This movie concentrates on Cobb as a bitter old drunk desperately trying to get his life story told from his point of view. I expected to see more scenes from when he was playing ball, but sadly there is really only one scene that showed his legendary hitting and baserunning....and that scene is very short and quite poor. If you are interested in what Cobb was like as an old angry man, go for it. If you are interested in Cobb as the greatest offensive ballplayer ever.....skip this one in a hurry. Other than that, I thought the movie - on its own merits as a movie - was pretty lousy. I regret buying it.
Best damn baseball movie ever
This movie is great and Tommy Lee Jones is dead on as the notoriously uber competitive Cobb. You feel like you are right there with the bastard Cobb as we watch Roger Clemens pitch to him. Funny, outrageous, infurating, this movie rocks.
Ron Shelton's "Cobb" both funny and disturbing
Tommy Lee Jones, in probably his best performance ever, gives both a disturbing and enlightening look into Ty Cobb's demons. Ron Shelton is an amazing writer and director, and together with Jones and Robert Wuhl, they paint both a funny and yet disturbing look at baseball great Ty Cobb. My only complaint with this film is not enough Lolita Davidovich. For the few scenes she appeared in, she lit up the screen, including the actors in the scenes. Her almost slapstick banter with Wuhl in one scene is hilarious. Her psychological torture by Jones as Cobb is awesome. This film, as well as Lolita, are way too underrated. By this film. It's worth it.
When he was a Orphan as a Child named Babe Ruth, he discover his hidden talent for the love of Baseball. When he turned Adult (John Goodman), he become unexpectedly a Baseball Legend.
In this film, which is surprisngly well made:an old-fashioned Hollywood-Style Bio-Pic. John Goodman hit a home run as Babe Ruth with his Amazing Performance. This movie has its grit and seeming no-holds-barred honesty. A memorable film, based on a True Fact. Directed by Arthur Hiller (Taking Care of Business). Grade:B+. More Info about this DVD Actor(s): John Goodman Director(s): Arthur Hiller DVD Release Date: Released the 01 June 2003 Usually ships within 24 hours
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Eliot Asinof's detailed book Eight Men Out illustrates how the system of American sports collapsed in 1919, the year the Chicago White Sox threw the World Series. Filmmaker John Sayles worked on his script years before the 1988 film (or before he had the rights to make the film) as a labor of love. Sayles's adaptation proves one can make a historically accurate film in the day and age of artistic license. And what a story. Although many know about the "Black Sox," made famous--again--in the 1989 hit film Field of Dreams, the details of the saga are far less known. The center of Dreams, Shoeless Joe Jackson (portrayed correctly by D.B. Sweeney as illiterate and left-handed in Eight), is not the core of this film; it's ace pitcher Eddie Cicotte (Sayles... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): John Cusack Director(s): John Sayles DVD Release Date: Released the 08 May 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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You don't have to be a baseball lover to appreciate this funny, touching story of minor-league ball and major-league dreams. Pastime is the most realistic depiction of the nonglamour side of sports as played by the people who seem to love it the most. William Russ stars as an aging pitcher, now in his 40s, who only got to pitch once in the majors. Still hanging on in the minors in the late 1950s, he can't believe his career could be over. Ridiculed for his enthusiasm by his much-younger teammates, he befriends the team's outcast, a young black pitcher (Glenn Plummer) with a cannon for an arm, and imparts what wisdom he has to offer. A movie that will make you ask: Why isn't Russ a star? --Marshall FineMore Info about this DVD Actor(s): William Russ Director(s): Robin B. Armstrong DVD Release Date: Released the 08 April 2003 Usually ships within 24 hours
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61* is an endearing ode to the baseball days of yore when the press was the enemy, salaries were in check, and breaking records with bat and glove took on Ruthian proportions. In 1961 baseball expanded its season from 154 games to 162, allowing weaker pitching into the major leagues and two New York Yankees teammates--the colorless Roger Maris and golden boy Mickey Mantle--to make an assault on the sport's ultimate record: Babe Ruth's 60 home runs. To add to the stew, baseball commissioner Ford Frick announced any record set in the last eight games of the season wouldn't count toward the official record; records had to be achieved in 154 games.
Director Billy Crystal guarantees success for his movie in the perfect casting of the leads. Barry Pepper (Saving Private Ryan's... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Barry Pepper - Thomas Jane Director(s): Billy Crystal DVD Release Date: Released the 11 September 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Only those with ice water in their veins won't get misty-eyed watching this moving film about the friendship of two professional baseball players, one of whom--in every sense--is playing his last season. A pre-stardom Robert De Niro portrays a rather simple-minded rookie catcher who comes under the wing of a veteran pitcher (Michael Moriarty). When De Niro's character is diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease, Moriarty tries to help him get through one more season. Directed by John Hancock and based on the novel by Mark Harris (who also wrote the screenplay), the film builds on baseball's ability to foster its own lore of courage, nobility, loyalty, and--sadly--tragedy. Watching the youthful De Niro and Moriarty, with all that promise in their bones, adds to the overall romance of the film... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Michael Moriarty - Robert De Niro - Vincent Gardenia Director(s): John D. Hancock DVD Release Date: Released the 04 March 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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