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61* [Blu-ray]

Thomas Jane (Actor), Barry Pepper (Actor) Rated:
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4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 2,004 ratings
IMDb7.7/10.0
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Genre Drama
Format Blu-ray, Multiple Formats, Dubbed, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen, AC-3, Subtitled
Contributor Michael Steinberg, Anthony Michael Hall, Ross Greenberg, Bruce McGill, Donald Moffat, Thomas Jane, Richard Masur, Chris Bauer, Barry Pepper, Billy Crystal, Robert F. Colesberry, Christopher McDonald See more
Initial release date 2011-06-07
Language English
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One was the Yankees' best loved player, the other was their most valuable. In the summer of 1961, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle took on Babe Ruth's record, the 1927 single-season 60 home run slam. It would be a summer that no one who knows baseball would forget. In 1961, Mickey Mantle is a Yankee favorite. The smiling sun god of the season, a hit with fans and sports writers alike and natural heir to his predecessors Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, and Bebe Ruth. Also at bat is a yound midwesterner, Roger Maris. A hard-hitting right fielder, Maris is Mantle's opposite in almost every way. Quiet and soft-spoken, he doesn't add up to everything a sports legend should be, and finds himself losing the support of the fans when he refuses to try. As the summer of 1961 unfolds, both Maris and Mantle find themselves approaching Babe Ruth's benchmark of 60 home runs. Facing mounting pressure from the media and the stands, they both know there's only room for one winner. The people make their choice known. But the people's favorite isn't the favorite to win.

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.5 x 5.4 x 6.7 inches; 3.2 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 17211357
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Billy Crystal
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Blu-ray, Multiple Formats, Dubbed, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen, AC-3, Subtitled
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 8 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ June 7, 2011
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Thomas Jane, Barry Pepper, Richard Masur, Bruce McGill, Chris Bauer
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ Spanish
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ French, Spanish, English
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Robert F. Colesberry, Billy Crystal, Ross Greenberg
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ HBO Studios
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004QRUN9Q
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Michael Steinberg
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 2,004 ratings

