36 min

Baseball Movies of the 1980s The 80s Movie Podcast

    • Film History

In time for the start of the baseball season, we talk about the numerous baseball movies that were made for movie and television screens during the 1980s.

Movies discussed during this episode include: 
Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987, Mike Newell)
Blue Skies Again (1983, Richard Michaels)
Brewster’s Millions (1985, Walter Hill)
Bull Durham (1988, Ron Shelton)
The Comeback Kid (1980, Peter Levin)
Don’t Look Back: The Story of Leroy ’Satchel’ Paige (1981, Richard A. Colla)
Eight Men Out (1988, John Sayles)
Field of Dreams (1989, Phil Alden Robinson)
Long Gone (1987, Martin Davidson)
Major League (1989, David S. Ward)
The Natural (1984, Barry Levinson)
Night Game (1989, Peter Masterson)
Only the Ball Was White (1981, Ken Solarz)
The Slugger’s Wife (1985, Hal Ashby)
Stealing Home (1988, Steven Kampmann and William Porter [as Will Aldis])
Tiger Town (1983, Alan Shapiro)
Trading Hearts (1988, Neil Leifer)
A Winner Never Quits (1986, Mel Damski)

In time for the start of the baseball season, we talk about the numerous baseball movies that were made for movie and television screens during the 1980s.

Movies discussed during this episode include: 
Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987, Mike Newell)
Blue Skies Again (1983, Richard Michaels)
Brewster’s Millions (1985, Walter Hill)
Bull Durham (1988, Ron Shelton)
The Comeback Kid (1980, Peter Levin)
Don’t Look Back: The Story of Leroy ’Satchel’ Paige (1981, Richard A. Colla)
Eight Men Out (1988, John Sayles)
Field of Dreams (1989, Phil Alden Robinson)
Long Gone (1987, Martin Davidson)
Major League (1989, David S. Ward)
The Natural (1984, Barry Levinson)
Night Game (1989, Peter Masterson)
Only the Ball Was White (1981, Ken Solarz)
The Slugger’s Wife (1985, Hal Ashby)
Stealing Home (1988, Steven Kampmann and William Porter [as Will Aldis])
Tiger Town (1983, Alan Shapiro)
Trading Hearts (1988, Neil Leifer)
A Winner Never Quits (1986, Mel Damski)

36 min