Little League® Teams Up with Santa Rita Film Co. For New Movie Highlighting 2002 Little League Baseball® World Series Team
Little League® International has teamed up with Santa Rita Film Co. as a Licensed Partner for the production of You Gotta Believe, an inspirational true story of the 2002 Westside Little League team from Fort Worth, Texas.
The film follows a team of Little Leaguers® who dedicate their season to a player’s dying father and, in the process, defy all odds to make it to the Little League Baseball® World Series championship in a game that became an ESPN classic and pushed forward the Little League pitch count rule. You Gotta Believe stars Luke Wilson and Greg Kinnear with Luke Wilson playing the role of Bobby Ratliff, the dying father, while Greg Kinnear will portray Coach Jon Kelly.
You Gotta Believe—the inspiring new movie based on the real-life 2002 Westside Little League All-Stars from Fort Worth, Texas—tells the story of the Southwest Region team that underwent a transformational […]
Thanks to the following Little League® Official Sponsors
Official team equipment supplier
Equipment donor for movie
Official on-field player cap
Cap donor for movie
About Santa Rita Film Co.
Santa Rita Film Co. is a motion picture development and production company based in Austin, Texas. The company has a strong focus on the acquisition and development of existing literary properties but has also expanded into original content in both the narrative and documentary disciplines. Deriving its name from the saint of the impossible, Santa Rita prides itself on successfully bringing to screen stories with broad appeal made with an independent, resourceful mindset.