A League of Their Own Movie Review 1992

Charming look at sports history and the Rockford Peaches, one of the teams in the real-life All American Girls Professional Baseball League, formed in the 40s when the men were off at war. Main focus is on sibling rivalry between Dottie Hinson (Davis), the beautiful, crackerjack catcher, and Kit Keller (Petty), her younger, insecure sister and team pitcher. Boozy coach Jimmy Dugan (Hanks) is wonderful as he reluctantly leads the team; he also gets credit for the classic "There's no crying in baseball" scene. Great cast of supporting characters, including sarcastic talent scout Ernie (Lovitz), opinionated, sleazy taxi dancer Mae (Madonna), loud-mouthed Doris (O'Donnell), and shy, homely Marla (Cavanagh). Lots of baseball for the sports fan.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 127 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Drama, Baseball, Women, Period Piece: 1940s, Sports Comedies, World War II, Top Grossing Films of 1992, The Homefront: U.S./Canada, Buses

Screenplay

Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel

Cast

Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Lori Petty, Madonna, Rosie O'Donnell, Megan Cavanagh, Tracy Reiner, Bitty Schram, Jon Lovitz, David Strathairn, Garry Marshall, Bill Pullman, Ann Cusack, Anne Elizabeth Ramsay, Freddie Simpson, Renee Coleman, Tea Leoni, Joey Slotnick, Mark Holton, Gregory Sporleder, David Lander

Cinematography

Miroslav Ondricek

Director

Penny Marshall

Music

Hans Zimmer

Other

Harry Shearer

Producer

Robert Greenhut, Elliot Abbott, Parkway Productions, Columbia Pictures