Strike Zone

Short Film (Full Length) – 2003

Mature

Featuring cameos from numerous softball legends (including the late Kevin Herlihy), Strike Zone is a love letter to the game from late director and New Zealand under-16 pitcher Cameron Duncan. Duncan stars as a dying coach trying to motivate his team to win a key game. The messages of teamwork and not giving up are made more poignant by the many real life parallels: during filming torrential rain turned the diamond into a quagmire, and Strike Zone's teen director, himself stricken by cancer, almost died on set, before going on to compere the film's premiere.

I am in awe of all that he achieved in his young life.
– Peter Jackson

Key Cast & Crew

Cameron Duncan

Director, Writer, As: Coach, Editor

Sharon Duncan

Producer

John Dybvig

As: Commentator

Nigel Godfrey

As: Doctor

Kevin Herlihy

As: Himself

Reina Webster-Iti

First Assistant Director

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Produced by

Broadcast Arts Film & Video Unit

Source

Broadcast Arts Film & Video Unit

Acknowledgements

Thanks to the sponsorship and support received from the "dedicated, overworked, unpaid, greatly appreciated, vigilant crew"

The cast and crew would like to thank Cameron Duncan, who literally put his life on the line to tell his story and see his movie to fruition.