseball players; Pitchers (Baseball); Minor league baseball
Description: Miguel 'Sugar' Santos is a talented Dominican baseball player who longs to break into the American big league and earn the money needed to support his impoverished family. He is a talented pitcher who might just have what it takes to earn a prized spot on a Major League Baseball team. Before that happens he'll have to prove his worth in the minor leagues. Advancing in baseball's minor league system at the tender age of 19, Miguel is warmly welcomed into the small-town Iowa home of his host family. He struggles with language and cultural barriers despite the kindness of strangers. Subsequently forced to reevaluate his life's ambition after his once-trusty arm becomes unreliable. The previously single-minded pitcher gradually begins to question both the world he lives in and the role he has chosen to play in it.
Notes: Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.

Special features: deleted scenes, Making "Sugar": run the bases, Play beisbol!: the Dominican dream, interview with Algenis Perez Solo.

Director of photography, Andrij Parekh ; editor, Anna Boden ; music, Michael Brook.

Algenis Perez Soto, Rayniel Rufino, Andre Holland, Ann Whitney, Ellary Porterfield, Jaime Tirelli, Jose Rijo, Michael Gaston, Alina Vargas, Richard Bull, Kelvin Leonardo Garcia, Joendy Pena Brown.

MPAA rating: PG-13; for sexual content, language and brief drug use.

DVD, anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, region 1.

Spanish or Portuguese dialogue, English, French, Portuguese or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioning.