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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, Spanish, Dubbed & Subtitled, Korean, Subtitled, French, Dubbed, Keep Case
Tom Hanks, Geena Davis and Madonna star in this major-league comedy from the team that brought you BIG. Hanks stars as Jimmy Dugan, a washed up ball player whose big league days are over. Hired to coach in the All-American Girls Baseball League of 1943--while the male pros are at war--Dugan finds himself drawn back into the game by the heart and heroics of his "all-girl" team. Jon Lovitz adds a scene-stealing cameo as the sarcastic scout who recruits Dottie Hanson (Davis), the "baseball dolly" with a Babe Ruth swing. Teammates Madonna, Lori Petty, and Rosie O'Donnell round out the roster, taking the team to the World Series. Based on the true story of the pioneering women who blazed the trail for generations of athletes, A League of Their Own is "a home run."
"Big league laughs." Joel Siegel, ABC-TV
"Thoroughly entertaining..." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
"Two thumbs up!" Siskel & Ebert
"A very funny movie. One of the year's most cheerful, most relaxed, most easily enjoyable comedies." Vincent Canby, The New York Times
Editor's Note
In 1943 when the ranks of professional male baseball players were leaving for the war, a group of ladies left their homes to become part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and kept baseball alive for a grateful nation. This is their story. Dottie Hinson (Geena Davis) is the team's most gifted player,and the camaraderie and jealousy with her sister (Lori Petty) is part of this film's charm and complexity. Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks) is the drunken ex-player and slob manager who eventually brings the team to success. Directed by Penny Marshall (BIG, AWAKENINGS) and also starring Madonna, Jon Lovitz and Bill Pullman.
| Features | Scene Access | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish & French Dolby Digital Surround | | Subtitles: English, Spanish, Korean | | Interactive Menus | | Widescreen Version |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 7/19/2005 |
| Running Time: 105 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1992 | | Catalog ID: 51229 | | UPC: 00043396512290 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: Korean, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Golden Globe (1993) | | | Madonna, Nominee, Best Original Song: Motion Picture | | | Geena Davis, Nominee, Best Performance By An Actress: Comedy Or Musical | |
MTV Movie Award (1993) | | | Rosie O'Donnell, Nominee, Best Breakthrough Performance | | | Geena Davis, Nominee, Best Female Performance | | | Tom Hanks & Pauline Brailsford, Nominee, Best Kiss |
| Memorable Quotes| "There's no crying in baseball!" Jimmy (Hanks) | | "You see, the train moves, not the station." |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...One of the year's most cheerful, most relaxed, most easily enjoyable comedies....Hanks is first among the equals..." 07/01/1992 p.C13USA Today
"...Beguiling screen entertainment....Unmatched subject matter....The game scenes are exciting..." -- 3 out of 4 stars 07/01/1992 p.1D Los Angeles Times
"...Blessed with a pleasing comedy concept....[The women] exhibit a winning a playful camaraderie..." 07/01/1992 p.F1 Chicago Sun-Times
"...The movie has a real bittersweet charm..." 07/01/1992 p.39 Premiere
"Its cast is a who's who of the power and talent that would dominate the '90s..." 06/01/2004 p.103-4 Washington Post 6 of 10
A League of Their Own isn't a perfect picture, but it is irresistibly ebullient with not one, but nine Babes on base... it evokes the moxie of World War II America. Graced by Davis and enlivened by Lovitz and the ensemble cast, it sends us home feeling a little higher, with visions of peanuts and Cracker Jack floating in our heads. - Rita Kempley
Chicago Sun-Times 6 of 10
The movie has a real bittersweet charm. The baseball sequences, we've seen before. What's fresh are the personalities of the players, the gradual unfolding of their coach and the way this early chapter of women's liberation fit into the hidebound traditions of professional baseball. By the end, when the women get together again for their reunion, it's touching, the way they have to admit that, whaddaya know, they really were pioneers. - Roger Ebert
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