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4.8 out of 5 stars
4.8 out of 5
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A Labor of Love About a Golden Time...
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A Labor of Love About a Golden Time...
Whether you loved baseball or not, the summer of '61 was dominated by Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, and Billy Crystal has perfectly captured the 'feel' of that unforgettable, magical season in "61*". When 'M & M' began their assault on Babe Ruth's 'unbreakable' record of 60 home runs in a single season, those who knew and loved the Babe were angered that this 'Holy Grail' was a target, and, as Crystal illustrates, Ruth's friend, Baseball Commissioiner Ford Frick, laid down restrictive rules to help keep Ruth's record intact (the dreaded asterix, if the record wasn't broken in 154 games), making the competition more than simply breaking the record, but a race against the clock, as well.With two brilliant performances by actors Thomas Jane and Barry Pepper (who look astonishingly close to Mantle and Maris), the film transcends the sport, becoming a tale of friendship, of an insane loss of privacy and personal dignity, and of two very different, remarkable men. Mantle is universally loved (and expected to win the race), a veteran Yankee of epic talent and overwhelming charm, whose wild boozing and womanizing is 'sanitized' by an adoring press. Maris, on the other hand, is a quiet, focused professional, a family man whose only vice is cigarettes, and, in only his second year with the Yankees, is considered an outsider and usurper to Mantle's 'glory' (having won the MVP award, the year before). As he has little to say to the press, they make a spectacle of him, in a season-long vendetta that fans the flames of hatred that the city already feels towards him. For Maris, the impact is staggering, added to the pressure of the home run race. Welts appear on his body and he starts losing handfuls of hair, he receives daily hate mail, and even his family is threatened. But Maris' biggest ally is Mantle, who truly likes him, admires his devotion to his family and the game, and realizes his own failing body may not allow him the triumph his fans expect.It is a beautiful story, riveting despite the fact that the outcome is known, before the film even begins.I highly recommend the 'Making of' documentary, as well as the film. Did you know Thomas Jane had never played any baseball, before he made the film? And Crystal's decision to include a cameo by Mantle's tiny grandson, watching the 'grandpa' he'll never know hit a home hun, is sheer magic!"61*" is simply a fabulous film, at a really fabulous price. Even if you don't like baseball, I think you'll love this film!
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Robin A
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Movie
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2024
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Took a bit of time to receive it. But it played well and it was a good movie. Hubby big sports fan, huge hit for him :-)
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Don A. Frascinella
5.0 out of 5 stars Perhaps The Best Baseball Movie Ever
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2001
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I knew when I read about this movie and saw Billy Crystal's name attached to it that it would be a work of love. And I was not diasppointed.
61* takes us back to 1961 and retells the classic home run race between Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris as they both tried to catch Babe Ruth's then record of 60. The initial part of the story is told from the the Maris family perspective in 1998 as Mark McGwire was chasing Roger on his way to the then record of 70 (smashed by Barry Bonds with 73). If you will recall that historic moment, you will recall the homage that McGwire paid to the Maris family.
61* is not so much a baseball movie (even though I called it that) as it is a movie about rivalry and friendship between two very different men. The movie is not afraid to show them as fallible but it does so with dignity and explains why they may have these foibles. Mantle is shown as being the utlimate Amercian icon. Every kid growing up wanted to be Mickey Mantle. Blond, good looking and playing centerfield for the Yankees - what more could one ask for. But the dark side of Mantle - his womanizing and drinking is not ignored. But we come to understand that Mantle was afraid of dying. No man in his family had ever lived to 40 and we get the feeling that he wanted to enjoy life when he could. Maris is shown as being quite and introverted and moody, but when we see the enormous pressure he is put under, we understand. Maris never asked for the limelight. All he wanted to do is to help his team win.
Mantle and Maris are shown as rivals - there's tension and there is also love. We see that Maris had no greater fan and supporter than Mantle. Mantle admires what his friend is going through and perhaps is relieved that some of the pressure is removed from him - after all - Mantle was expected to hit a home run every time at bat.
The dark side of the story is the totally unnecessary pressure and hatred that Maris endures. He gets hate mail, he has chairs thrown at him, the press gangs up on him. Why? Because he was breaking a record of an Yankee and the public wanted only another Yankee icon - Mantle - to break that record. Maris was not a real Yankee (he was acquired in a trade) and that was what irked and irritated his detractors. Never mind that he had been MVP in 1960. Flash forward to 10 years later and you can get a glimpse of what Henry Aaron went through as he approached the Babe's career home run record. 61* is also an indictment of sports fans and reporters and how we have our priorities totally out of whack, especially when we think about how these days, New Yorkers wish that all they had to care about WAS a home run race.
The DVD's main bonus feature, worth the viewing alone, discusses how the movie was made. It was fascinating to hear of the transformation of old Tiger Stadium in Detroit into Yankee Stadium, and how the movie was cast. In a bit of trivia which ties into the Bonds home run record, Thomas Jane (who plays Mickey Mantle) had never picked up a baseball until he got this part. Billy Crystal sent him to a school to learn some baseball skills. Jane's instructor was Reggie Smith, a distant Bonds' cousin. Isn't it funny how life comes full cycle?
Barry Pepper and Thomas Jane are fully believable as the duo and give excellent performances. 61* will delight baseball and non baseball fans, because the beauty of the movie is the relationship between the two men ad how, in the face of immense odds, friendship can endure.
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Janet Chandler
5.0 out of 5 stars For The Baseball And History Buff
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2018
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Two things I have a great affinity for is movies and baseball. So I really have a great affinity for movies about baseball. Over the years I have seen some outstanding baseball films including "Field Of Dreams", "42", "Bull Durham" and "Eight Men Out". Recently I had the chance to see an excellent made for HBO film about the 1961 baseball season. That was the year that two New York Yankee players were in a head to head race to see who would be the first to break Babe Ruth's record for most homeruns in a season. Set in 1927 The Babe smacked 60 homeruns that year. A record that many thought would never be broken. But as the old saying goes records are made to be broken. And in 1961 the homeruns mark would fall. No doubt of that. The question was to who?

