name | The Babe |
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director | Arthur Hiller |
producer | Walter CoblenzBill Finnegan |
writer | John Fusco |
starring | John GoodmanKelly McGillis |
music | Elmer Bernstein |
cinematography | Haskell Wexler |
editing | Robert C. Jones |
distributor | Universal Pictures |
released | April 17, 1992 |
runtime | 115 minutes |
country | |
language | English |
gross | $17,530,973 (USA) |
followed by | }} |
The Babe is a 1992 biographical film about the life of famed baseball player Babe Ruth, who is portrayed by John Goodman.
The film then flashes forward to 1914. A 19-year old Ruth (John Goodman) is on St. Mary's baseball team. Ruth continues to excel as a powerful hitter and a great pitcher. Ruth's amazing skills come to the attention of Jack Dunn (J.C. Quinn). Since Ruth is underage, Dunn decides to adopt Ruth and sign him to a contract with the Baltimore Orioles. In the middle of the 1914 baseball season, Ruth is sold to the Boston Red Sox. As a member of the Red Sox, Ruth begins to gain wide attention for his home runs and becomes popular in Boston. However, he angers Red Sox owner Harry Frazee during a party, and following the 1919 season, Ruth demands a raise, and a suite for road games, so Frazee sells him to the New York Yankees to finance his broadway shows, which had cost him money ($125,000 the same amount of money that Frazee got for selling Ruth to be exact).
Ruth becomes very popular in New York, as he helps the Yankees win the World Series in 1923. Also, in one game, he hits two home runs for a little boy named Johnny, whom he had recently visited in hospital. However, two years later, after divorcing his first wife, Helen Woodfood (Trini Alvarado), Ruth starts to go into a slump, while fellow teammate Lou Gehrig (Michael McGrady) becomes known as the "Iron Man" (a name that, in reality, belonged to Cal Ripken Jr., who broke Gehrig's consecutive games played record. Gehrig was known as the Iron Horse.). After getting pelted with lemons during a game, he gets angry and storms onto the dugout, yelling at the crowd, who continue to pound him with lemons.
However, in 1927, Ruth returns to his old self and hits 60 home runs, breaking his old record of 59 home runs. In 1932, during the World Series against the Cubs, in Game 3, Ruth, during an at-bat, points to centerfield and hits a towering home run, "calling his shot".
By 1934, Babe is well on the decline. He wants to pursue his post-career ambition of managing a baseball team, but Yankees owner Colonel Ruppert has other intentions, releasing the Babe instead. Under the promise of becoming a manager, Babe signs with the Boston Braves, but his presence on the team is more comedic than anything else. Before a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Babe overhears the Boston owners saying he's only good for drawing a gate. He responds by blasting three home runs in the game.
The film ends with Ruth broken, trudging alone through the entrance tunnel. He is confronted by a man; it is Johnny (Stephen Caffrey), now grown up. The Babe is still his hero, as they part he calls after him "You're the best... you're the best there's ever been".
Chicago's Wrigley Field stood in for Yankee Stadium during filming. Temporary walls were placed over the ivy-covered brick for the New York scenes. The ivy is depicted during the 1932 World Series scenes, where the action is taking place at Wrigley Field, although in 1932, the ivy had not yet been planted. Similarly, in a scene during Ruth’s career with the Yankees, in a 1925 game vs. the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, he hits a home run and the Green Monster is depicted. The Green Monster at that time was actually covered with advertisements; it was not painted solid green until 1947.
Danville Stadium in Danville, Illinois, was where the scenes for Fenway Park and Forbes Field were filmed, as well as the black/white news footage.
The film was also not a financial success. It grossed over $19.9 million at the box-office and was pulled from theatres after five weeks.
Category:1992 films Category:Baseball films Category:Biographical films Category:Films set in Chicago, Illinois Category:Films shot in Chicago, Illinois Category:Sports films based on actual events Category:Babe Ruth Category:1990s drama films Category:American baseball films Category:Films directed by Arthur Hiller Category:Universal Pictures films
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