A League of Their Own (1992)

Director:

Penny Marshall

Writers (WGA):

Kim Wilson (story) &
Kelly Candaele (story) ...
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Release Date:

1 July 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Sport

Tagline:

To achieve the incredible you have to attempt the impossible.

Plot:

Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amidst their own growing rivalry.

Plot Keywords:

Baseball | Oregon | Drink | Rivalry | Softball

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 6 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Tom Hanks	...	Jimmy Dugan
Geena Davis	...	Dottie Hinson
Madonna	...	Mae Mordabito
Lori Petty	...	Kit Keller
Jon Lovitz	...	Ernie Capadino
David Strathairn	...	Ira Lowenstein
Garry Marshall	...	Walter Harvey
Bill Pullman	...	Bob Hinson
Megan Cavanagh	...	Marla Hooch - 2nd Base
Rosie O'Donnell	...	Doris Murphy - 3rd Base
Tracy Reiner	...	Betty 'Betty Spaghetti' Horn - Left Field
Bitty Schram	...	Evelyn Gardner - Right Field
Don S. Davis	...	Charlie Collins, Racine Coach (as Don Davis)
Renée Coleman	...	Alice Gaspers - Left Field / Center Field (as Renee Coleman)
Ann Cusack	...	Shirley Baker - Left Field
Eddie Jones	...	Dave Hooch
Freddie Simpson	...	Ellen Sue Gotlander - Shortstop / Pitcher
Anne Ramsay	...	Helen Haley - 1st Base (as Anne Elizabeth Ramsay)
Robin Knight	...	'Beans' Babbitt - Shortstop
Patti Pelton	...	Marbleann Wilkenson - 2nd Base
Kelli Simpkins	...	Beverly Dixon - Outfield
Neezer Tarleton	...	Neezer Dalton - Outfield
Connie Pounds-Taylor	...	Connie Calhoun - Outfield
Kathleen Marshall	...	'Mumbles' Brockman - Outfield
Sharon Szmidt	...	Vivian Ernst - 2nd Base
Pauline Brailsford	...	Miss Cuthbert
Justin Scheller	...	Stilwell Gardner
Alan Wilder	...	Nelson
Michael Haley	...	Empathetic Umpire (as R.M. Haley)
Janet Jones	...	Racine Pitcher
Brenda Ferrari	...	Racine Catcher
Téa Leoni	...	Racine 1st Base (as Tea Leoni)
Laurel Cronin	...	Maida Gillespie
Robert Stanton	...	Western Union Man
Wantland L. Sandel Jr.	...	Doctor
Joe Krowka	...	Heckler
Harry Shearer	...	Newsreel Announcer
Blaire Baron	...	Margaret
Ryan Howell	...	Jeffrey
Brian Boru Gleeson	...	Bobby
David Franks	...	Vacuum Salesman
Ryan Olsen	...	Dollbody Kid
Ellie Weingardt	...	Charm School Instructor
Larissa Collins	...	Charm School Assistant
Douglas Blakeslee	...	Doris' Fan #1
Joey Slotnick	...	Doris' Fan #2
Brian Flannery	...	Autograph Kid #1
Stephen Feagley	...	Autograph Kid #2
Rae Allen	...	Ma Keller
Gregory Sporleder	...	Mitch Swaley
Eddie Mekka	...	Mae's Guy in Bar
Stephen Mailer	...	Kit's Guy in Bar
Raymond L. Chapman	...	Ticket Scalper (as Ray Chapman)
Joette Hodgen	...	Opera Singer
Lynn Cartwright	...	Older Dottie
Kathleen Butler	...	Older Kit
Eunice Anderson	...	Older Mae
Vera Johnson	...	Older Doris
Patricia Wilson	...	Older Marla
Mark Holton	...	Older Stilwell
Barbara Erwin	...	Older Shirley
Betty Miller	...	Older Betty
Eugenia McLin	...	Older Ellen Sue
Barbara Pilavin	...	Older Helen
Marvin Einhorn	...	Older Ira
Shirley Burkovich	...	Older Alice
Dolores 'Pickles' Dries	...	Lady in Bleachers
Shelly Adlard	...	Additional Player
Vickie Buse	...	Additional Player
K.C. Carr	...	Additional Player
Julie Croteau	...	Additional Player
Tonya Gilles Koch	...	Additional Player
Kirsten Gretick	...	Additional Player
Stacey Gustaferro	...	Additional Player
Lisa Hand	...	Additional Player
Cheryl Jones	...	Additional Player
Shelly Niemeyer	...	Additional Player
Sally Rutherford	...	Additional Player
Lita Schmitt	...	Additional Player
Amanda Walker	...	Additional Player
Brenda Watson	...	Additional Player
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sarah Cosgrove-Gaumond	...	Charm School Assistant (uncredited)
Cris Cunningham	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Andrea Helene	...	Model (uncredited)
Gary Houston	...	Ray Foster (uncredited)
David L. Lander	...	Radio Sportscaster (uncredited)
Kindra Marra	...	Racine Pitcher (uncredited)
Ed Quinn	...	Mr. Murphy (uncredited)
Keith Schrader	...	Umpire (uncredited)
Ray Toler	...	Loudmouth from Lukash (uncredited)