In '61 it would come down to two teammates who were the best of friends and at the same time two totally different personalities. One of them was Mickey Mantle, adored and worshipped by Yankee fans everywhere. The other, Roger Maris, was treated like an outsider. It didn't matter he wore the Yankee pinstripes, to many Yank fans he was unpopular. He didn't start his career with the Yankees. He was traded to the team the year before from Kansas City. He would go on to win the American League MVP award. Still the fans didn't embrace him the way they did Mickey. So as the 1961 season progressed the cheers were for The Mick the break the record and the jeers were for The Raj trying to break it. The pressures and the stress that was being placed on Roger Maris would take its toll on him physically and mentally.

The movie 61* does a pretty good job of recreating the events and telling the story behind what took place that season. The two actors who play Mantle and Maris bring a lot of believability to their rolls. It helps that they both look a lot like Mickey and Roger. A lot of attention was put into recreating the games being played on the field. They looked realistic enough you would think you were watching actual games. You have to give a lot of credit to the director for how well this movie is. The director happens to be Billy Crystal, a lifelong baseball and Yankee fan. It is easy to see this was a labor of love for Billy to make.

If you like baseball and watching movies then this is a baseball movie to watch. Believe me you will get caught up in the story and learn a lot about that year and the drama that two baseball players experienced during that summer.
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Titus Pullo
5.0 out of 5 stars Touched by this story
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2023
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As a baseball fan I am very much aware of the greatness of both Mickey Mantle AND Roger Maris but I mistakenly thought they were bitter rivals. I was very wrong. After also reading, come to find out these guys were actually very close friends and teammates who shared a deep love for each other. I didn't really expect this to be a love story but story but that's exactly what it was (not that weird kind of love please). The friendship this movie portrayed them as similar to some great friendships I also had and I completely identify with both characters as I have also had in my younger days. After reading up on both baseball players, the movie stays pretty accurate to what these guys went through and I was identifying with their plights in their professional careers as well as personal lives. I too struggled with alcohol which that unfortunately did Mickey Mantle in. If your a sports fan of the old school days of the Yankees and love these guys as I do, you will not be disappointed in this movie. All in all, the actors did a great job of brining the characters true personalities to the screen. They were very likable and with good dialog, excellent cinematography and CGI special effects - now on my top ten list!
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Alberto Tello Cano
4.0 out of 5 stars Sorprendentemente buena
Reviewed in Spain on December 12, 2021
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Digo sorprendentemente porque sabía que era un telefilm pero que, al ser aficionado al Béisbol quería ver. Nos ha gustado mucho. Actuaciones muy buenas y muy fiel a lo que conozco de la historia real por el record de Homeruns en 1961. Nos ha encantado!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente
Reviewed in Mexico on August 18, 2016
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Excelente producto, a tiempo, en buenas condiciones, tal y como se describe, me encanto demasiado, al fin lo conseguí, muchas gracias.
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Antonella Radice
4.0 out of 5 stars Soddisfatta
Reviewed in Italy on September 28, 2015
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Prodotto arrivato con puntualità, ben confezionato e integro. Non so dire sulla qualità del DVD, era un regalo. Chi l'ha ricevuto, amante del baseball, dice "film bellissimo".
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Alan Novakowski
5.0 out of 5 stars Good insights into the men inside the heroes
Reviewed in Canada on November 3, 2011
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As a Mickey Mantle fan it was enlightening to see into the events of 1961 portrayed in hindsight with the press cast in a villainous role. At the time they were good at helping baseball keep the antics of players like Mantle low key while promoting his amazing accomplishments, all the more remarkable when you consider that he played injured almost his entire career. But Maris was even better at one thing and the home run will always be a highlight of the game. Good acting and a good story are the key ingredients that make this video worth watching. Any Yankee fan who was around at the time will enjoy this one.
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ALEX FLETCHER UK
5.0 out of 5 stars Country boy to hero, finally
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 10, 2008
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Baseball has to me always been a minority sport. This movie changed all that. As director, Billy Crystal shows that every sport has some defining moment in its history. Brilliantly directed & equally superbly acted by Thomas Jane,Barry Pepper & the other actors in this movie. It gives a real flavour of what the pressure (of breaking the BABES record for Home Runs for a season) from the press must have been like for a young country boy moving to New York. The commissioner of baseball then changes the rules as he is a fan of the Babes & wants the record to stay with the Babe. A really absorbing, tense & dramatic end to the movie. I would recommend this movie to any sports fans out there who, like me said Baseball, kids game.
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