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List Price: $14.99 Our Price: $12.99 You Save: $2 Features • Anamorphic • Color • DVD-Video • NTSC In Theaters : 23 August, 1991 DVD Release : 08 April, 2003 |
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Pastime description You don't have to be a baseball lover to appreciate this funny, touching story of minor-league ball and major-league dreams. Pastime is the most realistic depiction of the nonglamour side of sports as played by the people who seem to love it the most. William Russ stars as an aging pitcher, now in his 40s, who only got to pitch once in the majors. Still hanging on in the minors in the late 1950s, he can't believe his career could be over. Ridiculed for his enthusiasm by his much-younger teammates, he befriends the team's outcast, a young black pitcher (Glenn Plummer) with a cannon for an arm, and imparts what wisdom he has to offer. A movie that will make you ask: Why isn't Russ a star? --Marshall Fine |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | Beautifully, painfully realistic. |
| When this movie came on my HDTV I was ready to switch channels. I'm glad I didn't! It has an atmosphere reminiscent of October Sky, even the sound-track music seems similar and deserving of stand-alone performance.
The cinematography is also reminiscent of October Sky, with its seemingly effortless depiction of real people in real situations. There is no phony lighting, and there is little make-up (apparently). I had to remind myself that "artlessness" is often simply the highest art. The attitudes about baseball playing serve as metaphor for life in this movie without heavy sermonizing or symbolism. Even the costumes of the cast are so natural (and true to the historic period) that the movie almost seems to be a documentary. My advice: have a box of Kleenex handy when watching this film. I did have one minor question/complaint: was the death of the star due to overexertion or to a deliberate overdose of high-blood-pressure medication? A bottle of medication was shown as explanation (?) and the word "terminal" was on the label, but the part the medication played in his death was not clear. As a testimony to my attitude, I am ordering two copies of the DVD to give to my family for Christmas! |
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