A League of Their Own | 
| Director: Penny Marshall
Actors: Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Madonna, Jon Lovitz
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  129 reviews
Sales Rank: 1843
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Georgian (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 128 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 51229
ISBN: 0800177258
UPC: 043396512290
EAN: 9780800177256
ASIN: 0800177258
Theatrical Release Date: July 1, 1992
Release Date: June 4, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Penny Marshall's popular 1992 comedy sheds light on a little-known chapter of American sports history with its story of a struggling team in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The league was formed when the recruiting of soldiers during World War II resulted in a shortage of men's baseball teams. The AAGPBL continued after the war (until 1954), and Marshall's movie depicts the league in full swing, beginning when a savvy baseball scout (Jon Lovitz) finds a pair of promising new players in small-town Oregonian sisters (Geena Davis, Lori Petty). The sisters are signed to play for the Rockford Peaches near Chicago, whose new manager (Tom Hanks) is a former home-run king who wrecked his career with alcoholism. They're all a bunch of underdogs, and Marshall (with a witty script by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel) does a fine job of establishing a colorful team of supporting players including Madonna and (in her movie debut) Rosie O'Donnell. It's a conventional Hollywood sports story (Marshall's never been one to take dramatic risks), but the stellar cast is delightful, and the movie's filled with memorable moments, witty dialogue, and agreeable sentiment. And just remember: there's no crying in baseball! --Jeff Shannon
Product Description
HANKS STARS AS JIMMY DUGAN, A WASHED-UP BALLPLAYER WHOSE BIG LEAGUE DAYS ARE OVER. HIRED TO COACH IN THE ALL-AMERICAN GIRLS BASEBALL LEAGUE OF 1943, WHILE THE MALE PROS ARE AT WAR, DUGAN FINDS HIMSELF DRAWN BACK INTO THE GAME BY THE HEART AND HEROICS OF HIS ALL-GIRL TEAM.
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 monsters versus amazons May 28, 2009
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This movie appeals to intellectual curiousity about history.
Deomocracy is 'one person, one vote'. While professional
American baseball players are killing other males, or being
killed, to help "protect democracy" females replace them on
the baseball field, as well as in the factories, and places
of "higher learning".
Madonna has the best line. She says, "My name's May. And
that's not just a name, it's an attitude".
Anyway, years later, they assemble together in memorial of
their baseball achievements, which is in contrast to they
who did not have fond memories of the 40's, such as African
American women who were not asked if they wanted to play
"sticks and stones" with them. There is no correlation
between skin colour and behaviour, such as the ability to
"throw a curve".
Neither is there a correlation between gender and a love
for sports. Some guys would rather drink (alcohol-based
beverages) than coach (a baseball team). And some guys
would rather read a book than play (or watch) sports. To
say that it is masculine to play sports is to say that it
is feminine not to. Can you assign behaviour a gender the
way you can a role, such as father or priest?
A reason not to get this movie, is a scene of Tom Hanks,
urinating. He looks really disgusting, in that scene, and
really throughout this movie. Dugan (Tom Hanks) spends "the
war years" in a kind of trench (the "dugout") cowering from
"the Amazons" who by subjecting him to "friendly fire"
eventually conquer him, making him their servant, their
coach. He is not very sympathetic; none of the males are.
But he does have two good lines, "You were great in the
Wizard of Oz" (Dorothy, or the Wicked Witch of the North?)
and "If baseball was easy, everybody would be doing it.
It's the hard that makes it great".
This movie asks of the audience, a simple question, "Are
you an American (a Mary can), or are you an American't (a
Mary cannot)?" Perhaps they who hate girls who like to
play sports (well, or poorly) suffer from "Venus envy":
Aphrodite needs to chill.
Interestingly, professional sports came to be with the
leisure class, which was made possible because of the
oil-based industrial revolution. Before this, most males
only played sports if they were lucky enough to have a
"childhood". Again, I think students of history will like
this movie, especially considering the present constraints
on oil production.
It is nice to feel wanted. Would a poet with a bad liver
write a song about a dialysis machine? The Amazons don't
need Dugan, but seem to want him. A want can become an
addiction, a need, whereas a need seldom becomes an
addiction, a want. Dugan needs the Amazons, for they give
him a sense of identity, self-worth, and a raison d'etre.
Plus, he could use the cash.
a league of their own May 22, 2009
Karen E. Larue (plano,tx)
i love this movie. baseball movies are my favorite. However my boyfriend hates Rosie and complained after about her mouth
A League of Their Own April 28, 2009
Betty Stodieck (Nevada)
I purchased this item for my granddaughter. She is very active in softball. I wanted her to see that women can do the same thing and excel in the sport. She loves the video. My only regret is that I didn't try to get it in DVD form. When our video player goes out we won't be able to view it.
Geena Davis Makes It A Winning Picture March 10, 2009
Craig Connell (Lockport, NY USA)
As a sports fan, it's fun to see a film of a little different nature, the case here being women's professional baseball - something that actually took place for a short time during World War II.
The best thing going for the film, in my opinion, was a very likable lead character - someone you could really root for - in Geena Davis' character "Dottie Hinson." She made the movie, as far as I was concerned as the rest of the cast - although good - was not particularly likable.
For instance, Tom Hanks plays a profane, drunken manager, and not a lot of laughs except for famous, "There is no crying in baseball" line which has become famous. Then there is the family-friendly Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell. Yikes! Actually, Madonna plays a nice, subdued character and she's okay to watch but, frankly, it's hard for me to warm up to O'Donnell in any role. Just hearing that voice is enough to call 'time out' and stop the game. Many of the men in here are generally pictured as sexist idiots, which is the way left-wing Hollywood likes to portray men.
I wouldn't call it a family film, not with the profanity in here. However, it is an entertaining adult movie that has a lot of charm to it and is recommended, especially if you're a baseball fan.
 Awesome movie! January 9, 2009
Meagan Wilson (Nipomo, CA)
This movie is so charming. I bought it for my best friend for Christmas and it makes for a great "girls night"
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