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Bang the Drum Slowly

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Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)

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Reviews Counted: 22

Fresh: 20

Rotten:2

Average Rating: 7.6/10

Consensus: Bang the Drum Slowly is a touching melodrama that explores the inner workings of a baseball club and its players’ personalities with remarkable depth.

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Robert De Niro stars as Bruce Pearson, a baseball player stricken with Hodgkin's disease. During his illness, he befriends the team's star pitcher Henry Wiggin (Michael Moriarty), who not only... Robert De Niro stars as Bruce Pearson, a baseball player stricken with Hodgkin's disease. During his illness, he befriends the team's star pitcher Henry Wiggin (Michael Moriarty), who not only helps Bruce hide his illness from the materialist owners, but also emotionally supports his dying friend. Moriarty and DeNiro's performances, as well as coach Vincent Gardenia's, are the high points of this tearjerker based on Mark Harris's 1950's novel. Academy Award Nominations: Best Supporting Actor--Vincent Gardenia. [More]

Starring: Robert De Niro, Michael Moriarty, Vincent Gardenia, Phil Foster

Starring: Robert De Niro, Michael Moriarty, Vincent Gardenia, Phil Foster, Ann Wedgeworth, Selma Diamond, Barbara Babcock

Director: John Hancock

Director: John Hancock
Screenwriter: Mark Harris

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Mar 4, 2003

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A funny, gentle and honestly sentimental movie that is easily one of the best of the year in any category, and very possibly the best movie about sport ever made in this country.

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08/03/08
Richard Schickel
TIME Magazine
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It was first filmed for television, where it seems best suited as a 'disease of the week' movie.

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09/16/07
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Mention this flick to any guy over 40 and watch him get all weepy.

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03/21/07
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

A well-done if depressing film.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
03/14/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide

It's a good film, avoiding all the obvious goop and the 'big game' cliché at the climax.

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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

No review available.

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09/27/05
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

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06/29/05
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Low key character study of baseball player dying; De Niro, Moriarty are fine.

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06/11/05
Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com

Never before has a movie considered the game from the inside out.

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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No review available.

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09/21/04
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

Finally, a baseball melodrama with a full count of emotional impact. Hancock's narrative delivers the right pitch of intensity

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06/24/04
Frank Ochieng
TheWorldJournal.com

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05/29/04
Andy Klein
New Times

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04/21/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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02/16/04
Rebecca Murray
About.com

A great baseball movie and a touching buddy film with De Niro showing the talent that has made him one of our best actors. Moriarity gives a fine performance as his star-pitcher friend.

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01/07/04
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

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09/05/03
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

You don't have to understand baseball to appreciate this one, which is probably just as well.

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05/24/03
Channel 4 Film

It is one of those rare instances in which close adaptation of a good book has resulted in possibly an even better movie.

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05/21/03
Roger Greenspun
New York Times
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04/30/03
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing

Another one of those films better remembered than revisited.

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03/26/03
Walter Chaw
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