LITTLE LEAGUE COACH CRYING FOUL OVER NEW KEANU REEVES MOVIE

LITTLE LEAGUE COACH CRYING FOUL OVER NEW KEANU REEVES MOVIE



CHICAGO (Wireless Flash) – A Chicago little league coach is crying foul over the upcoming Keanu Reeves movie, Hardball. The flick is a modern-day Bad News Bears tale inspired by a real coach named Bob Muzikowski, who started an inner city little league program in Chicago. Muzikowski believes the boozy, gambling coach played by Reeves in the film is supposed to be him – even though the character is named “Conor O’Neill.” Now he’s filed a lawsuit against the filmmakers, claiming the movie inaccurately portrays him and his fellow coaches as malicious jerks. Muzikowski says he fears that once the film opens September 14, he will be in danger of attacks from Chicago gang members who will see the misconduct of the coaches in the movie and think that’s the truth. To set the record straight, he’s written a book about his experience, Safe At Home (Zondervan).

Thu 08-30-01