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A League of Their Own

  • 1992
  • PG
  • 2h 8m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
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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
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    126K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    768
    606
    • Director
      • Penny Marshall
    • Writers
      • Kim Wilson
      • Kelly Candaele
      • Lowell Ganz
    • Stars
      • Tom Hanks
      • Geena Davis
      • Lori Petty
    • 367User 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)
    • …
    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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    User reviews367

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    8snoozejonc

    Overly sentimental, but strong humour and some great performances

    An ex-baseball player reminisces on her time playing.

    This is an enjoyable tearjerker and comedy with strong character moments.

    'A League Of Their Own' has a good, albeit fictionalised, character-driven story about the formation of the All America Girls Professional Baseball League. The plot is driven by the friction between siblings Dottie and Kit, the humorous arc of manager Jimmy Dugan, and the struggle to sell female baseball to a wartime audience.

    Geena Davis leads it well as Dottie and is plausible as a dutiful old-fashioned wife who is slightly conflicted because she's the best player in the league.

    Lori Petty portrays Kit's inferiority complex so well she crosses the line to become annoying in some scenes, however it is an effective character arc.

    Tom Hanks has the best material and makes the most of it with a hilarious portrayal of a cynical, aggressive, alcoholic manager, with enough humanity to get away with behaviour that most men could never.

    All the support cast are great, particularly Jon Lovitz, David Strathairn, Rosie O'Donnell, Bitty Schram, and Tracy Reiner. I never believe for a second that Madonna is anyone other than Madonna in a baseball movie, but she is entertaining.

    There are a number of emotional moments and you need a heart of stone not to appreciate some of them. The ones that connect with me involves a character leaving her father for the first time and another receiving the dreaded wartime telegram. By the end of the film though it feels to me like the writers overdo the sentimentality.

    Technically it is as good as it can be when using actors to portray professional athletes. The cinematography and visual storytelling are strong throughout. The baseball scenes are very well edited. There are several decent montages that are expected in sports movies.

    For me its a 7.5 but I round upwards.
    tfrizzell

    Pleasant Experience.

    "A League of Their Own" tells a story that is rarely discussed in historical circles. The country is immersed in World War II and it is up to the women to keep professional baseball going. The film follows the sometimes rocky relationship between two sisters (Geena Davis and Lori Petty) who go from a small town in the midwest to the major leagues. Tom Hanks does outstanding work as the former player who now manages their team. Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell are among the other girls on the team who keep Hanks on his toes. Penny Marshall's direction is very solid here and she tells the story with a dignified style and grace that works well on the silver screen. A very good comedy-drama from the early-1990s. 4 stars out of 5.
    8SmileysWorld

    A fitting,funny tribute

    Little did I know as a child that a professional women's baseball league even existed.That just goes to prove what little recognition these ladies have gotten over the years.This film finally pushes them over the top in terms of getting that recognition.Excellent perception and direction by Penny Marshall here in recreating this long ago time;a time of war when the nation needed the simple pleasures of life more than ever,to help them escape,at least temporarily,the horrors of the goings on overseas.With most of the male professional ball players overseas,our beloved women were called upon to fill the void,and boy did they ever fill it!It makes me wish, in some ways,that I could have been there to see it all.A fine comic performance here by Tom Hanks,as Jimmy Dugan, the somewhat reluctant and ignorant(at least,at first) manager of the Rockford Peaches. Outstanding performances as well from Madonna,Rosie O'Donnell,Geena Davis,and Lori Petty.A finer tribute could not have been made.Well done.
    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!
    6rebeljenn

    a good film for a wide audience

    'A League of Their Own' is a film about an all-female baseball team during the second World War. This film follows the stories about the team of females and their perspective on life and society (as women) during this time in history. I am not a fan of sports or sport-related films, but I did enjoy this one. I think that this film had enough elements for a wider audience to enjoy it. It also is able to combine comedy with drama and history, and it makes an exciting and engaging film with characters that are three-dimension and easy to care about. I think that this is an exciting film, and even if you dislike sports, the film has plenty more to offer for any viewer.

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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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    • If there are only four teams in the league, how do the Peaches "make the playoffs" before the World Series? Would a pre-Series playoff series imply each team made the playoffs?

    Details

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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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    Box office

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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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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 8 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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