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| Director: Penny Marshall Actors: Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Madonna, Jon Lovitz Category: DVD
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Rating: 129 reviews Sales Rank: 267048
Format: Anamorphic, Full Screen, Ntsc Languages: French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Italian (Subtitled), Hindi (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Turkish (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Icelandic (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), Hungarian (Subtitled), Polish (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), Arabic (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), Czech (Subtitled), Greek (Subtitled) Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Region: 2 Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Running Time: 128 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 3333297545891 ASIN: B00004VXX7
Theatrical Release Date: July 1, 1992
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Amazon.com essential video 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
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monsters versus amazons May 28, 2009 Star Bux 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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