61*
starring: Barry Pepper, Thomas Jane, Anthony Michael Hall, Richard Masur, Bruce McGill
directed by: Billy Crystal
directed by: Billy Crystal
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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Team Marketing
EAN: 9780783118437
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0783118430
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 11, 2001
Running Time: 129 minutes
Sales Rank: 4821
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: April 28, 2001
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Summer, 1961: Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle are on pace to break the most hallowed record in U.S. sports, Babe Ruth's single-season 60 home runs. It's a big story, and the intense, plain-spoken Maris is the bad guy: sports writers bait him and minimize hi
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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 religious sniper) is deft as Maris, and Thomas Jane is a perfect Mantle, a superman in a Yankee uniform. Despite the differences between family man Maris and hard-living Mantle, they form a rewarding friendship amid the media and fan frenzy. The shy Maris took the brunt of the storm, even facing boo-birds in his home stadium. Crystal and first-time writer Hank Steinberg keep the pace moving quickly between the field, the locker room, the press box, and the home front. The film never tries to dazzle with more than the facts (and it softens Mantle up a bit), yet it belongs on the short list of grand baseball movies. --Doug Thomas
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- 61-The best insiders view of the life and times of two of the NY Yankees BestWhen I first saw this autobiography of Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris stars, it was like being there ... Read More
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- Maris!!!!The greatest Baseball film ever made. Maris should be in the Hall of Fame!!!!
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- Baseball as I remember itI don't usually write reviews about movies, but I was overwhelmed by this movie. As a kid, I loved ... Read More
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- Great movie, but if you are buying for kids, BE WARNED!!I am always looking for sports-themed movies for my young son, and he is especially interested in non ... Read More
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- Don't really enjoy baseballGot this for my husband, a baseball fan, but think I enjoyed it more then he did.Very interesting story.
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