Directed by
Penny Marshall

Writing credits (WGA)
Kim Wilson		(story) &
Kelly Candaele		(story)
Lowell Ganz		(screenplay) &
Babaloo Mandel		(screenplay)

Produced by
Elliot Abbott	....	producer
Ronnie D. Clemmer	....	co-producer (as Ronnie Clemmer)
Robert Greenhut	....	producer
Joseph Hartwick	....	co-producer
Amy Lemisch	....	associate producer
Penny Marshall	....	executive producer
Bill Pace	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Hans Zimmer

Cinematography by
Miroslav Ondrícek		(director of photography) (as Miroslav Ondricek)

Film Editing by
Adam Bernardi
George Bowers

Casting by
Ellen Lewis
Amanda Mackey Johnson		(as Amanda Mackey)

Production Design by
Bill Groom

Art Direction by
Tim Galvin

Set Decoration by
George DeTitta Jr.

Costume Design by
Cynthia Flynt

Makeup Department
Linda Boykin-Williams	....	third makeup artist (as Linda B. Neuffer)
Joseph A. Campayno	....	makeup artist (as Joseph Campayno)
Anthony Cortino	....	hair stylist
Paul Gebbia	....	makeup artist
Bernadette Mazur	....	key makeup artist
Francesca Paris	....	key hair stylist
Linda Rizzuto	....	hair stylist (as Linda R. Rizzuto)
Christopher Shihar	....	hair stylist (as Kristofer C. Shihar)
Lun Yé Hodges	....	additional hair stylist (uncredited)
John Quaglia	....	hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Timothy M. Bourne	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
James Greenhut	....	second assistant director
Michael Haley	....	first assistant director
Sam Hoffman	....	additional second assistant director
Robert Huberman	....	second assistant director
Gaetano Lisi	....	first assistant director: second unit
John Rusk	....	second assistant director
Rebecca Saionz	....	dga trainee

