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61* |  | Director: Billy Crystal
Actors: Barry Pepper, Thomas Jane, Anthony Michael Hall, Richard Masur, Bruce McGill
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  127 reviews
Sales Rank: 3005
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Running Time: 129 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: TM2502
ISBN: 0783118430
UPC: 026359178221
EAN: 9780783118437
ASIN: B00005M20J
Theatrical Release Date: April 28, 2001
Release Date: September 11, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Summer, 1961: Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle are on pace to break the most hallowed record in U.S. sports, Babe Ruth's single-season 60 home runs. It's a big story, and the intense, plain-spoken Maris is the bad guy: sports writers bait him and minimize hi
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61* is an endearing ode to the baseball days of yore when the press was the enemy, salaries were in check, and breaking records with bat and glove took on Ruthian proportions. In 1961 baseball expanded its season from 154 games to 162, allowing weaker pitching into the major leagues and two New York Yankees teammates--the colorless Roger Maris and golden boy Mickey Mantle--to make an assault on the sport's ultimate record: Babe Ruth's 60 home runs. To add to the stew, baseball commissioner Ford Frick announced any record set in the last eight games of the season wouldn't count toward the official record; records had to be achieved in 154 games. Director Billy Crystal guarantees success for his movie in the perfect casting of the leads. Barry Pepper (Saving Private Ryan's religious sniper) is deft as Maris, and Thomas Jane is a perfect Mantle, a superman in a Yankee uniform. Despite the differences between family man Maris and hard-living Mantle, they form a rewarding friendship amid the media and fan frenzy. The shy Maris took the brunt of the storm, even facing boo-birds in his home stadium. Crystal and first-time writer Hank Steinberg keep the pace moving quickly between the field, the locker room, the press box, and the home front. The film never tries to dazzle with more than the facts (and it softens Mantle up a bit), yet it belongs on the short list of grand baseball movies. --Doug Thomas
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 Baseball movie July 22, 2010
Ron T Brown (Runnemede, NJ United States)
61 is one of the better baseball movies out there, especially considering it was an HBO production.
 61* May 17, 2010
T. Forster (Victoria, Australia)
My husband loves Baseball and given we are from Australia he just can't get enough. This is a great movie based on a true story and has a great cast. I am not a Baseball fan but I really enjoyed watching this movie it is a must see.
A Classic For Baseball Fans May 2, 2010
Booklady (St. Augustine,Fl USA)
For those alive in the great Yankee baseball era, this film is an intimate look at the lives and personalities of some of our best beloved sports heroes. This pet project of Billy Crystal is highly entertaining, even for those of us who are not baseball fanatics. Excellent!
61* (2001) December 14, 2009
David Margules (Englewood NJ)
61* (2001) This just my oppinion this is the best baseball movie ever made Barry Pepper (Roger Maris) and Thomas Jane ( Mickey Mantle.
Billy Crystal has created a master piece in the likeness of all the characters to the exact detail of the dimensions of the old Yankee stadium ( Monuments,The facade you name he has done it) To make a movie in involing my all time favorite hero Mickey Mantle Nobody pound for pound had more power and hit the ball further ( Maybe excluding Josh Gibson who never saw hit )certainly a wounded hero.
Enjoy this movie...
61* October 27, 2009
Griz89.7 (Moab, Ut)
Pretty accurate. I witnessed some of the behavior towards Maris, saw his 50th, and saw Mantle make a ball disappear. Shows who these people were and what they had to deal with without going overboard.
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