Bang the Drum Slowly (terrible)

[Sean]

To all of you who hated the movie Cobb, I can't say that you're wrong because I never saw it. However, I did read the book that it was based on (by Al Stump) and I recommend it very highly to anyone interested in Cobb or pre-1920 baseball.

[tbob]

Glad someone mentioned 61 and The Natural as really good movies but come on! Not one mention of Soul of the Game, maybe the best ever, not just because it was of the Negro Leagues or Satch or Josh or Jackie, but well-written, well acted and was extremely interesting.
P.S. Cobb was horrible.

[tbob]

And as far as sleepers, how can you not love The Final Season? A true and incredible story. Rent it and watch it!

[novakjr]

"The Final Season" was enjoyable. But when it comes to sleepers, I'd cast my vote for "For Love of the Game". It's often lost behind Costner's other baseball classics "Field of Dreams" and "Bull Durham", but I think it's every bit as good as those two, if not better(albeit a different kind of better). Personally, it's my favorite baseball movie..

[RGold]

It Happens Every Spring (1949), Angels in the Outfield (1951) and The Pride of St. Louis (1952).

I'm old, a Cardinals fan and a sucker for Joanne Dru.

[Shoeless Moe]

The Winning Team (1952)

[e107collector]

"Major League" - starring Charlie Sheen!!

Tony

[Runscott]

It's been a while, but I don't remember hating 'Cobb'. Maybe it was because I read the book first - generally if I like a book, I look forward to seeing how various aspects were translated on the screen. Plus, I was so fixated on how inappropriate the casting of Tommy Lee Jones was, that it was hard to evaluate the rest of it.

'The Natural' is easily my favorite baseball movie, followed by '8 Men Out' and '61*'. I liked 'Field of Dreams' a lot, definitely the best of Costner's "I love Me" series of baseball movies, but 'Tin Cup' puts his other sports movies to shame.

Never saw 'Bang the Drum' - the reviews right here on Net54 moved it way down my list.

[mets41]

Since the movie Pride of St. Louis was mentioned, what former major leaguer is Joanne Dru's nephew?

[RGold]

J.D Dru

[ScottFandango]

No mention of moneyball?

Just an average movie I guess. Not one to watch over and over...

Also they failed to mention why the A's we're good that year, it wasnt because of hatterberg or Bradford....it was because they had the best group of young stud starting pitchers that was not mentioned once! Hudson zito mulder

[matthew]

Originally Posted by tbob

And as far as sleepers, how can you not love The Final Season? A true and incredible story. Rent it and watch it!

+1

[TRC4191]

Originally Posted by Sean

To all of you who hated the movie Cobb, I can't say that you're wrong because I never saw it. However, I did read the book that it was based on (by Al Stump) and I recommend it very highly to anyone interested in Cobb or pre-1920 baseball.

The writings of Al Stump about Ty Cobb since Cobb's death in 1961 have pretty well been debunked as fiction. See my 2010 article on this subject in SABR's The National Pastime http://tinyurl.com/27p5qsd

Or, see a summary introduction at http://haulsofshame.com/blog/?p=874

[MacDice]

Looking forward to seeing 42 this summer. As bad as the original Jackie Robinson movie was it was entertaining from the fact that you got to see Jackie portray himself.

[z28jd]

Anyone like the original Babe Ruth Story? I thought that movie was horrible, and that is coming from someone who owns one of the stars of the movie, the bat William Bendix took home. Notice the VHS copy of the movie watched exactly once for good reason

[WillowGrove]

Bang the Drum Slowly may not be a great movie but somehow a few lines stick with me....

Yo Joe how's the Show? (deniro waking up as Phil Foster is busting on him)

And not behind no pillars nor posts! (hotel operator hollering out to Moriarty where she Doesn't want her free tickets to be.)

And who could forget Skipper Vincent Gardenia sitting in the whirlpool smoking cigarettes listening to Moriarty's lies about where him and Pearson wuz, and he disgustedly says, "flip up the bowl".......so he can toss out his cigarette.

Good stuff!

Oh and on the bench when the back up veteran catcher turns to Deniro and asks the innocent Pearson how tall he is and Pearson responds, "I am exactly five feet eight inches tall" to which the grizzled vet says, "gee I didn't know they can pile sh#t that high."

C'mon guys this is a hidden gem!

Double Kranko anyone?

peter

[Jlighter]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0202808/

Can't speak for it, but perhaps with Paul Newman and George Peppard this ones better.

[frankbmd]

I, too, am partial to Bang The Drum Slowly too for two unique reasons:

1. Scenes were filmed in Clearwater, Florida where I grew up and went to high School, particularly the hotel scene (Fort Harrison Hotel) with the pink church visible out the window. My best friend was married in the pink church.

2. Tegwar - the card game played in the movie where rules were created as the game was played. The movie was made in 1973. A high school friend of mine and I played a game very much like Tegwar from 1963-65, sort of a pre-tegwar tegwar.