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Eephus

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Overview

Two recreational baseball teams, the River Dogs and Adler’s Paint, have been meeting on their New England field on Sunday afternoons for longer than anyone can remember. These middle-aged sportsmen can’t run as fast as they used to or connect as reliably with a pitch, but their vigorous appetite for socializing, squabbling, and busting chops remains undiminished. After the know-nothing county board opts to raze the baseball diamond to make way for a school, the teams meet for one final game at their beloved Soldier’s Field, with girlfriends, kids, and local hooligans as intermittent spectators. As day turns to night and innings bleed together, the players face the uncertainty of a new era. Lovingly laid in a vanished Massachusetts of the mid-1990s, Carson Lund’s poignant feature debut plays like a lazy afternoon, perfectly attuned to the rhythms of America’s eternal pastime. Named for a rarely-deployed curveball, Eephus is both a ribald comedy for the baseball connoisseur and a movie for anyone who’s ever lamented their community slipping away.

Reactions, Awards & Festivals

A New York Times Critic's Pick! “A movie made just for me, and maybe for you as well." ... “A funny, elegiac feature directorial debut.”

Alissa Wilkinson

The New York Times

“The best baseball movie since Moneyball” ... “A change-up of a baseball movie, an elegiac ode to the humbler weekend warriors who are driven by nothing but genuine affection for the game.”

Jake Coyle

Associated Press

“Everyone who’s ever played for a crappy amateur sports team should go see Eephus.”

Dan Kois

Slate

Directors' Fortnight

Cannes Film Festival 2024

Main Slate

New York Film Festival 2024

"The best sports movie in years"

Alex Papaioannou

In Session

"More than a baseball movie"

Brianna Zigler

Paste

"A grand and sentimental drama"

Richard Brody

The New Yorker

"A wry and lovely baseball movie that pitches slowballs of quiet wisdom."

Jessica Kiang

Variety

“Carson Lund treats the power of a shared interest with profound, elegiac empathy.”

Jake Cole

Slant Magazine

“Eephus has about it a mournful, lightly absurd poetry of the mundane, a rapt attention to the intimacy of transience and the meanings we make from relics and rituals of a time we’re passing through.”

Isaac Feldberg

RogerEbert.com

“Eephus isn’t exactly a baseball movie — it’s something closer to movie-baseball, where characters endlessly jostle back and forth under no real time constraints, watching the day slowly pass them by, simply out of love for the sport.”

