''Chasing Dreams'' is a 1982 American

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film co-directed by Therese Conte and Sean Roche, starring David G. Brown. Its

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revolves around a teenage boy, growing up on a farm, who discovers he has a knack for

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

. The film is mainly remembered for a small role by

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as the hero's older brother.Rob Edelman ''Great Baseball Films: From Right Off the Bat to A League of their Own'' 1994 p117 "Chasing Dreams is of interest solely for the presence of Kevin Costner , pre - Bull Durham and Field of Dreams , in the role of Thompson's older , medical-student brother . He appears at the beginning of the film , as he is going off to school "

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* 1982 films 1982 drama films 1980s English-language films {{1980s-drama-film-stub