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A League of Their Own

128 minutes

Cast

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Tom Hanks Jimmy Dugan
Geena Davis Dorothy ‘Dottie’ Hinson
Lynn Cartwright Older Dottie
Madonna ‘All the Way’ Mae Mordabito
Eunice Anderson Older Mae
Lori Petty Kit Keller
Kathleen Butler Older Kit
Rosie O'Donnell Doris Murphy
Vera Johnson Older Doris
Anne Ramsay Helen Haley
Barbara Pilavin Older Helen
Megan Cavanagh Marla Hooch
Patricia Wilson Older Marla
Freddie Simpson Ellen Sue Gotlander
Eugenia McLin Older Ellen Sue
Tracy Reiner Betty ‘Spaghetti’ Horn
Betty Miller Older Betty
Bitty Schram Evelyn Gardner
Renée Coleman Alice ‘Skeeter’ Gaspers
Shirley Burkovich Older Alice
Ann Cusack Shirley Baker
Barbara Erwin Older Shirley
Robin Knight Linda ‘Beans’ Babbitt
Patti Pelton Marbleann Wilkinson
Kelli Simpkins Beverly Dixon
Connie Pounds-Taylor Connie Calhoun
Jon Lovitz Ernie Capadino
David Strathairn Ira Lowenstein
Marvin Einhorn Older Ira
Garry Marshall Walter Harvey
Julie Croteau Helen Haley on the field (baseball double)
Bill Pullman Bob Hinson
Téa Leoni Racine first base
David L. Lander Game Announcer
Janet Jones Racine pitcher
Don S. Davis Charlie Collins
Eddie Jones Dave Hooch
Justin Scheller Stillwell Gardner
Mark Holton Older Stillwell
Pauline Brailsford Miss Cuthburt
Alan Wilder Nelson
Rae Allen Ma Keller
DeLisa Chinn-Tyler Black woman who throws the ball back to Dottie

A League of Their Own | The Rewatchables

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Most Rewatchable Scene

Game Seven; no crying in baseball

In the discussion (18)
Approx. transcript time · 00:20:57Read transcript
  • The Oregon opening is selected for establishing Dottie and Kit's rivalry and Ernie's recruiting pitch.
  • The tryouts and roster reading are selected for introducing the players, showing their athletic credibility, and revealing that Shirley cannot read.
  • The league newsreel is proposed as a rewatchable sequence.
  • Jimmy's no-crying-in-baseball confrontation is proposed as a rewatchable scene.
  • Jimmy's managerial debut, including his extended urination, is proposed as a rewatchable scene.
  • The team-success montage is proposed, including the Black woman's powerful throw and Marla's marriage.
  • The telegram delivery is proposed as an affecting scene.
  • Jimmy confronting Dottie about quitting is selected for his argument that difficulty is what makes baseball great.
  • Game Seven and the home-plate collision are selected for resolving the sisters' rivalry while leaving the dropped-ball question open.
  • Dottie and Kit's farewell is proposed as a rewatchable scene.
  • The Hall of Fame reunion is proposed, with an explicit objection that parts of it are corny and that grown-up Stillwell is unpleasant.
  • Jimmy's managerial debut and Ira's response are proposed as a comic exchange.
  • The Suds Bucket dance sequence is proposed.
  • Marla meeting and marrying Nelson is proposed.
  • Both nighttime bus rides are proposed as rewatchable sequences.
  • One participant remains torn between Dottie trying to quit and the no-crying-in-baseball scene.
  • One participant's final choice is Game Seven because the whole game holds up on a channel flip and renews the dropped-ball debate.
  • A different participant's final choice is the no-crying-in-baseball scene.

What’s Aged the Best?

Performances, baseball, friendship, and period craft

In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 00:40:55Read transcript
  • Geena Davis and Lori Petty are praised as believable baseball players.
  • Madonna as All the Way Mae is the leading answer because the star casting and character unexpectedly work.
  • Rosie O'Donnell's performance and her partnership with Madonna are praised.
  • The Dottie-Kit arguments and Jimmy's small pieces of advice remain effective.
  • The baseball settings, vendors, clothes, and Cynthia Flynt's costume design are praised.
  • The ensemble's credible play, including Marla's switch-hitting power, is central to the movie's durability.

What’s Aged the Worst?

Failed series, fading context, deleted kiss, Marla's exit, and Kit

In the discussion (8)
Approx. transcript time · 00:45:19Read transcript
  • A six-episode TV series, with only five broadcast, is said to have died quickly.
  • Madonna's historical impact on the casting is expected to diminish for younger viewers.
  • The opening song is considered overly early-1990s and corny.
  • The deleted Dottie-Jimmy kiss is rejected because it would change Dottie's motivation and violate the character's marriage.
  • The older-Dottie actress is criticized for not quite bringing it, and the original actresses in aging makeup are preferred.
  • Marla leaving the team immediately after marriage is rejected as inconsistent with her love and talent for baseball.
  • Kit is criticized as resentful and insufficiently accountable despite being rewarded at the end.
  • A proposed repair gives Kit a late acknowledgment that Dottie's trade helped her build an independent life.
In the discussion (3)
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  • The announcer played by David Lander is considered through his Squiggy recognition.
  • Adult Stillwell, recognized as Chubby from Teen Wolf, is selected; his Hall of Fame remembrance of his mother is praised.
  • Joey Slotnick as Doris Fan Number Two is another selection.

Apex Mountain

Geena Davis, Penny Marshall, Lori Petty, and women's sports films

In the discussion (6)
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  • Geena Davis is judged at Apex after Thelma & Louise and this film in consecutive years.
  • Penny Marshall is judged at Apex because this became her most commercially successful film.
  • Lori Petty is judged at Apex because Kit remained her defining role.
  • Cow-milking scenes and long urination scenes are debated without a firm affirmative selection.
  • David Strathairn, Madonna, Jon Lovitz, Bill Pullman, Rosie O'Donnell, and Tom Hanks are rejected or left below other career peaks.
  • Women's baseball, women's sports movies, and baseball movies receive affirmative Apex judgments; sister movies do not.
In the discussion (3)
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  • A new series is considered viable after thirty years, provided it preserves the story's appeal while using more time and a somewhat more adult tone.
  • Concerns include forcing current concerns into the 1940s and failing to distinguish the show from the film.
  • The longer format could deepen the teammates and introduce new characters, though an episode centered on Stillwell is treated skeptically.
In the discussion (5)
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  • Geena Davis is selected and immediately supported as the winner for her performance as Dottie.
  • Tom Hanks receives a separate alternate case.
  • Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell receive a separate alternate case as a pairing.
  • Penny Marshall receives a separate alternate case for shaping the film.
  • Geena Davis is reaffirmed as the consensus winner for an indelible performance.
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