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Major League (1989) 7.0
The new owner of the Cleveland Indians puts together a purposely horrible team so they'll lose and she can move the team. But when the plot is uncovered, they start winning just to spite her. Director:David S. WardWriter:David S. Ward |
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| Tom Berenger | ... | ||
| Charlie Sheen | ... | ||
| Corbin Bernsen | ... | ||
| Margaret Whitton | ... | ||
| James Gammon | ... | ||
| Rene Russo | ... | ||
| Wesley Snipes | ... | ||
| Charles Cyphers | ... | ||
| Chelcie Ross | ... | ||
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An exotic dancer marries the owner of a baseball club. He does not survive the honeymoon and she is in control of his ball club. she wants to move to warmer climes where some new stadiums have been built, but her lease has only one escape clause, poor attendance. She fields the worst team she can find. The attitude of the owner gives the misfits and losers something to rally around and they fight back. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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Country:
USARelease Date:
7 April 1989 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Die Indianer von Cleveland See more »Box Office
Budget:
$11,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$49,797,148 (USA)Company Credits
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Rachel Phelps: Good morning, gentlemen, and welcome to another season of Indians baseball.
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Written & Performed by Randy Newman
Courtesy of Reprise Records
by arrangement with Warner Special Products
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In the commercial for the movie when it was in the theaters, there was a scene in which Ricky Vaughn, Jake Taylor, and Willy Hays are in the restaurant, and they are discussing a homerun Ricky gave up to a batter. Jake says to Ricky, "That ball wouldn't have gone out of a lot of parks." Ricky says, "Name one." Jakes pauses and says, "Yellowstone." This scene was omitted from the theatrical release, but was written into the script of Major League II. See more »Goofs
The stadium that the Cleveland Indians play their home games in throughout the movie is actually the old Milwaukee County Stadium, former home of the Milwaukee Brewers. Some billboards/ads in the stadium were not removed, like advertisements for area radio stations 94 WKTI and 620 WTMJ. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Rachel Phelps: Good morning, gentlemen, and welcome to another season of Indians baseball.
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"Burn On"Written & Performed by Randy Newman
Courtesy of Reprise Records
by arrangement with Warner Special Products
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As you might know, Baseball is not big in Germany. Hardly anybody knows or understands the rules. People watch soccer here. Basketball gets bigger. But Baseball? No.
So this movie, which many of my friends watched as well, was my first contact with this interesting sport. Of course, it is a fairy tale. Of course, the underdog won't get that big that it will beat everybody and win the championship. Or will it?
Sports history tells us different. The story is the same in every sport. Just two years ago, a team just promoted from second division won the German soccer championship!
This movie depicts the glorious story of a bunch of outsiders and underachievers who finally win some games. And it is told in such a wonderful manner that you can't but root for them on their way out of the slumps. Yes! It is a simple story! But the characters are wonderful, the wisecracking Harry Doyle incredibly funny and the finals... well... no spoilers here.
My most favorite moment is when oldtimer pitcher Harris is replaced by Charlie Sheens character in the finals. In the first games of the season, some die-hard fans had given Sheen the nickname "Wild thing" and sang the famous song. Now, the whole crowd is chanting this song as Sheen steps onto the field to pitch his largest enemy. This scene always gives me goosebumps. It is splendid.
Many great moments, excellent humor and a fate you would wish for your favorite sports team as well - unless you are one of those boring Yankees, Bulls or Bayern Muenchen fans...