61*

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Summary: 61 is a GRAND SLAM
Review: This movie was super. The story was fantastic. It was great to make a movie about two baseball legends such as Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle. Any Yankees fan or baseball fan should totally own this movie. Barry Pepper(Roger Maris), Thomas Jane(Mickey Mantle),and Billy Crystal as well as other cast members did a great job making this 5 star movie!. This is a must own movie.

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Summary: A great movie about the famous BallPlayers
Review: I wasn't even born when the real Roger Maris hit 61*...I haven't even heard of Mantle & Maris. I just wanted to see the movie because I thought Thomas Jane was a really good actor. That's all, but the first night I rented the movie, I had no idea who they were talking about. After I watched it, I asked my parents if there really was a Mickey Mantle and a Roger Maris, and they said 'Yeah', it was all true. So the next day, I watched it again before I had to return it. I understood it more, and all the pressure Roger went under with all the press and reporters. I bet it was hard. So, I became interested so much. I got online and started looking up Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, and found a lot of articles and webpages about them! They were really huge, it's amazing. Now, I'm not too young to see these kind of movies, but I thought it was a really good movie.
I was just wondering in the movie. If Mickey Mantle was really married and had 4 children (all boys) in his hometown, then why did he keep on bringing women home to his hotel or something? I didn't get that. Isn't cheating still wrong in the states, even back then? And did Mickey really move in with Roger? I wasn't sure of that either! But otherwise, it was a really good movie and I enjoyed it! I liked the comedy too! Really funny...

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Summary: Even if you don't like baseball, you'll like this movie
Review: I loved this movie! The only reason I started the movie was because Barry Pepper is in it, and I loved his performance in Saving Private Ryan. Anyways, I ended up loving the whole movie, not just Barry Pepper. Everyone in the movie played their part well, and it was very endearing.

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Summary: great movie about the M&M Boys
Review: this is a very good movie that Billy Crystal has done. it's one of the best baseball movies ever made, and i didn't even make it to the big screen! great movie.

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Summary: Roger Maris - Reluctant Hero
Review: That might be a better title than "61*" if for no other reason than non baseball fans might more easily recognize it for what it is - an outstanding baseball movie.

Maris was portrayed as a very good baseball player; the more complete truth was that Maris was a superior ATHLETE who chose baseball over football because he did not care for life on a college campus. He was actually offered a scholarship to Oklahoma, (he still holds the national high school record for kickoff returns for touchdowns in one game) but declined after trying campus life for about a week after his high school graduation.

Above all, Maris was a winner. After he left the Yankees, he finished his career with the Cardinals - played in two World Series with them and won one.

See this if you get the chance, baseball fan or not..

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Summary: Wow
Review: I got the DVD for Christmas after seeing 61* on HBO. All I can say is wow. WONDERFUL performances by Pepper and Jane. If you love the Yankees, hate the Yankees, love baseball, hate baseball, you must see this awesome Billy Crystal movie. It'll leave you with a new perspective on the great race of '61.

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Summary: Great Baseball DVD!!
Review: When you watch this fine Billy Crystal film, IT IS 1961 all over again!

Billy has poured all his affection for the Yankees [and baseball] into this effort, and the result is a very realistic gaze back in time. This has now become one of my favorite baseball movies!

The extra features are also first-rate on this DVD. The "making of" featurette (50 min.) is dynamite! We follow Billy, cast, and crew during the production of the picture. Very well done! A great moment during the documentary is the clip from 1977, when Crystal gets to meet his idol, Mickey Mantle, during an appearance on the "Dinah" show. Mick, for the second time, signs Billy's original 1956 Yankees' souvenir program.

For anyone who recalls the fabulous Maris/Mantle home-run race of '61, this is a must-see event. Even if you don't remember it, this is well worth viewing.

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Summary: Excellent Story of Maris and Mantle
Review: In 1961, a little known player named Roger Maris would end up overshadowing his teammate Mickey Mantle and break Babe Ruth's "unbreakable" single season home run record. 1961 was the first year of the 162 game schedule. Up until 1961, the baseball season consisted of 154 games. Ford Frick, the baseball commissioner at the time, declared that any record broke during the 162 game season would have an asterisk placed after it. Roger Maris hit his 61 home runs in 162 games, which is why the asterisk appears in the title. This movie does an excellent job of showing the viewer the tremendous pressure that Maris and Mantle faced that summer. Mantle came close to Ruth's record as well, hitting 54 home runs before getting injured late in the season. Maris was constantly hounded by reporters throughout the season. His family also received death threats, and his hair began to fall out. Mantle was Maris' greatest supporter and his best friend. They ended up sharing an apartment in New York and lived there during the season. I've been a baseball fan most of my life, and this movie was truly a treat for me to watch. Any baseball fan shpould watch this excellent movie. Also, commissioner Fay Vincent got rid of the asterisk rule, so Maris' record stood without the asterisk until 1998.

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Summary: Best Baseball Movie ever!
Review: This is by far the best movie I have seen in a long time. No more needs to be said, just buy it and you will be happy

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Summary: Nice bit of Baseball
Review: Not bad considering it's the Yankees..... but I digress. Good acting and special effects.