Eight Men Out
1988
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Aiming for one of the most famed records in sports history, a pair of very different baseball players hit home runs at an impressive rate.
- (28)
- Billy Crystal
- TV-MA
- Thomas Jane
Baseball drama from director Billy Crystal has the graceful arc of a well-hit ball. Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 7, 2002. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted...
User Reviews. Billy Crystal hits it out of the park with 61*. Brilliantly cast, beautifully shot and at times brutally honest in its storytelling, 61* is an absolute gem. Any baseball fan well knows the story of the great home run chase of 1961.
Apr 28, 2001 · 61*: Directed by Billy Crystal. With Barry Pepper, Thomas Jane, Anthony Michael Hall, Richard Masur. Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle race to break Babe Ruth's single-season home run record.
- (18K)
- Biography, Drama, History
- Billy Crystal
- 2001-04-28
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 86% out of 28 professional critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 6.8/10. [1] Film critic Richard Roeper named 61* one of his top five all-time favorite baseball movies.
- Biographical Drama Sports Drama
Here's my review of Billy Crystal's HBO movie "61*" -- the story of Roger Maris and his record-breaking season -- which I saw in 2001 at the Fargo Theatre.
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Jan 9, 2022 · 61* (2001) By Alan Ng | January 9, 2022. Sixty years ago, New York Yankee Roger Maris did what was once believed to be impossible: he beat Babe Ruth’s single-season record of 60 home runs.
