Rating: NR
Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 09/11/2001
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: 5.1/2
Run Time: 129 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: HBO Home Video
Noted baseball fan
Billy Crystal directed this made-for-cable drama set in the summer of 1961, as two of the strongest hitters in the major leagues,
Mickey Mantle (
Thomas Jane) and
Roger Maris (
Barry Pepper), find themselves neck and neck in a battle to break
Babe Ruth's long-standing record for most home runs in a season. Both men were playing for the New York Yankees at the time, and as the two men came within grasping distance of Ruth's record, their loyalty as friends and teammates was put to the ultimate test.
61 also features
Richard Masur,
Bruce McGill,
Anthony Michael Hall, and
Renee Taylor; the scenes set in Yankee Stadium were filmed at Michigan's Tiger Stadium, shortly after the Detroit Tigers shuttered the venerable playing field and relocated to a newer facility.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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