Two Classic Baseball Films On TCM Today

Two Classic Baseball Films On TCM Today #275306 03/31/06 09:05 AM 03/31/06 09:05 AM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 15,058 The Slippery Slope plawrence OP RIP StatMan
plawrence OP RIP StatMan Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 15,058 The Slippery Slope	In honor of baseball's opening day on Sunday, I guess... At 8:00 PM *Fear Strikes Out* (1957), starring Anthony Perkins in the story of MLB player Jimmy Piersall and his fight to keep his sanity after being relentlessly pushed to perfection on the field by his father (Karl Malden). Piersall, it may be remembered, was famous for his crazy antics on the field (including running the bases backwards after hitting a home run with the NY Mets) and an eventual mid-season nervous breakdown. Then at 10:00 PM *Pride of the Yankees* (1942), starring Gary Cooper as Yankee great Lou Gehrig in the somewhat (by today’s standards) hokey, campy, and overly sentimental story of his career and his battle against what came to be known as “Lou Gehrig’s Disease.” "Difficult....not impossible"

Re: Two Classic Baseball Films On TCM Today #275307 03/31/06 09:09 AM 03/31/06 09:09 AM
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 4,190 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Don Jasani Underboss
Don Jasani Underboss Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 4,190 Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Man, TCM that's Turner Classics right? I hope I get that network, if not, Pride was already in the TO RENT list and I'll just have to add Fear Strikes Out.

Re: Two Classic Baseball Films On TCM Today #275308 03/31/06 09:14 AM 03/31/06 09:14 AM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 15,058 The Slippery Slope plawrence OP RIP StatMan
plawrence OP RIP StatMan Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 15,058 The Slippery Slope	Yeah, Turner Classic Movies. "Fear" is not really a baseball movie per se, but it's still an engrossing drama of a man's fight against mental illness. The fact that Piersall was a baseball player is only incidental to the story. It's based on his biography of the same name, BTW. "Difficult....not impossible"