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Release Date:
15 September 2006 (USA)
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Tagline:
No Gut, No Glory more
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An unemployed slacker (Lange) inspires his softball teammates to improve their game so they won't get kicked out of the local league. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win
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Artie Lange is blue collar down to his DNA
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Artie Lange | ... | Artie DeVanzo | |
| Ralph Macchio | ... | Maz | |
| Anthony DeSando | ... | Dennis Mangenelli | |
| Cara Buono | ... | Linda Salvo | |
| Jimmy Palumbo | ... | Johnny Trinno | |
| Jerry Minor | ... | Tim | |
| Laurie Metcalf | ... | Artie's Mom | |
| Seymour Cassel | ... | Dirt | |
| Michael Deeg | ... | Alfonse | |
| Elizabeth Regen | ... | Gina | |
| Maddie Corman | ... | Marilyn | |
| Joe Lo Truglio | ... | Dave | |
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| Kamal Ahmed | ... | Umpire #3 | |
| Armin Amiri | ... | Steakhouse Waiter | |
| Anya Avaeva | ... | Exotic Dancer | |
| Todd Barry | ... | Creepy Guy Down the Shore | |
| Mary Birdsong | ... | Rhonda | |
| Charlene Biton | ... | Layla (as Kristy Redford) | |
| Jim Breuer | ... | Football Guy | |
| Jared Burke | ... | Ed's Bar & Swill Player | |
| Gino Cafarelli | ... | Dakis | |
| David Carney | ... | Umpire #2 | |
| Alex Corrado | ... | Ed | |
| Albert DeGrasse | ... | Ed's Bar & Swill Player | |
| Nick DiPaolo | ... | Cousin Mickey | |
| Rich Duva | ... | Ed's Bar & Swill Player | |
| Bret Ernst | ... | Corino Third Baseman | |
| Tina Fey | ... | Front Desk Girl | |
| Jim Florentine | ... | Crispino | |
| Joseph R. Gannascoli | ... | Giusuppe Primavera (as Joe Gannascoli) | |
| Shane Geraghty | ... | Softball Player | |
| Keren Gilbert | ... | Vicki Galliotta | |
| Matthew Gumley | ... | Tommy | |
| Brigitte Hagerman | ... | One of Dennis Mangenelli's girls | |
| Hollie Harper | ... | Tim's Wife | |
| John Heinlein | ... | Mangenelli 3rd baseman | |
| Frank Hopf | ... | Manganelli left center fielder | |
| Lauren Hugnou | ... | Hooker #1 | |
| Maria Javier | ... | Hooker #2 | |
| Joanne Joseph | ... | Dirt's Wife | |
| Keisha | ... | Michelle "Pitching Machine" | |
| Tim Lajcik | ... | Manganelli Outfielder | |
| Jodi Lennon | ... | Melissa | |
| Mike Lisenco | ... | Umpire #1 (as Michael Lisenco) | |
| Louis Lombardi | ... | Chief Gugliamino | |
| Dana Lorge | ... | Gina's Mom | |
| Erik Martin | ... | Manganelli Catcher | |
| Steve Nuke | ... | 2nd Base Man - Green Team | |
| George Palermo | ... | Mangenelli First Baseman | |
| Rich Pecci | ... | Bachleor Party Guy | |
| Frank Pellegrino | ... | Gina's Dad | |
| Bill Scheft | ... | Championship Game Ump | |
| Christian Sebastiano | ... | Manganelli 2nd Baseman | |
| Francisco Sebastiano | ... | Dave's Baby | |
| Rosalinda Sebastiano | ... | Marie | |
| George Seminara | ... | Shoot the Geek Barker | |
| Daniel Tay | ... | Max | |
| Nathalie Walker | ... | Hooker #3 (as Natalie Twaddle) | |
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Artie Lange's Beer League (USA) (complete title)
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Rated R for non-stop language including strong sexual references, sexuality, nudity and drug use.
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86 min
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Factual errors: Linda claims to work at the A&P Supermarket in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. There is no A&P in Lyndhurst.
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Quotes:
Alfonse:
Check it out, my new italiano mit.
Maz: That's cool, Alfonse.
Johnny Trinno: How much of a guido could you possibly be?
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Maz: That's cool, Alfonse.
Johnny Trinno: How much of a guido could you possibly be?
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Howard Stern on Demand: Cara Buono" (2006)
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Soundtrack:
Cure Me... Or Kill Me...
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One of the terrible because it's true facts about show business over the last few years was that many people expected Artie to die! His brutally frank tales often revolve around his gluttonous eating habits, severe depression and drug abuse. The man who could have easily become another entertainment fatality too soon has apparently cleaned up his act and finally gotten on the healthier track. Of course, his sense of what's funny will stay in the gutter where his quick with a witty and/or vile joke mind is destined to remain.
"Beer League" is a kick in the pants comedy that lets Art shine, with food stains on his shirt, in his Jersey stomping grounds. These drink a little, swear a lot leagues do exist and his natural talent for baseball was something he had going for himself before tragedy and chemical dependency took hold during the midpoint of his life. The no longer teenage looking Ralph Macchio and Seymour Cassel help Art along in this both sensitive and totally insensitive story as he finds love and the hate inside both rising to the surface.
Full of great tunes and guy humour, this star vehicle isn't for all tastes. It's primarily geared towards the audience he's won over on the radio and his stand up career. Great roles for Cara Buono as his lady and Laurie Metcalf as his saint of a mother might help keep the women who don't care for the overall raunchy tone watching.
A little poem I wrote a while back in 2007:
" Artie Lange's 40th Birthday "
You've come a long way from hopes docked
From Jersey to Holeywood, ya rocked!
Show business wasn't always your cup of tea
Give a big middle finger to all things phony!
Mad TV, we laughed deliriously
Now satellite is taking you Siriusly!
Into a wild and crazy new frontier
Let your next forty years keep the roasts near!