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ExcellentGoodWatch score92
ExcellentGoodWatch scoreSummary
As seen through the eyes of true baseball enthusiasts, this award-winning documentary tells the story of America's favorite pastime from the Depression to the 1950s, using footage shot from the movie cameras of fans and players.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 84GoodWatch 92
IMDb8.4
Running time
57 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 documentaries, −39 min on the typical 96
typical 9657Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Released
1991
July 8, 1991
35 years ago
Genres
DocumentaryHistoryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- GUnited States
and 5 more26 people
- PKPeter KesslerNarrator (voice)
- James Earl Jones(voice)
- Jason Robards(voice)
- Roy Scheider(voice)
- DHDonald HallSelf (voice)
- ESEnos SlaughterSelf (voice)
- EAElden AukerSelf (voice)
- BHBilly HermanSelf (voice)
- THTommy HenrichSelf (voice)
- BWBurgess WhiteheadSelf (voice)
- BWBilly WerberSelf (voice)
- RWRobert W. CreamerSelf (voice)
- DSDuke SnyderSelf (voice)
- DHDonald HonigSelf (voice)
- MPMax PatkinSelf (voice)
- WKWhitey KurowskiSelf (voice)
- RRRay RobinsonSelf (voice)
- RBRed BarberSelf (voice)
- CBClay BryantSelf (voice)
- DNDon NewcombeSelf (voice)
- LRLawrence RitterSelf (voice)
- Hank Aaron(archive footage)
- Ted Williams(archive footage)
- Joe DiMaggio(archive footage)
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Film 2
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