Q 01/05

In which year was The Sandlot released?

A) 1990

B) 1996

C) 1993

D) 1999

Answer · why

C) 1993

It arrived on 7 April, distributed by 20th Century Fox. The story it tells is set three decades earlier.

Q 02/05

Who directed the film and also narrated it as the grown-up Smalls?

A) Rob Reiner

B) David Mickey Evans

C) Penny Marshall

D) Ron Shelton

Answer · why

B) David Mickey Evans

He co-wrote the script with Robert Gunter as well. His voice frames the whole story as a memory.

Q 03/05

In which summer is the story set?

A) 1962

B) 1958

C) 1954

D) 1968

Answer · why

A) 1962

The clothes, the cars and the transistor radios all belong to that year. Kennedy was president and the Dodgers had only just moved west.

Q 04/05

Which part of Los Angeles is the film set in?

A) Pasadena suburbs

B) Echo Park district

C) Long Beach shore

D) The San Fernando Valley

Answer · why

D) The San Fernando Valley

None of it was actually shot there, though. The production went to another state entirely.

Q 05/05

In which state was the film actually shot, in Midvale, Ogden and the state capital?

A) Idaho

B) Nevada

C) Utah

D) Arizona

Answer · why

C) Utah

Producers wanted early-sixties streetscapes that had not been redeveloped. The lot itself was built on an empty patch of ground in Midvale.