Rating: PG
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 07/01/1992(USA)
Release Date: 04/20/2004
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DDS
Run Time: 128 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar
The All-American Girls' Professional Baseball League was founded in 1943, when most of the men of baseball-playing age were far away in Europe and Asia fighting World War II. The league flourished until after World War II, when, with the men's return, the league was consigned to oblivion. Director
Penny Marshall and screenwriters
Lowell Ganz and
Babaloo Mandel re-create the wartime era when women's baseball looked to stand a good chance of sweeping the country. The story begins as a candy-bar tycoon enlists agents to scour the country to find women who could play ball. In the backwoods of Oregon, two sisters -- Dottie (
Geena Davis) and Kit (
Lori Petty) -- are discovered. Dottie can hit and catch, while Kit can throw a mean fastball. The girls come to Chicago to try out for the team with other prospects that include their soon-to-be-teammates Mae Mordabito (
Madonna), Doris Murphy (
Rosie O'Donnell), and Marla Hooch (
Megan Cavanagh). The team's owner, Walter Harvey (
Gary Marshall) needs someone to coach his team and he picks one-time home-run champion Jimmy Dugan (
Tom Hanks), who is now a broken-down alcoholic. After a few weeks of training, as Dugan sobers up, the team begins to show some promise. By the end of the season, the team has improved to the point where they are competing in the World Series (which is no big deal, since there are only four teams in the league).
~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
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An Authentic Sports Fan's Movie.
Penny Marshall directs this historic sports film based on the book by Kim Wilson and Kelly Candaele inspired by a true story set during World War II. Academy Award winner, Tom Hanks stars as a washed-up ball player assigned to coach an all-girl baseball team and them get to an all-girl World Series. Academy Award winner, Geena Davis, Madonna, Lori Petty and Rosie O'Donnell also star as the team members. Filmed on location in Chicago, Illinois, Indiana and New York. Also starring David Strathairn, Jon Lovitz, Tracy Reiner, Renee Coleman, Garry Marshall, Megan Cavanagh, David L. Lander, Eddie Jones, Bill Pullman, Don Davis, Tea Leoni, Janet Jones and Eddie Mekka.
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