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A League of Their Own

  • 1992
  • PG
  • 2h 8m
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Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, and Madonna in A League of Their Own (1992)
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During World War II, sisters Dottie and Kit join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amid their own growing rivalry.During World War II, sisters Dottie and Kit join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amid their own growing rivalry.During World War II, sisters Dottie and Kit join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amid their own growing rivalry.

  • Director
    • Penny Marshall
  • Writers
    • Kim Wilson
    • Kelly Candaele
    • Lowell Ganz
  • Stars
    • Tom Hanks
    • Geena Davis
    • Lori Petty
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    126K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,055
    287
    • Director
      • Penny Marshall
    • Writers
      • Kim Wilson
      • Kelly Candaele
      • Lowell Ganz
    • Stars
      • Tom Hanks
      • Geena Davis
      • Lori Petty
    • 368User reviews
    • 67Critic reviews
    • 69Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 13 nominations total

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    Tom Hanks
    Tom Hanks
    • Jimmy Dugan
    Geena Davis
    Geena Davis
    • Dottie Hinson - Catcher
    Lori Petty
    Lori Petty
    • Kit Keller - Pitcher
    Madonna
    Madonna
    • Mae Mordabito - Center Fielder
    Rosie O'Donnell
    Rosie O'Donnell
    • Doris Murphy - Third Base
    Megan Cavanagh
    Megan Cavanagh
    • Marla Hooch - Second Base
    Tracy Reiner
    Tracy Reiner
    • Betty Horn - Left Fielder-Pitcher
    Bitty Schram
    Bitty Schram
    • Evelyn Gardner - Right Fielder
    Ann Cusack
    Ann Cusack
    • Shirley Baker - Left Fielder
    Anne Ramsay
    Anne Ramsay
    • Helen Haley - First Base
    • (as Anne Elizabeth Ramsay)
    Freddie Simpson
    Freddie Simpson
    • Ellen Sue Gotlander - Shortstop-Pitcher
    Renée Coleman
    Renée Coleman
    • LF
    • (as Renee Coleman)
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    Robin Knight
    • 'Beans' Babbitt - Shortstop
    Patti Pelton
    Patti Pelton
    • Marbleann Wilkenson - Second Base
    Kelli Simpkins
    Kelli Simpkins
    • Beverly Dixon - Outfielder
    Neezer Tarleton
    • Neezer Dalton - Outfielder
    Connie Pounds-Taylor
    • Connie Calhoun - Outfielder
    Kathleen Marshall
    Kathleen Marshall
    • 'Mumbles' Brockman - Outfielder
    • Director
      • Penny Marshall
    • Writers
      • Kim Wilson
      • Kelly Candaele
      • Lowell Ganz
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    7JamesHitchcock

    Entertaining look at an obscure piece of sporting history

    Like most Englishmen, I know about as much about baseball as the average American knows about cricket. I am also not a great fan of sporting films in general, although there are a number of exceptions. Despite this, however, I generally love baseball films, of which there were a number of good examples in the late eighties and early nineties. ('Eight Men Out', 'Field of Dreams' and 'The Natural' all spring to mind). There is something about the sport that seems to lend itself to the cinema; perhaps British filmmakers should consider making a film about cricket, as the two sports have a lot in common.

    During the Second World War many of America's male baseball stars were drafted into the forces, and it appeared that the nation might be deprived of its favourite sport. An entrepreneur therefore had the idea of creating an all-female baseball league. 'A League of their Own' tells the story of some of the women who played in that league.

    At the centre of the drama is the rivalry between two sisters, Dottie and Kit, who sign for the same team, the Rockford Peaches. The sisters have contrasting characters. Dottie is the more talented player, but Kit is more aggressive and determined to succeed. Kit's aggression and the sibling rivalry between her and Dottie lead to dissension in the team's dressing room, and Kit is traded to a rival team, the Racine Belles. The climax of the film comes when Rockford and Racine meet in the finals of the league championship, with Kit and Dottie on opposite teams.

