61 (DVD, 2009)

Best Baseball movie

I love this movie. 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 his talent, fans cheer Mantle, the league's golden boy, and baseball's commissioner announces that Ruth's record stands unless it's broken within 154 games. Any record set after 154 games of the new 162-game schedule will have an asterisk. The film follows the boys of summer, on and off the field: their friendship, the stresses on Maris, his frustration with the negative attention, and his desire to play well, win, and go home Barry and Thomas are perfect for their rolls in this movie, you do truly believe they are Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. A must see for any baseball fan.Read full review

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heavywieght of baseball movies

you do not need to be a baseball fan to enjoy this biopic about the 1961 record breaking
run of roger maris and mickey mantle. it shows the price that these two new york yankees
paid as the pursued the single season homerun record set by babe ruth in in 1932. the
two team mates fiercely competed for the title but emerged as friends. barry pepper
and thomas jane make the two yankee legends likable and simpathetic.Read full review

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Best sports movie ever!

I love this movie. I have been waiting for it to be on TV again, but it never was run on any channel. I decided to look for it on-line and when I found it, I immediately sent for it. It is a movie that my husband and I will watch one or more times a year.Read full review

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"61" = Best Baseball Movie Ever Made

Best "Baseball" Movie I've Ever Seen !!!

I miss our Montreal Expos... but I've just become a New York Yankees fan !!!

Excellent DVD / Very happy with purchase.

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THE M&M BOYS

VERY ENTERTAINING MOVIE AT A GREAT PRICE. ARRIVED SEALED AND IN PERFECT CONDITION. THIS MOVIE GIVES YOU AN INSIGHT ON THE LIVES OF MANTLE AND MARIS. TWO GREAT BALL PLAYERS WHOM DIED TWO SOON.

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Great acting, great writing and great directing by Billy Crystal.

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Great movie!!!

The Yankees are my favorite team and I saw Maris and Mantle play!!

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Baseball race in 1961

Excellent condition. Very good story and acting.

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Very factual and highly entertaining

Very well told true story. Great acting and good pace.

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Had seen it before so knew what I was getting. Fantastic movie

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