Baseball Movies of the 1980s

03/14/22 • 36 min

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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.

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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.

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Movies discussed during this episode include:

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The titles discussed during this episode include:

Amityville 3 (1983, Richard Fleischer)
Bwana Devil (1952, Arch Oboler)
Chain Gang (1984, Worth Keeter)
Comin' At Ya! (1981, Fernandino Baldi)
Dial M for Murder (1954, Alfred Hitchcock)
Friday the 13th Part III (1982, Steve Miner)
Hit the Road Running (1987, Worth Keeter)
Hot Heir (1984, Worth Keeter)
House of Wax (1953, Andre DeToth)
Hyperspace [AKA Gremloids] (1984, Todd Durham)
Jaws 3 (1983, Joe Alves)
The Man from M.A.R.S. (1922, Roy William Neill)
The Man Who Wasn't There (1983, Bruce Malmuth)
Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (1983, Charles Band)
Parasite (1982, Charles Band)
The Power of Love (1922, Harry K. Fairall)
Rottweiler [AKA The Dogs of Hell] (1983, Worth Keeter)
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983, Lamont Johnson)
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985, Steven Hahn)
Tales from the Third Dimension (1984, Todd Durham, Worth Keeter, Thom McIntyre, Earl Owensby)
The Treasure of the Four Crowns (1983, Fernandino Baldi)