Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 07/01/1992(USA)
Release Date: 04/20/2004
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DDS
Run Time: 128 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar

The All-American Girls' Professional Baseball League was founded in 1943, when most of the men of baseball-playing age were far away in Europe and Asia fighting World War II. The league flourished until after World War II, when, with the men's return, the league was consigned to oblivion. Director Penny Marshall and screenwriters Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel re-create the wartime era when women's baseball looked to stand a good chance of sweeping the country. The story begins as a candy-bar tycoon enlists agents to scour the country to find women who could play ball. In the backwoods of Oregon, two sisters -- Dottie (Geena Davis) and Kit (Lori Petty) -- are discovered. Dottie can hit and catch, while Kit can throw a mean fastball. The girls come to Chicago to try out for the team with other prospects that include their soon-to-be-teammates Mae Mordabito (Madonna), Doris Murphy (Rosie O'Donnell), and Marla Hooch (Megan Cavanagh). The team's owner, Walter Harvey (Gary Marshall) needs someone to coach his team and he picks one-time home-run champion Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks), who is now a broken-down alcoholic. After a few weeks of training, as Dugan sobers up, the team begins to show some promise. By the end of the season, the team has improved to the point where they are competing in the World Series (which is no big deal, since there are only four teams in the league).

~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Geena Davis - Dottie Hinson
Tom Hanks - Jimmy Dugan
Lori Petty - Kit Keller
Madonna - Mae Mordabito
Jon Lovitz - Ernie Capadino
Rosie O'Donnell - Doris Murphy
David Strathairn - Ira Lowenstein
Garry Marshall - Walter Harvey
Megan Cavanagh - Marla Hooch
Renee Coleman - Alice Gaspers
Ann Cusack - Shirley Baker
Anne Ramsay - Helen Haley
Tracy Reiner - Betty Horn
Bitty Schram - Evelyn Gardner
Freddie Simpson - Ellen Sue Gotlander
Bill Pullman - Bob Hinson
Pauline Brailsford - Miss Cuthbert
Justin Scheller - Stilwell
Eddie Jones - Dave Hooch
Lynn Cartwright - Older Dottie

Production:
Penny Marshall - Director
Elliot Abbott Robert Greenhut Kim Wilson Kelly Candaele - Producer
William Pace Joseph Hartwick - Co Producer
Hans Zimmer - Composer
Adam Bernardi George Bowers - Editor
Lowell Ganz Babaloo Mandel Kim Wilson - Screen Writer
Tim Galvin - Art Director
Amy Lemisch - Associate Producer
Ellen Lewis - Casting
Miroslav Ondrícek - Cinematographer
Cynthia Flynt - Costume Designer
Penny Marshall - Executive Producer
Bill Groom - Production Designer
George De Titta, Jr. - Set Decorator
Les Lazarowitz - Sound/Sound Designer
Michael Yada - Cinematographer

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