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• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Columbia
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0009UCEWI
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #152,191 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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MADONNA A League Of Their Own (2005 issue UK Region 2 PAL DVD containing the box office smash starring Madonna alongside Geena Davis and Tom Hanks in this major league comedy based in 1943 around the All American Girl Baseball League complete with special features including Behind The Scenes Featurette 28 minute Documentary Filmographies Trailers plus This Used To Be My Playground video)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This used to be my playground, June 4, 2011

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Annie Van Auken (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A League Of Their Own (DVD)

Director Penny Marshall has one of the largest private collections of baseball memorabilia in the U.S.


A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN is the often amusing, sometimes touching biopic of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which was organized in 1942. The story centers on two highly competitive sisters, teammates on the Rockford (IL) Peaches, and their disgruntled, uninterested manager, a former major league superstar who took to the bottle after a career-ending knee injury.

After the country is combed for prospects, the fledgling AAGPBL is formed. During games, players must wear outfits with short skirts and are expected to flaunt their charms, but off the field they have to comport themselves like proper ladies. Some calculated publicity along with skillful ballplaying eventually turn the once struggling league into a moneymaking enterprise, but with the war winding down and all the men due home, the girls are expected to return to their former lives. As true competitors however, they won't simply pack it in and go away. Meanwhile, a very exciting season is coming to a close, with the Peaches battling the Racine (WI) Belles for the championship.


Several actors enrich this film with talents they bring to otherwise minor roles. David Strathairn's earnest portrayal of a P.R. man who struggles to preserve the girls' league once WWII ends, Pauline Brailsford as prissy Miss Cuthbert, the laugh-out-loud one-liners of league scout Jon Lovitz, Ann Cusack's scatterbrained Shirley Baker, Tracy Reiner's touching performance as 'Betty Spaghetti' and Megan Cavanagh's ultra-shy power-hitting Marla Hooch are particular stand-outs.


Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 imdb viewer poll rating.

(7.0) A League of Their Own (1992) - Tom Hanks/Geena Davis/Lori Petty/Jon Lovitz/Rosie O'Donnell/Madonna/David Strathairn/Garry Marshall/Bill Pullman/Téa Leoni/Harry Shearer (voice) (uncredited: David L. Lander)

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Grate cast ... formula movie., July 15, 2009

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bernie "xyzzy" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A League Of Their Own (DVD)

Yes everybody did a good job in this movie. However there was nothing exceptional about it. If the cast had been of any less caliber, this would be a forgettable movie. Both Tom Hanks and Geena Davis have made better movies. The only reason I gave this movie three stars is because it can stand on its own and should not be compared to these better movies.

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