    The film has some interesting observations about the social values of the era in which it is set. During this period there was a conflict between traditional views of femininity and the need, caused by wartime conditions, for women to take on what had historically been masculine roles. Before the war, there had been only very limited opportunities for women in professional sport; most sports, such as tennis and athletics, in which women were permitted to compete were strictly amateur. During the war, they were allowed to take part, but were still expected to conform to the ideal of being 'ladylike'. In the film, players are selected as much for their sex appeal as for their talent (Ernie Capadino, the cynical, sexist talent scout, wants to leave one player out of the team because he considers her insufficiently glamorous) and they are required to attend a 'charm school' and to conform to a strict code of sexual morality. Dottie and Kit can be seen as representing the two sides of this conflict. For all her talent, Dottie's heart is not really in professional baseball, and her real wish is to return to her old life as a housewife as soon as her husband returns from the war. Kit, on the other hand, is single, and sees the game as a way of escaping from her previously dull existence.

    Although Geena Davis was quite good as Dottie, the two best performances came from two actors I had not previously heard of, Jon Lovitz in the cameo role of Ernie Capadino, and Lori Petty as Kit, who brought out the fierce determination and will to win of her character. I am surprised that she has not gone on to become a bigger star than she has. It was interesting to see Madonna (normally found in starring roles) in a supporting role as Mae, one of the Peaches who rebels against the strict moral code.

    Tom Hanks stars as Jimmy Dugan, the coach of the Rockford Peaches, in a role created largely because the filmmakers felt that they needed a big male star. Dugan was himself a famous baseball player in his time, but his career was wrecked by his heavy drinking. At the beginning of the film, Dugan is played as a figure of fun, making blunders such as urinating in front of the women, but being too drunk to notice or to care. Later on, Dugan sobers up and develops into a mixture of inspirational coach and dispenser of homespun philosophy along the lines of 'There's no crying in baseball'. At neither stage, however, does the film bring out the genuinely tragic aspects of Dugan's fall from grace as a great, or potentially great, athlete ruined by alcoholism. (One can think of modern parallels such as George Best or Diego Maradona). The actor may be at fault here; during the early part of his career Hanks always seemed a limited actor, convincing in 'Mr Nice Guy' roles but unable to portray more unsympathetic characters. ('Bonfire of the Vanities' being another example).

    There were one or two other things about the film that I did not like. I felt we should have seen more of Kit between her transfer to Racine and her reappearance in the finals. The opening and closing scenes, showing a reunion of the surviving players more than forty years later, did not add much to the story. (They did, however, correct the misleading impression given in the rest of the film that women's professional baseball came to an end with the war; in fact, it survived until 1954). Overall, however, this was an entertaining film, well worth watching. 7/10.
    8mjw2305

    A Simple but effective Movie

    Set at the start of World War 2, Geena Davis and Lori Petty are recruited to the first professional baseball league for women. The sisters struggle to keep the league going against the odds, while their own personal rivalry begins to escalate.

    I don't pretend to know much about baseball, so if this element is poor i wouldn't really notice, but i did feel that it was a good setting for the story.

    Quite touching and well directed, i was surprised how compelling this movie was. All in all the strong cast and pleasant script makes this a good movie, with a little for everyone.

    8/10
    7spottedreptile

    Classy feelgood story of women pioneers

    Like many others, I didn't know anything about a wartime female baseball league so the story was fascinating to me. The film is beautifully told and is very touching and funny. The plot follows the women who made up a professional girls' baseball league during the second world war when the guys went fightin'. And then of course the war is over, and the guys come back - then what happens to the women with their glimpse of independence and a life outside the kitchen?

    There are lots of good character arcs, particularly the two sisters, Dottie (Geena Davis) and Kit (Lori Petty), and the washed up has-been, Jimmy Dugan, played by Tom Hanks with about 2 stone extra on him for the role.

