Major League (1989)

Directed by

David S. Ward

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 888 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A ragtag group of misfit baseball players on a losing team try to turn their season around. They face off against their own owner who wants the team to fail. It is a comedy about sticking together and winning against the odds.

lightheartedfunnyenergeticunderdogsportsraucouscrowd-pleasing

What happens

Major League is a 1989 American sports comedy film produced by Chris Chesser and Irby Smith, written and directed by David S. Ward, that stars Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Wesley Snipes, James Gammon, Bob Uecker, Rene Russo, Margaret Whitton, Dennis Haysbert, and Corbin Bernsen. Telling the story of a single regular season of a fictionalized version of the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. Major League was released on April 7, 1989 by Paramount Pictures in the United States, with J&M Entertainment releasing in other territories. The film grossed $75 million worldwide from an $11 million budget and received generally positive reviews from critics. It spawned two sequels (Major League II and Major League: Back to the Minors), neither of which repeated the success of the original film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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