From — where else — the Los Angeles Times.
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From the June 1 issue of Sports Illustrated, this quote by Scott Hatteberg, who was featured in Micheal Lewis’ book Moneyball, soon to be a major (?) motion picture: Former A’s first baseman, on being cast as himself in the film Moneyball: “I don’t know how you can screw up playing yourself, but I’m afraid […]
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From the K.C. Star, which gave the film 3.5 out of 5 stars. Upshot: …the movie achieves a rare sense of realism. Plus, since it refuses to follow a formula, we have no idea where the story is headed. It is rare when a film takes us in a direction we might not have been […]
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Baseball America gave it four basket catches. More on the film: USA Today National Public Radio Variety Rotten Tomatoes An interview with the directors, on Salon.com, whose film critic calls it the “best baseball movie ever.”
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From TampaBay.com, the web presence of the St. Petersbuerg Times. Upshot: The movie needs some trimming, and it wouldn’t hurt for something conventional to happen along its ambling way. Regardless, this is one of 2009’s most interesting and original films, so far. A-
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Sorry, I don’t get it. This is certainly not something I would expect to see as a feature film. A documentary, okay, but a major motion picture with Brad Pitt as Billy Beane and Demetri Martin as Paul DePodesta? What are they trying to do, channel Martin and Lewis? Abbot and Costello? Nor am I […]
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This time in the form of a new documentary about Luis Tiant. The Boston Globe published this piece today about The Lost Son of Havana. Upshot: The movie, scheduled to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York April 23 and to open in New England at the Boston Independent Film Festival April 25, […]
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A story from the British media (who love their gossip) puts Brad Pitt in the role of Billy Beane in the screen adaptation of Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. Pitt would star as the A’s whiz kid who, through the magic of CGI, morphs from a conventional general manager to one who […]
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Another top ten list of baseball flicks, this one from the folks who bring you the VideoHound’s Golden Movie Retriever: Bull Durham Field of Dreams The Natural Pride of the Yankees Major Leagues The Bad News Bears (1979) The Stratton Story A League of Their Own Eight Men Out The Rookie
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And they don’t come much bigger than John Goodman. “Babe Ruth (sic) is one of those things I wish I could go back and do over. It’s like being in that dream where you’re in the subway with no clothes on.” Talking about his portrayal of the Yankee legend in The Babe (1992) in the […]
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An amazing piece of cinematic coincidence. Now compare that scene with the one in Costner’s Academy Award-winning Dances With Wolves in which his character, John Dunbar, and his drover, Timmons (the late Robert Pastorelli), argue abut the sagicity of remaining at Fort Sedgewick. The dialog is provided by script-o-rama.com: Timmons: There ain’t nothing here, Lieutenant. […]
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Because I’m such a nice guy, I’ve taken to staying up late. Seems I snore — quite loudly, although I deny it — and it’s bugging the hell out of my family. So I give them a “grace period” so they can get to sleep before I come up. It’s not so bad. I get […]
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The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will recognize the twin traditions of baseball and film when it hosts a the third annual Baseball Film Festival in Cooperstown, Sept. 19-21. The event kicks off with a salute to the 20th anniversary of the release of Bull Durham, featuring appearances at the Museum by the […]
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I was stunned when I read the news that the comedian/actor — he was the star of Mr. 3000 — had died at the age of 50. At the risk of sounding maudlin, the older I get, the more aware I am of those dying around me, especially when they’re younger than I. There are […]
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I was home sick today and saw his 1987 movie Radio Days, which includes this scene:
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Fans of Monty Python will recognize John Cleese’s signature tagline. It applies here because an unlikely source from Great Britain offers a podcast review of Field of Dreams. One of my favorite (or favourite, in this case) podcasts is “Movies You Should See,” a weekly offering by a group of 30-something Brits who obviously enjoy […]
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Baseball Films in the Capra Tradition by Wes D. Gehring, McFarland, 2004 Gehring, a professor of film at Ball State University and associate media editor for USA Today magazine, combines th best of both worlds as he examines several baseball features, comparing them with the works of Frank Capra. For example, these baseball films mirror […]
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MLB.com’s Doug Miller contributed this list of independent films that have baseball somewhere within its theme, if not the actual subject. Some are documentaries, others are features, several premiered at film festivals. Diminished Capacity (2008): Directed by Terry Kinney, the veteran actor and performer who garnered acclaim in his role as Tim McManus in the […]
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Has it really been 20 years? ESPNthemag.com has a five-part retrospective, featuring interviews with director Ron Shelton and actors Tim Robbins and Kevin Costner.
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is available on Amazon.com,
That's Bull
November 14, 2008
With rumors of a sequel to Bull Durham running around, I thought I’d take this opportunity to vent about something that’s been bugging me for awhile. I recently watched the movie for the umpteenth time and one scene in particular always makes me scratch my head. It takes place in the night game in which […]
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