30th Anniversary: "A League of Their Own"...

[posty 2,849]

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/no-crying-baseball-league-own-140029781.html

When A League of Their Own hit theaters on July 1, 1992, it was up against a crowded slate of blockbusters, including Batman Returns, Lethal Weapon 3, Patriot Games, and Universal Soldier, that were expected to linger around multiplexes all summer. But when Labor Day rolled around two months later, all those other movies had faded away, and A League of Their Own was still packing in crowds on its way toward a $107.5 million domestic gross.

Love for the Penny Marshall-directed film about the World War II-era All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, staring Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Tom Hanks, Madonna, and Rosie O’Donnell, has only grown in the three decades that followed thanks to VHS rentals, DVD sales, and endless replays on cable television. It’s a rare movie that appeals to people across all age groups and demographics, and it revived interest in the half-forgotten AAGPBL.

In honor of A League of Their Own‘s 30th anniversary, we spoke with screenwriters Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel — who also wrote City Slickers, Splash, Parenthood, Spies Like Us, Multiplicity, and Mr. Saturday Night, among others — about the creation of the movie. Here, they dive into the genesis of the famous “There’s no crying in baseball” scene, why the film nearly stared Debra Winger and Jim Belushi instead of Davis and Hanks, why it would never get a green light today, and more.

(Click on above link to go to the long Q&A, if you feel like it...)

[bostonlager 2,678]

Kiss my hairy asss

[jerryskids 7,198]

41 minutes ago, posty said:

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/no-crying-baseball-league-own-140029781.html

When A League of Their Own hit theaters on July 1, 1992, it was up against a crowded slate of blockbusters, including Batman Returns, Lethal Weapon 3, Patriot Games, and Universal Soldier, that were expected to linger around multiplexes all summer. But when Labor Day rolled around two months later, all those other movies had faded away, and A League of Their Own was still packing in crowds on its way toward a $107.5 million domestic gross.

Love for the Penny Marshall-directed film about the World War II-era All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, staring Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Tom Hanks, Madonna, and Rosie O’Donnell, has only grown in the three decades that followed thanks to VHS rentals, DVD sales, and endless replays on cable television. It’s a rare movie that appeals to people across all age groups and demographics, and it revived interest in the half-forgotten AAGPBL.

In honor of A League of Their Own‘s 30th anniversary, we spoke with screenwriters Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel — who also wrote City Slickers, Splash, Parenthood, Spies Like Us, Multiplicity, and Mr. Saturday Night, among others — about the creation of the movie. Here, they dive into the genesis of the famous “There’s no crying in baseball” scene, why the film nearly stared Debra Winger and Jim Belushi instead of Davis and Hanks, why it would never get a green light today, and more.

(Click on above link to go to the long Q&A, if you feel like it...)

That was a great interview, thanks for the link.   

Also I didn't know that Tom Hanks' character was based on Jimmy Foxx, or that Foxx had an alcohol problem that cut his career short.  

[wiffleball 4,797]

Coulda done without Madonna... 

[BeenHereBefore 1,674]

49 minutes ago, wiffleball said:

Coulda done without Madonna... 

Sean Penn was dead man walking when he wen't into that marriage.

[Kopy 596]

I actually thought it was a pretty good movie. But yeah, Madonna didn't really bring much to the movie.

 

[Voltaire 5,530]

 

17 hours ago, posty said:

why it would never get a green light today

Because the AllStar game would be nothing but trannies?

[Hawkeye21 2,458]

One of my favorite sports movies actually.