Rating: PG
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 08/23/1991(USA)
Release Date: 04/08/2003
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English
Sound: DDS
Run Time: 95 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Miramax
This highly rated independent production was written years before
Bull Durham, and though it covers much of the same territory, it is considered worth seeing in its own right. In the story, Roy Dean Bream (
William Russ) is too old to be part of his minor-league baseball team's cultural mainstream. In short, he's often ignored, derided, or treated to the worst or last of everything, like any other outcast. Tyrone (
Glenn Plummer) is so young that it gives the same teammates who shun Roy the willies and reminds them that they too are getting older -- so he's an outcaste, too. What could be more natural than for these two men to seek one another out. It doesn't matter that the older man is white, the younger is black. They both love the game, and Roy has been around the block a few times and has plenty to teach Tyrone. When the time comes for Roy to be sent to retirement, everyone holds their breaths to see how he will react. It's a pity they didn't get to know him better, or they would know that this kind, generous man wishes them all well.
~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
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