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02/12/1994 Drama 2h 8m
57
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Everyone hated this baseball legend. And he loved it.

Overview

Al Stump is a famous sports-writer chosen by Ty Cobb to co-write his official, authorized 'autobiography' before his death. Cobb, widely feared and despised, feels misunderstood and wants to set the record straight about 'the greatest ball-player ever,' in his words.

  1. Ron Shelton

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Tommy Lee Jones

    Ty Cobb

  2. Robert Wuhl

    Al Stump

  3. Lolita Davidovich

    Ramona

  4. Ned Bellamy

    Ray

  5. Scott Burkholder

    Jimmy

  6. Allan Malamud

    Mud

  7. Bill Caplan

    Bill

  8. Jeff Fellenzer

    Sportswriter

  9. Doug Krikorian

    Sportswriter

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Reviews

A review by GenerationofSwine
Written by GenerationofSwine on 2023-01-14
Giving this one star hurts. It was a good movie. Tommy Lee Jones did a great job. Robert Wuhl did a great job. Ron Shelton did a great job...

...but Al Stump did baseball a great disservice with his pack of lies. There was no need to fabricate an already interesting life and drag Ty Cobb through the mud.

As a historian, I respect that movies can NOT be 100% accurate...but as a baseball fan, this is just insulting. Especially insulting given that we are still talking about, we are still worshiping the players of that era.

This is worse for baseball's legend than steroids, worse than wh...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$25,500,000.00

Revenue
$1,007,583.00

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