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Catching Hell

  • 20112011
  • 1h 42m
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Catching Hell (2011)
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After the Chicago Cubs blow an opportunity to reach the World Series in 2003, Cubs fans blame the team's misfortune on fellow fan Steve Bartman, who interfered with a foul ball and prevented... Read allAfter the Chicago Cubs blow an opportunity to reach the World Series in 2003, Cubs fans blame the team's misfortune on fellow fan Steve Bartman, who interfered with a foul ball and prevented Moises Alou from making a catch.After the Chicago Cubs blow an opportunity to reach the World Series in 2003, Cubs fans blame the team's misfortune on fellow fan Steve Bartman, who interfered with a foul ball and prevented Moises Alou from making a catch.
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    • Alex Gibney
    • Alex Gibney
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    • Alex Gibney
    • Dave Kaplan
    • Bob Costas
    • Alex Gibney
    • Alex Gibney
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    • Dave Kaplan
    • Bob Costas
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    Alex Gibney
    Alex Gibney
    • Self
    Dave Kaplan
    • Self - Host, WGN's 'Sports Central'
    Bob Costas
    Bob Costas
    • Self - Broadcaster
    Dwight Evans
    • Self - Boston Red Sox 1972-1990
    Denis Leary
    Denis Leary
    • Self - Actor…
    Bill Buckner
    Bill Buckner
    • Self - Boston Red Sox 1984-1987
    Bob Ryan
    • Self - Sports Columnist, Boston Globe
    Ron Borges
    • Self - Sportswriter, Boston Herald
    Steve Lyons
    Steve Lyons
    • Self - Baseball Analyst
    Scott Turow
    Scott Turow
    • Self - Author, 'Presumed Innocent'
    Wayne Drehs
    • Self - Senior Writer, ESPN.com
    Eric Karros
    Eric Karros
    • Self - Chicago Cubs 2003
    Josh Doust
    • Self - Actuary, Upper Deck Above Bartman
    Jeff Gowen
    • Self - Producer, Fox Sports
    Matt Liston
    Matt Liston
    • Self - Filmmaker, 'Chasing October'
    Dave Placko
    • Self - Reporter, WFLD-TV Chicago
    • (as Dane Placko)
    Jim Cuthbert
    • Self - 15 Rows Behind Bartman
    Laurie Holmes
    • Self - 2 seats from Bartman
      • Alex Gibney
      • Alex Gibney
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    • Trivia
      After Winning the 2016 World Series, Steve Bartman received a championship ring from Cubs owner Tom Ricketts and the Ricketts family as a special gift on July 31, 2017. The Cubs said in a statement, "We hope this provides closure on an unfortunate chapter of the story that has perpetuated throughout our quest to win a long-awaited World Series. While no gesture can fully lift the public burden he has endured for more than a decade, we felt it was important Steve knows he has been and continues to be fully embraced by this organization. After all he has sacrificed, we are proud to recognize Steve Bartman with this gift today."
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      Mike Lowell: In the dugout we saw, you know, obviously the Bartman thing and I remember Mark Redman, one of our pitchers, said 'Let's make him famous.'

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      Features NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (1970)

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    Catching Hell (2011)

    **** (out of 4)

    Terrific documentary from ESPN about Chicago Cubs fan Steve Bartman, the man who would walk into Game 6 of the 2003 NLCS hoping to see history with the Cubs reaching the World Series but instead became history after interfering with a foul ball, which many fans fill caused their beloved team to lose the game, the series and a chance at breaking the "curse" on their team. Director Alex Gibney spends the majority of the time going over the Bartman play but he also starts the film off by flashing back to 1986 when another cursed team, the Boston Red Sox, lost their game 6 game when Bill Buckner let a ball go between his legs. As with the Cubs in 2003, the Red Sox would lose that game six and then lose the next game to lose the series. The documentary does a very good job at connecting the two men but it also asks the question on why both men were as hated considering there were other people to blame during both games and not to mention that both teams had a game 7 that they could have won. The documentary features interviews with Bob Costas, Steve Lyons who was calling the game for Fox, a Fox producer, several security guards working at the game and we also get interviews with many of the people who were at the game. Some of those at the game include people sitting right around Bartman and one idiot who would go down and confront Bartman and throw beer on him. CATCHING HELL is a terrific little documentary because it's not just for baseball fans because its story is almost like a Shakespeare play or some sort of Greek tragedy. The human side of the story of a man making one mistake and becoming the most hated person is quite a tall order. There's some footage of Bartman being led out of the stadium where all sorts of things are thrown at him and even to this day he hasn't really came out of hiding. I think it should be noted that the documentary reveals that the man has been offered at least two-hundred thousand dollars to tell his story but he refused to make a profit off of it. I think he speaks a lot more highly than most people in this story. With that said, it should come as no shock that Bartman is not interviewed here and that there would have been the only thing that could have improved the film. The argument is also made that the story will never go away until the Cubs win the World Series but others seem to think that Bartman could take some heat off of himself simply by talking. CATCHING HELL is a perfect documentary that fans of the sport should love but I think just about anyone will be able to feel for the characters of this play.
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      • June 10, 2011 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Chicago, Illinois, USA
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      • Triple Threat Television
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