Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Michael Moriarty | ... | Henry | |
Robert De Niro | ... | Bruce | |
Vincent Gardenia | ... | Dutch | |
Phil Foster | ... | Joe | |
Ann Wedgeworth | ... | Katie | |
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Patrick McVey | ... | Bruce's Father |
Heather MacRae | ... | Holly | |
Selma Diamond | ... | Tootsie | |
Barbara Babcock | ... | Team Owner | |
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Maurice Rosenfield | ... | Team Owner |
Tom Ligon | ... | Piney | |
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Andy Jarrell | ... | Ugly |
Marshall Efron | ... | Bradley | |
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Donny Burks | ... | Perry |
Hector Elias | ... | Diego |
Henry Wiggen (Author to his friends) and Bruce Pearson are members of the New York Mammoths major league baseball team - Author the star pitcher, Bruce the catcher who never quite lived up to his potential - friends, and roommates when they're on the road. During the off season, Bruce is diagnosed with a terminal case of Hodgkin's disease. Author is the only person on the team who knows of Bruce's illness, with neither planning on telling anyone. Author takes extraordinary measures to ensure that he is playing ball with Bruce during what will probably be Bruce's final season before he can no longer play. Author looks after Bruce in part because Bruce is mentally a simple man who can easily be taken advantage of, especially by his opportunistic girlfriend Katie. As the season progresses, the team isn't quite gelling, despite being the best team on paper. But as information comes to light, the dynamic on the team changes to make it a memorable end of the season especially for Bruce, who... Written by Huggo
Being a baseball fan for 30+ years; i really enjoyed this movie, it's a good baseball story about a relationship between the ace pitcher and a catcher, the movie features various quirky players and such, but mainly focuses on these two. If you're not a baseball fan , then maybe the story about the friendship between the two will draw you in,, if on the other hand you are looking for lots of action, crashes , stuff like that,, look elsewhere, this is one of those movies that is very touching to the soul, makes you think about life in general; Robert Deniro gives an excellent performance as Pearson the catcher, maybe not his best performance but way better than average,, the rest of the cast features Michael Moriarity, a small bit from Danny Aiello, and a few others who i can't remember, but all in all it was a good touching story about a catcher trying to help his team with the World Series. A thumbs up from this baseball fan.