Art Department
David H. Allen	....	assistant property master
Tommy Allen	....	property master
Shannon Rayle Bourne	....	art department coordinator (as Shannon Rayle)
Jane Clark	....	storyboard artist
Harold Collins	....	construction coordinator (as Harold F. Collins Jr.)
D. Kelly Cummins	....	property master: Chicago
Ted Haigh	....	graphic designer
Kim S. Hobbs	....	assistant set decorator
Christopher Scheetz	....	construction foreman
Fredda Slavin	....	assistant art director
Rusty Smith	....	assistant art director
Robert Topol	....	chargeman scenic artist
M. Tony Trotta	....	master scenic artist (as Tony Trotta)
John Wolanczyk	....	stand-by scenic artist
Peter Damien	....	construction foreman (uncredited)
Gerald DeTitta	....	lead man (uncredited)
Laura Iler	....	prop department production assistant (uncredited)
Christopher Nelson	....	set dresser (uncredited)
David Russell	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Bobbi Banks	....	adr editor
Pamela Bentkowski	....	foley editor (as Pamela Bentowski)
Beth Bergeron	....	supervising adr editor
C. Douglas Cameron	....	cable person
Carmen Flores De Tanis	....	adr assistant (as Carmen Flores)
Dennis Drummond	....	supervising sound editor
Alison Fisher	....	dialogue editor
Sukey Fontelieu	....	foley editor
Wayne Griffin	....	sound editor
Kimberly Harris	....	adr editor
Robert Heffernan	....	adr editor
Adam Jenkins	....	sound re-recordist
Chris Jenkins	....	sound re-recordist
Les Lazarowitz	....	production sound mixer
Scott Millan	....	sound re-recordist
Karen Minahan	....	assistant sound editor
David Obermeyer	....	sound mixer: second unit
Andrew Patterson	....	dialogue editor
Michele Perrone	....	adr editor
Monique Salvato	....	assistant sound editor
Jeffrey A. Williams	....	boom operator (as Jeff Williams)
Ed Callahan	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)
Tony Currie	....	dialogue editor (uncredited)
Scott Jacobs	....	boom operator (uncredited)
Mark Kamps	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Thomas P. McNamara	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Christopher Duddy	....	visual effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Al Cerullo	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dana Dru Evenson	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Ken Connors	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Robert Connors	....	chief lighting technician (as Bobby Conners)
Craig DiBona	....	camera operator
Edwin Effrein	....	second assistant camera
Kenneth Fundus	....	dolly grip (as Kenny Fundus)
Louis Goldman	....	still photographer
Billy Kerwick	....	best boy grip
George Kohut	....	camera operator: second unit
George Loomis	....	camera operator: second unit
Mollie S. Mallinger	....	second assistant camera
Dick Mingalone	....	camera operator: second unit
Gary Muller	....	first assistant camera
Douglas Pellegrino	....	first assistant camera (as Doug Pellegrino)
Tom Priestley Jr.	....	additional photographer (as Thomas Priestley)
Tom Priestley Jr.	....	camera operator (as Thomas Priestley)
Andrew Priestley	....	second assistant camera
Ed Quinn	....	key grip (as Eddie Quinn Sr.)
Dennis De La Mata	....	key grip (uncredited)
Petr Hlinomaz	....	gaffer: second unit (uncredited)
Ondrej Kubicek	....	camera intern (uncredited)
Thomas Landi	....	electrician (uncredited)
Gerard Sava	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Lisa S. Beasley	....	extras casting
Jane Brody	....	location casting: Chicago
Amanda A. Jobe	....	extras casting assistant
Erica Arvold	....	extras casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Michael Adkins	....	wardrobe: men
Kim Marie Druce	....	assistant costume designer (as Kim Druce)
David Dumais	....	wardrobe: men
Irene Ferrari	....	wardrobe: women
Suzanne McCabe	....	assistant costume designer
Marsha Bozeman	....	wardrobe (uncredited)
Patrick Chevillot	....	assistant costume designer (uncredited)
Margaret Shan Jensen	....	assistant costume designer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Alan Balsam	....	additional film editor
Donah Bassett	....	negative cutter
Laura Behary	....	assistant film editor
Penny Lee Hallin	....	apprentice film editor
Uri Katoni	....	assistant film editor
Doron Shauly	....	first assistant film editor
Christopher S. Capp	....	assistant film editor (uncredited)
Scot Deer	....	telecine colorist (uncredited)
Steve Kraus	....	editing systems technician (uncredited)
Maria Lee Silver	....	assistant editor (uncredited)
Richard Marks	....	editorial consultant (uncredited)
Joe Shugart	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Ladd McIntosh	....	orchestrator
Laura Perlman	....	music editor
Jay Rifkin	....	music mixer
Andrew Silver	....	preview music editor
Armin Steiner	....	orchestral engineer
Shirley Walker	....	conductor
Philip Ayling	....	musician: cor anglais (uncredited)
Rick Baptist	....	musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Tom Boyd	....	musician: oboe soloist (uncredited)
Dennis Dreith	....	conductor: production numbers (uncredited)
Dennis Dreith	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Bruce Fowler	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Nico Golfar	....	score wrangler (uncredited)
Tony Kadell	....	assistant music editor (uncredited)
Jim Kanter	....	musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Michael Lang	....	musician: piano (uncredited)
Christopher Ward	....	assistant composer (uncredited)
Alex Wurman	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Dan Anglin	....	transportation captain (as Danny Anglin)
Thaddeus E. Larkowski	....	transportation co-captain: Chicago
Richard Padgett	....	transportation co-captain (as Richard Lee Padgett)
Mitch Ptaszek	....	transportation co-captain: Chicago
Ron Bledsoe	....	transportation (uncredited)
Bart Heimburger	....	picture vehicle coordinator (uncredited)

