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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Team Marketing
EAN: 9780783118437
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
ISBN: 0783118430
Item Dimensions: 001000
Label: Hbo Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
MPN: TM2502
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 11, 2001
Running Time: 129 minutes
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: April 28, 2001
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Summer, 1961: Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle are on pace to break the most hallowed record in U.S. sports, Babe Ruth's single-season 60 home runs. It's a big story, and the intense, plain-spoken Maris is the bad guy: sports writers bait him and minimize hi
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61* is an endearing ode to the baseball days of yore when the press was the enemy, salaries were in check, and breaking records with bat and glove took on Ruthian proportions. In 1961 baseball expanded its season from 154 games to 162, allowing weaker pitching into the major leagues and two New York Yankees teammates--the colorless Roger Maris and golden boy Mickey Mantle--to make an assault on the sport's ultimate record: Babe Ruth's 60 home runs. To add to the stew, baseball commissioner Ford Frick announced any record set in the last eight games of the season wouldn't count toward the official record; records had to be achieved in 154 games.
Director Billy Crystal guarantees success for his movie in the perfect casting of the leads. Barry Pepper (Saving Private Ryan's religious sniper) is deft as Maris, and Thomas Jane is a perfect Mantle, a superman in a Yankee uniform. Despite the differences between family man Maris and hard-living Mantle, they form a rewarding friendship amid the media and fan frenzy. The shy Maris took the brunt of the storm, even facing boo-birds in his home stadium. Crystal and first-time writer Hank Steinberg keep the pace moving quickly between the field, the locker room, the press box, and the home front. The film never tries to dazzle with more than the facts (and it softens Mantle up a bit), yet it belongs on the short list of grand baseball movies. --Doug Thomas
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Pretty accurate. I witnessed some of the behavior towards Maris, saw his 50th, and saw Mantle make a ball disappear. Shows who these people were and what they had to deal with without going overboard.
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Whether you loved baseball or not, the summer of '61 was dominated by Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, and Billy Crystal has perfectly captured the 'feel' of that unforgettable, magical season in "61*". When 'M & M' began their assault on Babe Ruth's 'unbreakable' record of 60 home runs in a single season, those who knew and loved the Babe were angered that this 'Holy Grail' was a target, and, as Crystal illustrates, Ruth's friend, Baseball Commissioiner Ford Frick, laid down restrictive rules to help ... Read More
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Could you remain friends when you are competitors and the Press and the public put pressure on you all the time? The relationship of Maris and Mantle moved me to tears: the movie makes you understand everything that goes through their mind. There is no preaching, no important dialogue: just the attitudes and beautiful beautiful baseball.
One of my ten best movies of all times
One of my ten best historical movies
My best baseball movie
My best friendship movie
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I got this movie for my father. He turned 61 this year and is a huge Bronx Bombers' fan and his favorite player is Roger Maris.
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I love this movie. It is the true story of the M&M boys. I received it within a week of placing my order and it was in mint condition (it was advertized as new, so it should have been).Real cheap price too. I will be buying a lot more from this seller.
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