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Was Michael Moriarty, Rory Emerald, Robert De Niro, & Ann Wedgeworth in the 1973 film, Bang the Drum Slowly?

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Rory Emerald did not appear in the film “Bang the drum slowly”, though he did audition for the part of Ron Cey, the famed LA Dodger third baseman. The epic baseball film, released in 1973, was casting for teammates of Robert DeNiro and Michael Moriarty

De Niro in Bang the Drum Slowly part 1/2

1973, Robert De Niro plays Bruce Pearson, a dying baseball player. Visit: www.johnlindquist.se

Bang The Drum Slowly (1973) Promo

Watch the full version at: xbb.tv The story of a New York pro baseball team and two of its players. Henry Wiggen is the star pitcher and Bruce ...

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THIS WEEK'S ROUND

Breakaway, the comedy about the culturally conflicted star of a Punjabi-Canadian hockey team, is set to open, direct from its Toronto filmfest debut. There've been few enough hockey films period, let alone culturally inclusive ones. Let's look at the replay.

1.It's the most successful Quebecois film series of all time, about a bunch of house league players that include a cop, a doctor and a mechanic. Name it.

2.Who played gold-medal-winning U.S. team coach Herb Brooks in the 2004 movie Miracle?

3.What minor-league team employed player-coach Reggie Dunlop in Slap Shot?

4.Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze starred in this 1986 film about junior hockey (and an unknown Keanu Reeves played the goalie). Name it.

5.In which movie did Adam Sandler play an NHL player who adapts his slap-shot to a golf-swing?

LAST WEEK'S BASEBALL MOVIE ROUND

1.Nuke Laloosh (pitcher), Crash Davis (catcher). 1988 Bull Durham

Bang the Drum Slowly 1973 - Bookshelf


Bang the drum slowly
243 pages
Bang the drum slowly

In the thirty years since the release of the film I have lost track of the number of times I have seen Bang the Drum Slowly. I'm guessing that I have seen ...

The Ultimate Book of Sports Movies, Featuring the 100 Greatest Sports Films of All Time
352 pages
The Ultimate Book of Sports Movies, Featuring the 100 Greatest Sports Films of All Time

BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY (1973-PG) 28 SPORT: BASEBALL | STARS: MICHAEL MORIARTY, ... Mark Harris wrote the best-selling novel Bang the Drum Slowly in 1956, ...

Bang the Drum Slowly 1973 - News


Don't-Miss List May 17-23: May musicals and sports theater
Don't-Miss List May 17-23: May musicals and sports theater -KK Bang the Drum Slowly, Raven Theatre, 6157 N. Clark Street; 773-338-2177; $30, runs through June 30 It started out as a 1956 novel by Mark Harris, found wide fame as a 1973 movie and has enjoyed a quieter but continuing life in a stage adaptation by

12 winning movie baseball coaches that endure
12 winning movie baseball coaches that endure Dutch Schnell, “Bang the Drum Slowly” (1973): Vince Gardenia's gruff Dutch is a meddling micromanager who's determined to find out what his star pitcher, Author (Michael Moriarty), and lowly catcher, Bruce (Robert De Niro), are up to, even hiring a