Other crew
Alexis Alexanian	....	production coordinator
Mary Bailey	....	script supervisor
Dennis T. Benatar	....	location manager
Jamie D. Boscardin	....	production secretary (as Jamie Boscardin)
Raymond Bulinski	....	craft service
Lou Conte	....	choreographer
Melissa Crowe	....	assistant: Madonna
'Pepper' Paire Davis	....	technical advisor
Rod Dedeaux	....	baseball advisor
Stuart Fink	....	publicist
Jennifer Greenhut	....	production assistant
Wendy S. Hallin	....	production assistant
Bonnie Hlinomaz	....	assistant: Ms. Marshall
William E. Hughes	....	baseball coach
Ingrid Johanson	....	production coordinator
Jim Klever-Weis	....	production assistant (as Jim Weis)
Karen S. Kunkel	....	technical advisor
Clare Leavenworth	....	assistant: Ms. Davis
Gloria Mallah	....	production assistant
Mark Mamalakis	....	assistant location manager: Chicago
Terry Odem	....	assistant: Mr. Hanks
Cleve Reinhard	....	production accountant
Ilyse A. Reutlinger	....	assistant: Mr. Greenhut and Mr. Abbott (as Ilyse Reutlinger)
Matthew Salvato	....	assistant location manager
Douglas Tirola	....	production secretary (as Doug Tirola)
Kimberly Whitehead	....	production assistant
Patty Willett	....	production assistant (as Patty A. Willett)
Vanessa Theme Ament	....	adr loop group (uncredited)
Lew Baldwin	....	production assistant (uncredited)
William Danaher	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Basia Emano	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Flip Filippelli	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Mark Gulbrandsen	....	dailies projectionist: Illinois (uncredited)
Rosa Yang Kato	....	location assistant (uncredited)
Steve Kraus	....	dailies projectionist (uncredited)
Tom Lent	....	adr voice (uncredited)
Douglas Tirola	....	location manager: New York (uncredited)

Thanks
Lissa Ausgust	....	thanks
Ted Bessell	....	thanks
Bill Brooks	....	thanks
Paula Herold	....	thanks
Richard Marks	....	thanks
Ted Nathanson	....	thanks
Jon-Michael Smith	....	thanks
Charles B. Wessler	....	thanks (as Charles Wessler)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation
• Parkway Productions

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1992) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1995) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Columbia TriStar Films AB (1992) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films (1992) (France) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (1992) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de España (Spain)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2005) (UK) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1994) (USA) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (DVD)
• LK-TEL Vídeo (199?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• LK-TEL (1993) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Nordisk Film (2000) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2002) (Canada) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2004) (Canada) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (Canada) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2013) (Sweden) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2012) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Other Companies

