Babe Ruth

TV Movie
1991
1h 39m

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A film based on the home-run legend's life.A film based on the home-run legend's life.A film based on the home-run legend's life.

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

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Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

The scene where Ty Cobb was interviewed was supposed to take place in the dugout. However because Pete Rose who portrayed Ty Cobb in this movie had been expelled from Major League Baseball the MLB commission would not allow him to appear in an MLB uniform so the scene had to be changed. Ty Cobb was instead interviewed in his hotel room wearing a suit and tie. Indeed it was most interesting how Pete Rose's ban from professional baseball effected production of that movie scene. However otherwise this movie did indeed seem to be an accurate docudrama, all things considered. BTW the 1948 William Bendix BABE RUTH biopic was filmed when the Babe was still alive. He saw it and enjoyed it.

wytzox
Sep 30, 2024
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Trivia
According to a Sports Illustrated article, Rose impressed the film producers with his professionalism on the set. He knew his lines, delivered them without sounding like he was just reciting words and was able to easily adjust whenever the director suggested changes in pace on alternative takes. Rose attributed his ease in front of the camera to doing many commercials. "I do what the director tells me to do," he said.

Goofs
The movie depicts the Yankees winning the 1923 World Series on a game six, bottom-of-the-ninth, walk-off home run by Babe Ruth. In fact, Ruth hit his home run in the top of the first inning of a 6-4 Yankees win.