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Cobb

  • 19941994
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  • 2h 8m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
7.6K
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Cobb (1994)
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A reporter hired to write the 'official' biography of Ty Cobb discovers just how dark the baseball legend's real story is.A reporter hired to write the 'official' biography of Ty Cobb discovers just how dark the baseball legend's real story is.A reporter hired to write the 'official' biography of Ty Cobb discovers just how dark the baseball legend's real story is.

IMDb RATING
6.4/10
7.6K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Ron Shelton
  • Writers
    • Al Stump(article Ty Cobb's Wild Ten Month Fight to Live)
    • Ron Shelton(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Tommy Lee Jones
    • Robert Wuhl
    • Lolita Davidovich
Top credits
  • Director
    • Ron Shelton
  • Writers
    • Al Stump(article Ty Cobb's Wild Ten Month Fight to Live)
    • Ron Shelton(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Tommy Lee Jones
    • Robert Wuhl
    • Lolita Davidovich
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 67User reviews
    • 30Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

    Videos1

    Cobb
    Trailer 2:49
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    Top cast

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    Tommy Lee Jones
    Tommy Lee Jones
    • Ty Cobbas Ty Cobb
    Robert Wuhl
    Robert Wuhl
    • Al Stumpas Al Stump
    Lolita Davidovich
    Lolita Davidovich
    • Ramonaas Ramona
    Ned Bellamy
    Ned Bellamy
    • Rayas Ray
    Scott Burkholder
    Scott Burkholder
    • Jimmyas Jimmy
    Allan Malamud
    • Mudas Mud
    Bill Caplan
    • Billas Bill
    Jeff Fellenzer
    • Sportswriteras Sportswriter
    Doug Krikorian
    • Sportswriteras Sportswriter
    Gavin Smith
    • Sportsman's Lounge Bartenderas Sportsman's Lounge Bartender
    Lou Myers
    Lou Myers
    • Willieas Willie
    William Utay
    William Utay
    • Jamesonas Jameson
    J. Kenneth Campbell
    J. Kenneth Campbell
    • William Herschel Cobbas William Herschel Cobb
    Rhoda Griffis
    Rhoda Griffis
    • Amanda Chitwood Cobbas Amanda Chitwood Cobb
    Tyler Logan Cobb
    • Young Tyas Young Ty
    Gary Morris
    • Baptist Ministeras Baptist Minister
    • (as Reverend Gary Morris)
    Harry Herthum
    • Gambleras Gambler
    Jay Chevalier
    • Gambleras Gambler
    • Director
      • Ron Shelton
    • Writers
      • Al Stump(article Ty Cobb's Wild Ten Month Fight to Live) (book "Cobb: A Biography")
      • Ron Shelton(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    Al Stump is a famous sports-writer chosen by Ty Cobb to co-write his official, authorized 'autobiography' before his death. Cobb, widely feared and despised, feels misunderstood and wants to set the record straight about 'the greatest ball-player ever,' in his words. However, when Stump spends time with Cobb, interviewing him and beginning to write, he realizes that the general public opinion is largely correct. In Stump's presence, Cobb is angry, violent, racist, misogynistic, and incorrigibly abusive to everyone around him. Torn between printing the truth by plumbing the depths of Cobb's dark soul and grim childhood, and succumbing to Cobb's pressure for a whitewash of his character and a simple baseball tale of his greatness, Stump writes two different books. One book is for Cobb, the other for the public. —Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>
    • ghost writer
    • male full frontal nudity
    • baseball movie
    • based on article
    • based on true story
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    • Taglines
      • Everyone hated this baseball legend. And he loved it.
    • Genres
      • Biography
      • Drama
      • Sport
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated R for strong language, and for scenes of nudity and violent behavior
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Much of how Cobb was portrayed in this film has now been widely recognized as inaccurate. Al Stump's books and magazine articles on Cobb have now been widely discredited, and serious baseball historians give Stump's account of the later years of Cobb's life very little credence. Charles Leerhsen's biography, "Ty Cobb, A Terrible Beauty," sets the record straight. Cobb did NOT attempt to have sex with the cocktail waitress in Las Vegas and then attempt to pay her off (Stump fabricated this), and many other alleged darker aspects of Cobb's life are just plain not true. Several serious baseball historians have labeled this film highly inaccurate.
    • Goofs
      Cobb is seen being treated by a black nurse at Emory University Hospital shortly before his death. In 1961, Georgia hospitals and their staff were still strictly segregated.
    • Quotes

      [Cobb narrates a lengthy lambasting of Babe Ruth into a tape recorder]

      Al Stump: Come on, Ty, aren't you going to give Ruth credit for anything?

      Ty Cobb: (pauses) He could run okay for a fat man.

    • Crazy credits
      The latter half of the credits has a voiceover by Jones, narrating as Cobb, regarding the finer points of batting and other aspects of baseball, and how he regretted not going to college, and should have been a doctor.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Junior/A Low Down Dirty Shame/The Pagemaster/Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle/Red (1994)
    • Soundtracks
      Theme from A Summer Place
      Written by Max Steiner

    User reviews67

    Review
    Top review
    vastly underrated!
    'cobb' is a very underrated baseball movie. it features a brilliant and intense performance from tommy lee jones as ty cobb and a (surprisingly) good performance by robert wuhl as the sportswriter al stump. why jones wasn't nominated for an oscar for this is beyond me. director ron shelton creates a gripping drama that you should not miss, especially if you (like me) love baseball. it's out on dvd finally! go get it! 10/10
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    • phanatic1160
    • Jan 12, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 2, 1994 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ty Cobb
    • Filming locations
      • Cooperstown, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Alcor Films
      • Aleor Films
      • New Regency Productions
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,007,583
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $63,786
      • Dec 4, 1994
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,007,583
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 8 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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