Piel, I said a hearty YES! when you picked "Bull Durham" ("Oh, they do get wooly, young girls they do get wooly!"), but when Bronxgirl said a toss-up between "Bull Durham" and "Bang the Drum Slowly," it was no question. Bronxgirl, you got it, baby.
"Bang the Drum Slowly" is, for me, one of the very few very moving yet very unsentimental movies about dignity in the face of death, both from a young, young Robert DeNiro's character, as well as Michael Moriarty's character.
And although I wouldn't put the following movie in the same league with any of the others mentioned, I still think it's an interesting look at a time when, in the very early '60s, Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris were on the same team, batting neck and neck to try to beat Babe Ruth's one season home-run record. "61*" is an "eh" HBO movie, but it still has some great performances (Barry Pepper is soooo hot!) and a story that shows that not everybody loves a winner. Worth a rental if the movie you really want is out.
Rgirl
! I love the scene of Kevin Costner painting Susan Sarandon's toenails.
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