61*
by Billy Crystal
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Actor: Anthony Michael Hall, Barry Pepper, Bruce McGill, Richard Masur, Thomas JaneDirector: Billy Crystal
Brand: Team Marketing
Producer: Billy Crystal
Producer: Carl S. Griffin
Producer: Charles J. Lindsay
Producer: Joe Seldner
Producer: Nellie Nugiel
Producer: Robert F. Colesberry
Writer: Hank Steinberg
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 129 minutes
Published: 2001-09-01
DVD Release Date: 2001-09-11
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Hbo Home Video
DVD Reviews of 61*
DVD Review: An amazingly true story of two of baseball's best.
Summary: 5 Stars
61* is the true story of one of baseball's finest moments, the race for Babe's homerun record. Back then baseball was America's favorite past time and America's favorite sport. People absolutely loved the game. And if you were a Yankee fan it was even better. When Babe set the record for 60 homeruns it was in 1927 and he was a Yankee. Well skip ahead 34 years later to 1961, and the two stars hammering for the record just happen to both play for the Yankees. Roger Maris (Barry Pepper) and Mickey Mantle (Thomas Jane), two of the big hitter for the Yankees.
Mickey is adored by the fans. He's got the charming good lucks and the play boy attitude. Roger is liked, but not like Mickey. He's a family man, but he's got the personality of a tree when it comes to talking to reporters and looking good for the on field cameras. Mickey has been with the Yanks for around 10 years now, while Roger was brought over from Kansas City a year ago. So of course the fans are going to have their favorites. But as the race gets farther along, the favoritism gets out of hand and really becomes hatred. Death threats, kidnapping his kids threats, on-the-field abuse from fans, reporters lying about things he said and does. It was really crazy to see these events happen.
And Roger didn't deserve it. From the beginning we see how great Roger is and how good of a friend he is. We see that Roger and Mickey are really good friends and even become better friends as the year goes on. Roger just loves the game of baseball and really wants to win the series, but he knows they can't do it without Mickey. The thing is Mickey lives up to his playboy antics and is constantly abusing his body with alcohol and women. He comes home at any time of the hour, drunk as a skunk, and then has to wake up to play ball with an enormous hang over. Roger, being the friend he is, asks Mickey to move in with him and Bob Cerv (another player) at their NY `home' to hopefully get Mickey to straighten up his act. When Mickey agrees, you can see the improvement in not just his game but also Rogers game. And so the race begins between two amazing players and amazing friends.
I really liked this movie and consider it one of my favorite sports movies ever. What makes it even better is that it's a true story. It really was a lot of fun to witness the interactions of these two iconic legends. To see the joy of the game with these two, but also the pressure it brought. It was a lot of fun to watch each of them root for each other and try to make the other one better than themselves, even though the press was telling the fans they were arguing and hating each other. There is so much I could say about this movie, but I really think I would just bore you because I would type out the whole darn movie if I could.
There are only two things I didn't like about the movie. One is a scene where Roger Maris breaks down from the pressure and begins to cry a little. It just felt weird and the music didn't help. And the other thing is, is that there is a good amount of cussing thrown around, especially the F bomb. It doesn't bother me at all, and make the movie feel even more real to me, but I know how some people and some parents are about cussing. So just be warned if you are that type of person. It's not used to much, and it's used in places you'd expect, but I'm just letting you know.
In the end, if you are a lover of good sports movies, baseball movies, true life movies, or even dramas, then definitely own this movie. This is what baseball is all about. Not what we have nowadays on T.V.
P.S. - Man I miss playing baseball. Watching this movie really brought back some memories. I can just hear the crowd, the bats cracking, the smell of the dirt and grass, the smell of the leather of the gloves. Oh to be young again.
Description of 61*
In the summer of 1961, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle took on Babe Ruth's record - the 1927 single-season 60 home run slam. It would be a summer that no one would forget. Mickey Mantle is a Yankee favorite. The natural heir to his predecessors Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, and Babe Ruth. Also at bat is a young Midwesterner, Roger Maris. Maris is Mantle's opposite in almost every way. Quiet and soft-spoken, he doesn't add up to everything a sports legend should be. As the summer of 1961 unfolds, both Maris and Mantle find themselves approaching Babe Ruth's benchmark of 60 home runs. Facing mounting pressure from the media and the stands, they both know there's only room for one winner. The people make their choice known. But the people's favorite isn't the favorite to win.Bestsellers in DVD
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