Jordan Mintzer

The Hollywood Reporter

Cast & Crew
  • Ed Mortanian : Keith William Richards
  • Lee : Bill "Spaceman" Lee
  • Al : Wayne Diamond
  • Franny : Cliff Blake
  • Mr. Mallinari : Joe Castiglione
  • Chuck Poleen : Theodore Bouloukos
  • Derek DiCapua : Keith Poulson
  • Graham Morris : Stephen Radochia
  • Troy Carnahan : David Pridemore
  • Rich Cole : Ray Hryb
  • Dilberto "D" Nunez : David Torres Jr.
  • John Faiella : John R. Smith Jr.
  • Merritt Nettles : Nate Fisher
  • Garrett Furnivall : Chris Goodwin
  • Glen Murray : Pete Minkarah
  • Cooper Bassett : Conner Marx
  • Bill Belinda : Russell J. Gannon
  • Bobby Crompton : Brendan "Crash" Burt
  • Kevin Santucci : Tim Taylor
  • Tim Bassett : Ethan Ward
  • Preston Red : Jeff Saint Dic
  • Logan Evans : Patrick Garrigan
  • Wilton Palacios : Ari Brisbon
  • Adrian Costa : Johnny Tirado
  • Louis : Joe Penczak
  • Clark : Paul Kandarian
  • Howie : Lou Basta
  • Linda : Timber Holmes
  • Melanie : Isabelle Charlot
  • Joe : David Metskhvarishvili
  • Directed by : Carson Lund
  • Written by : Michael Basta, Nate Fisher & Carson Lund
  • Produced by : Michael Basta, David Entin, Carson Lund, Tyler Taormina
  • Executive Producers : Michael Tonelli, Brian Clark, Ashish Shetty, Jim Christman
  • Co-Produced by : Michael Richter, Ola Byszuk, Kyle Stroud, ColdFeet Films
  • Associate Producers : Steve Galbraith, Kevin Fisher, David Sabot, Tim Bonin
  • Assistant Producers : Kaila Lockhart, Ollie Toy
  • Production Companies : Omnes Films, Nord-Ouest Films, ColdFeet Films, A Major Production, Through the Lens Entertainment
  • Director of Photography : Greg Tango
  • Sound Recordist / Mixer : Joseph Fiorillo
  • Production Designer : Erik Lund
Technical Info
  • Theatrical Release Date : March 7, 2025
  • Production Year : 2024
  • Country : United States
  • Language : English
  • Running Time : 99 minutes
  • Aspect Ratio : 2.39:1
  • Projection Format : 4K DCP
  • Rating : NR
  • Genre : Comedy, Drama, Sports
Theatrical Engagements
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State
Date
New York
NY
03/07/2025
New York
NY
03/07/2025
Los Angeles
CA
03/11/2025
Huntington
NY
03/14/2025
New York
NY
03/14/2025
Glendale
CA
03/14/2025
Santa Monica
CA
03/14/2025
Burbank
CA
03/14/2025
Universal City
CA
03/14/2025
Philadelphia
PA
03/14/2025
Bryn Mawr
PA
03/14/2025
Brookline
MA
03/14/2025
Dedham
MA
03/14/2025
Somerville
MA
03/14/2025
Washington
D.C.
03/14/2025
Silver Spring
MD
03/14/2025
Fairfax
VA
03/14/2025
Seattle
WA
03/14/2025
Scottsdale
AZ
03/14/2025
Peoria
AZ
03/14/2025
Denver
CO
03/14/2025
Chapel Hill
NC
03/14/2025
Indianapolis
IN
03/14/2025
Hartford
CT
03/14/2025
Milwaukee
WI
03/14/2025
New Orleans
LA
03/14/2025
Winston-Salem
NC
03/14/2025
Belfast
ME
03/14/2025
Sanibel Island
FL
03/17/2025
Pleasantville
NY
03/21/2025
West Nyack
NY
03/21/2025
Bellmore
NY
03/21/2025
Los Angeles
CA
03/21/2025
Orange
CA
03/21/2025
Encino
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03/21/2025
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IL
03/21/2025
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IL
03/21/2025
Highland Park
IL
03/21/2025
Evanston
IL
03/21/2025
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IL
03/21/2025
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DE
03/21/2025
Allentown
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03/21/2025
Jenkintown
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
San Francisco
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
Nantucket
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03/21/2025
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NH
03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
Cleveland
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
Indianapolis
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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03/21/2025
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WA
03/21/2025
Springfield
MO
03/21/2025
Ithaca
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03/21/2025
Hanover
NH
03/21/2025
Missoula
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03/21/2025
Dallas
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03/25/2025
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03/25/2025
Boulder
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03/26/2025
Newport
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03/26/2025
Portland
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03/26/2025
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03/27/2025
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03/28/2025
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03/28/2025
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03/28/2025
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03/28/2025
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03/28/2025
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03/28/2025
North Attleboro
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03/28/2025
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03/28/2025
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03/28/2025
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03/28/2025
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03/28/2025
Pittsburgh
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03/28/2025
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03/28/2025
Southern Pines
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03/28/2025
Columbus
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Las Vegas
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East Stroudsburg
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Iowa City
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03/28/2025
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03/28/2025
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03/28/2025
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03/28/2025
Tampa
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03/29/2025
Harrisonburg
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04/02/2025
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04/03/2025
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04/03/2025
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04/04/2025
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04/04/2025
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04/04/2025
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04/04/2025
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04/04/2025
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04/05/2025
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04/05/2025
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04/06/2025
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04/06/2025
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04/07/2025
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04/09/2025
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04/11/2025
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04/11/2025
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04/11/2025
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04/11/2025
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04/11/2025
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04/13/2025
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04/14/2025
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04/14/2025
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04/16/2025
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04/18/2025
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04/22/2025
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04/25/2025
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04/25/2025
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05/02/2025
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05/19/2025
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05/30/2025
Oak Park
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07/01/2025