    The flashback structure works so well you can't imagine doing it any other way. All the actors do a great job, but for me, Lori Petty as Kit, Dottie's kid sister, steals the show. She is brilliant.

    Watch out for occasional glimpses of Tea Leoni as a Racine hitter.

    Apparently all the injuries seen were sustained by the actors themselves. You can believe it too - they really look like ball players. First-rate editing makes it genuinely exciting sport.

    The film could have been a stinker - there are many cliches and it's pretty predictable, but it's handled with great sympathy and sentiment without treacle by Penny Marshall. Twists and subplots would have been out of place - this is a classic feelgood and entertains without dragging on.

    I give this 7 out of 10. On a rainy afternoon it's great entertainment.
    10Smells_Like_Cheese

    "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
    10Drewboy-2

    What a wonderful film!

    I love this film! Seeing Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Rosie O'Donnell and Madonna in one film is fantastic. Having it directed by Penny Marshall makes it all the better. After I watched it, for some strange reason I felt I'd watched an extended episode of "Laverne & Shirley" but this is great for the comedy!

    Tom Hanks was magnificent with all the comic touches that endear him to so many of us.

    The older version of Dottie at the beginning and ending of the story is NOT Geena Davis made up to look older - neither are any of the other ladies! An excellent casting decision was made to have older actresses play these parts - Lynn Cartright was chosen to play Dottie (Geena Davis) in her late 60's and she was a dead-ringer for Geena!

    Watch for Tea Leoni (as Racine Belles 1st-base player), Eddie Mekka (Carmine on "Laverne & Shirley" - he dances with Madonna!) and David L. Lander (Squiggy from "L & S" - radio announcer.)

    Brings a tear to my eye no matter how many times I watch it - right up there with FIELD OF DREAMS!

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    • 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
      The end of the film notes that the players of the AAGPBL were "the first women ever to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame." Actually, they are not inductees. Rather, they were recognized with a permanent exhibit in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, entitled "Women in Baseball," in 1988. The first woman to actually be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame was Effa Manley, the co-owner (with her husband, Abe) of the Newark Eagles. She was inducted in 2006.
    • Quotes

      Jimmy Dugan: Taking a little day trip?

      Dottie Hinson: No, Bob and I are driving home. To Oregon.

      Jimmy Dugan: [long pause] You know, I really thought you were a ballplayer.

      Dottie Hinson: Well, you were wrong.

      Jimmy Dugan: Was I?

      Dottie Hinson: Yeah. It is only a game, Jimmy. It's only a game, and, and, I don't need this. I have Bob; I don't need this. At all.

      Jimmy Dugan: I, I gave away five years at the end my career, drinking. Five years. And now there isn't anything I wouldn't give to get back any one day of it.

      Dottie Hinson: Well, we're different.

      Jimmy Dugan: This is chickenshit, Dottie, if you want to go back to Oregon and make a hundred babies, great, I'm in no position to tell anyone how to live. But sneaking out like this, quitting, you'll regret it for the rest of your life. Baseball is what gets inside you. It's what lights you up, you can't deny that.

      Dottie Hinson: It just got too hard.

      Jimmy Dugan: It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great.

    • Crazy credits
      Shots of the real AAGPBL old-timers playing baseball.
    • Alternate versions
      Paramount Network broadcasts in the US speed up at the audio at only 2%.
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Batman Returns/Cold Heaven/Housesitter/Cousin Bobby/The Hairdresser's Husband (1992)
    • Soundtracks
      This Used to Be My Playground
      Written and Produced by Madonna and Shep Pettibone

      Performed by Madonna

      Courtesy of Sire Records

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    • Release date
      • July 1, 1992 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Un equipo muy especial
    • Filming locations
      • Bosse Field - 1701 N. Main Street, Evansville, Indiana, USA
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Parkway Productions
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    • Budget
      • $40,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $107,533,928
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $13,739,456
      • Jul 5, 1992
    • Gross worldwide
      • $132,440,069
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 8 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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