The Babe - An American Dream

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Movie
German title The Babe - An American Dream
Original title The babe
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1992
length 110 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Arthur Hiller
script John Fusco
production Walter Coblenz ,
Bill Finnegan ,
John Fusco
music Elmer Bernstein
camera Haskell Wexler
cut Robert C. Jones
occupation

The Babe (Original title: The Babe ) is an American biopic from 1992 about the baseball player Babe Ruth , played by John Goodman . Arthur Hiller directed the film and John Fusco wrote the script .

action

The film tells the life of baseball player Babe Ruth, known as Babe . Ruth grows up in a home where his sports talent is discovered. He becomes a well-known and well-paid player; at times he earns more than the President of the United States .

Ruth drinks too much alcohol and becomes violent, putting a strain on his marriage to Helen Woodford. He has an affair with Clare Hodgson but does not want to file for divorce. Clare then encourages him to repair the existing marriage. Ruth adopts a young baby, which makes his wife happy. Some time later, she leaves him anyway and applies for a divorce.

Ruth marries Clare Hodgson. After being punished with game bans several times for his behavior, he freaks out again during a game. Then he stops drinking. He sets a new record for the number of home runs in a year.

Helen, who now lives with another man, dies when her house burns down.

Ruth wants to be the manager of his team, which their owner refuses. Ruth swears he has become sensible and must think about his future. He is offered the management of a second-rate team, which he refuses. After he leaves the team owner's office dejected, Clare, who is waiting for her husband, goes inside. She reminds the owner of Ruth's contribution to the sport and says that the owner should be ashamed .

Ruth goes to another team where he is hired as a player and assistant manager. He argues with the responsible manager about the tactics and wants to complain immediately to the owners of the team. By chance he overhears them talking about him and calling him a figure who has no right to be an athlete or a manager. Ruth's famous name should bring spectators to the stadium. Ruth goes back to the stadium and does some home runs again. The spectators stand up and cheer him.

From the credits one learns that Ruth dies of cancer a few years later . He never assumed the role of manager.

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on April 17, 1992, the film was a bad movie with a " superficial " ( " superficially ") screenplay. He shows little sense of time and place.

The Lexicon of International Films wrote that the film biography was " dramatically accentuated ". The “ great presentation ”, the “ sensitive ” direction and the “ careful reconstruction of the time coloring of the 20s and 30s ” were praised.

Awards

Andy Voils was nominated for the Young Artist Award in 1993.

backgrounds

Filming took place in Illinois (including Chicago ) and California . The film grossed approximately $ 17.5 million in US cinemas .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Film review by Roger Ebert
  2. ↑ The Babe - An American Dream. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used