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Major League is a 1989 American sports comedy film produced by Chris Chesser and Irby Smith, written and directed by David S. Ward, that stars Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Wesley Snipes, James Gammon, Bob Uecker, Rene Russo, Margaret Whitton, Dennis Haysbert, and Corbin Bernsen. Telling the story of a single regular season of a fictionalized ...
Whitton did her primary film work between 1986 and 1993. Her most visible roles were that of socialite Vera Prescott in The Secret of My Success (1987), and spiteful baseball team owner Rachel Phelps in Major League (1989), [4] and its sequel Major League II (1994). Whitton also appeared in The Best of Times (1986) and The Man Without a Face ...
On Rotten Tomatoes Major League II holds an approval rating of 5% based on 21 reviews, with an average rating of 3.3/10. The site's critics consensus states: "Striking out on every joke, Major League II is a lazy sequel that belongs on the bench." [7] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale. [8]
James Richard Gammon (April 20, 1940 – July 16, 2010) was an American actor, known for playing grizzled "good ol' boy" types in numerous films and television series. Gammon portrayed Lou Brown, the manager in the movies Major League and Major League II, fictionalized versions of the Cleveland Indians. He was also known for his role as the ...
The Stratton Story is a 1949 American biographical film directed by Sam Wood that tells the true story of Monty Stratton, a Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched for the Chicago White Sox from 1934 to 1938. [2] The film is the first of three to pair stars Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson, followed by The Glenn Miller Story and Strategic Air ...
Lizzie Murphy. Mary Elizabeth Murphy (April 13, 1894 – July 27, 1964), known as "The Queen of Baseball", was the first woman to play baseball against major league players, in 1922. She played baseball for seventeen years as a first baseman; she also played on several all-star teams and was the first person of either sex to play on both ...
Opening Title Production company Cast and crew Ref. J A N U A R Y: 7 The Air Up There: Hollywood Pictures / Interscope Communications: Paul Michael Glaser (director); Max Apple (screenplay); Kevin Bacon, Charles Gitonga Maina, Yolanda Vasquez, Winston Ntshona, Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole, Sean McCann, Dennis Patrick, Nigel Miguel
Hillary Wolf, Griffin Dunne, Margaret Whitton: United States [166] Blame it on the Bellboy: Mark Herman: Bronson Pinchot, Dudley Moore, Richard Griffiths: United States [167] Bob Roberts: Tim Robbins: Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Alan Rickman: United States United Kingdom [168] Boomerang: Reginald Hudlin: Eddie Murphy, Halle Berry, Robin ...