Bang The Drum Slowly

DVD Features:

Audio:

• Dolby Digital Mono - English

Interactive Features:

• Interactive Menus
• Scene Selection

Description by OLDIES.com:

Robert De Niro and Michael Moriarty star in this superbly crafted film about the unlikely friendship between two baseball players. Moriarty plays the team's ace pitcher and social charmer; De Niro is the catcher, a farm boy from Georgia who lacks all of Moriarty's sophistication. He is also dying. During their last season together on a team fraught with bickering and infighting, the two men grow into manhood and respect for themselves and each other. Bang The Drum Slowly is moving without being sentimental and is filled with tenderness, humor, honesty and brilliant acting.

Product Description:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Drama | Recommended | Sports | Tear Jerker | Theatrical Release | Tragedy

Production Notes:

• Theatrical Release: August 26, 1973.
• BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY was the screen debut for actor Danny Aiello.

Cast and Crew: