ygmn Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 So it is about halfway in the 2005 season... soooooooooooooo What is your list of must watch BASEBALL movies? Who can name the most? Who owns the MOST? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 I won't try to name the most because I'll lose but my 2 favorites are: Field Of Dreams It Happens Every Spring Anyone else seen the 2nd on my list? It was my favorite movie when I was a kid. I haven't seen it in at least 25 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkrop Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 It Happens Every Spring is a GREAT movie! Its on infrequently on cable, TCM or AMC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Amy Posted June 18, 2005 Moderators Share Posted June 18, 2005 Sandlot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 ---------------- On 6/18/2005 10:00:10 PM bkrop wrote: It Happens Every Spring is a GREAT movie! Its on infrequently on cable, TCM or AMC. ---------------- Cool! I thought only the "older members" here would remember that one! I'd love to see it again after all these years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 My kids love Sandlot, especially my 4-year-old. The Natural was a good baseball movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grog Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Damn Yankees! (1958) And yes it is available on DVD. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002Y4TII/ref=pd_sxp_f/002-0364707-1680831?v=glance&s=dvd # Director: George Abbott, Stanley Donen # Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.) # Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen # Rated: NR # Studio: Warner Home Video # DVD Release Date: October 12, 2004 # Run Time: 110 # DVD Features: * Available subtitles: English, Spanish, French * Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono) * All-new digital transfer * Trailer # From IMDb: Quotes & Trivia # ASIN: B0002Y4TII # Average Customer Review: 4 out of 5 stars Based on 21 reviews. Editorial Reviews Amazon.com America's pastime gets a Faustian twist in this 1958 studio musical, which recounts the ballpark bargain struck by an aging Washington Senators fan obsessed with helping his team trump the Yanks. With echoes of the real-life 1919 Shoeless Joe Jackson scandal, and tart observations on the tradeoffs between youth and experience, Damn Yankees fuses a classic dramatic dilemma with musical comedy to often charming effect. In transferring George Abbott's Broadway hit to the screen, codirectors Abbott and Stanley Donen are smart enough to retain Richard Adler and Jerry Ross's clever songs, Bob Fosse's sizzling choreography (with Fosse himself on camera for the sultry mambo number), and stars Ray Walston and Gwen Verdon, reprising their devilish turns as the Horned One himself, Mr. Applegate, and his temptress, Lola. Where the team strikes out, unfortunately, is in their concession to marquee politics, handing the pivotal role of Joe Hardy to handsome, vapid, celluloid heartthrob Tab Hunter, whose thin voice and unsteady screen presence argue that he should have stayed in the dugout. Walston is reliably spry and acerbic as the canny archangel, and Verdon, in one of her rare starring screen turns, confirms the comedic timing and sexy, muscular grace that made her a deserved draw in subsequent stage hits including another Fosse triumph, Sweet Charity. With her combination of feline grace and alternately steely, flirtatious femininity, Verdon makes you believe her when she sings, "Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets." --Sam Sutherland Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Amy Posted June 18, 2005 Moderators Share Posted June 18, 2005 Since it's really late and I'm a little bored, I'll take a whack at naming all I can think of... I'm not getting any help, promise Sandlot Field of Dreams The Natural A League of Their Own The Rookie Angels in the Outfield 8 Men Out The Babe Major League Bull Durham Pride of the Yankees For Love of the Game The Bad New Bears The Fan Little Big League Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flason Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Surprised no one has mentioned the movie 61. I thought this was one of the better baseball flicks I have seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelerFan Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 "Eight Men Out" and "The Natural" are my two favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audible Nectar Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Bull Durham and The Bad News Bears top my list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sputnik Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Nobody has mentioned "Pride of the Yankees" yet. I've liked about every movie mentioned. I can't even think one baseball movie that I didn't like on some level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Amy Posted June 20, 2005 Moderators Share Posted June 20, 2005 I mentioned it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sputnik Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Oooops, . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Songer Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Others that are worthy: Fear Strikes Out Bang the Drum Slowly (sappy, but Moriarity and DeNiro are both good) Alibi Ike (Joe E. Brown--HILARIOUS) Cobb (Tommy Lee Jones is great as Ty Cobb) Pastime (a really great small film that seems to be forgotten--perhaps my favorite baseball movie) Long Gone (cable TV movie from the early 1990's) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ygmn Posted June 21, 2005 Author Share Posted June 21, 2005 Good lists... for me the great ones... *61 For Love of the Game Mickey (did not see it listed but I did review it weeks ago) League of their own Bad News Bears (can't wait for the new version) Lou Gherig story (name?) there was a movie about Babe Ruth which was pretty good.. Major League Sandlot Field of dreams Heck they are all pretty much good to watch at least once a year...hehehe I do think Baseball has more movies then any other sport as it makes for great stories and cinematography versus other sports.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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