• Mackey/Sandrich Casting  casting
• Columbia Records  soundtrack
• D. Bassett & Associates  negative cutting (as D. Bassett & Associates)
• Helen Uffner Vintage Clothing  vintage clothing rentals
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Sony Pictures Studios  sound services
• Sportsrobe  costumes
• Technicolor  color timing
• Todd-AO Studios  re-recording
• Todd-AO/Glen Glenn Studios  sound re-recording (as Todd-AO/Glen Glenn Sound)
• Tomkats Catering  catering

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for language

Runtime:

128 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:12 | Peru:PT | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:PG | USA:PG (certificate #31516) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Iceland:L | South Korea:12 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Norway:5 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

Bosse Field - 1701 N. Main Street, Evansville, Indiana, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

During filming of the World Series games, stars took turns entertaining the unpaid extras. Tom Hanks did puppet shows over the dugout, Rosie O'Donnell did stand-up comedy; and various actors pretended to be Madonna and sang her songs after the singer balked at performing for the fans.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The 1943 AAGPBBL world series was 5 games long, not 7 as it was in the movie.

Quotes:

Kit Keller:Hey, Dottie? thanks for gettin' me into the league.
Dottie Hinson:You got yourself into the league. I just got you on the train.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)

Soundtrack:

Take Me Out to the Ballgame

"There's no crying in baseball!"

A League of their Own, another classic movie that I grew up with. I have to admit it, I'm a girl, I totally fell in love with this movie. But I'm one of the rare girls that loves baseball with a passion, I was raised in a very baseball oriented family, we live in Chicago, we kinda have to enjoy sports, lol. But growing up you wonder why baseball, football, basketball are more for the boys vs. the girls, girls can play but are not famous for it and if they are an athlete are accused of being manly. It's a tough world, but when I was 7 years old A League of their Own was released in theaters, my family saw this movie together and my life changed. Sounds silly, but this was the movie that reminded me to stay strong, at the time when women were expected to stay in the kitchen, as hard as they had to work for it, there was a women's baseball league during WWII. A League of their Own explores this hard but extremely fun time for the girls of the All American Baseball League.

When World War II threatens to shut down Major League Baseball, candy manufacturing magnate Walter Harvey decides to create a women's league to make money. Ira Lowenstein is put in charge of public relations and scout Ernie Capadino is sent out to recruit players. Capadino likes what he sees in catcher Dottie Hinson. She's a terrific hitter and he offers her a tryout, but the married woman is content where she is, working in a dairy and on the family farm in Oregon while her husband is away at war. He's less impressed with her younger sister, pitcher Kit Keller, who loves the game passionately but appears to be less talented. He finally lets her come along when she persuades Dottie to give it a try for her sake. When the trio arrive at the tryouts in Chicago, they meet Doris and Mae. They make it onto the team, The Peaches who are managed by drunkard former baseball great Jimmy Dugan. Jimmy initially treats the whole thing as a joke, leaving the managerial duties to Dottie. However, he takes over when he sees how hard and well his team plays. The league attracts little interest at first. With a Life magazine photographer in attendance, he asks them to do something spectacular. When a ball is popped up behind home plate, she catches it while doing splits; the resulting photograph makes the cover of the magazine. More and more people show up and the league becomes a huge success.

The acting is absolutely superb, we have actors on top of their game, Tom Hanks who delivers the memorable "There's no crying in baseball!" speech. Geena Davis who was a great heroine as the star of the league who just wants her husband home from the war but is hanging onto the league for her little sister's sake. Even Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell are great together and have awesome chemistry as best friends Mae and Doris. This is one of those chick flicks that everyone has to see because it worked on every level. Penny Marshall truly brought out the pain these girls had to go through to be taken seriously. The ending always gets me in tears I have to admit, just knowing that these girls hung in there and stayed strong when everyone told them that girls couldn't play ball, let's hope that one day they'll have the opportunity again.

10/10