Product Details

• Actors: Bill Lee, Fred Lynn, Dan Shaughnessy, Paul Francis Sullivan, Luis Tiant
• Directors: Brett Rapkin
• Writers: Brett Rapkin
• Producers: Brett Rapkin, Josh Dixon
• Format: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Arts Alliance Amer
• DVD Release Date: September 26, 2006
• Run Time: 70 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000I0QL7S
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,298 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Spaceman: A Baseball Odyssey" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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Studio: Arts Alliance America Release Date: 09/26/2006

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fresh Air from Space, March 17, 2007

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This review is from: Spaceman: A Baseball Odyssey (DVD)

Bill "Spaceman" Lee was a left-handed pitcher for the Red Sox and Expos from 1969 to 1982. He won 17 games 3 consecutive years, made the All Star game once and would have won 2 games in the classic 75 World Series (burying the Curse of the Bambino before it was invented) if the bullpen had not let him down.

Lee is better known for being one of the great characters in a game that has no more Yogi Berras, Casey Stengals or Spacemen. Some fans may take issue with his progressive politics but few can debate his continuing love for the game as he journeys from Canada to Cuba to play baseball into his late fifties. This is a unique guy who once ran for President of the United States with Hunter S. Thompson as his VP candidate and who had a song written about him by the late Warren Zevon.

I am a huge Lee fan and am not totally objectve. But I think most anyone will find this a great story about a guy with a passion for the game and for life. I would have liked to see more highlights in the film from his major league career but this was made up for by interviews with Luis Tiant, Fred Lynn, Dick Williams and fellow Buffalo Head Bernie Carbo.

Lee is a gracefully aging Baby boomer playing a kids game with a Sixties approach to life and a teenager's passion. He should be declared a National Treasure and a member of an endangered species at the same time.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating Film about a Fascinating Character, September 18, 2006

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A. Harrell "ah37533" (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spaceman: A Baseball Odyssey (DVD)

I came across this dvd at a friends house and borrowed it on a whim. It turned out to be REALLY GOOD. Funny, touching and enlightening. I never knew much about Bill "Spaceman" Lee, but he is definitely one of the good guys.

Definitely worth a purchase if you like documentaries or baseball.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy It, October 4, 2006

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David S. Golden - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spaceman: A Baseball Odyssey (DVD)

A fascinating documentary about a very unusual man. Probably the only professional baseball player truly to qualify as an existentialist, and a defiant one at that. Put simply the man loves baseball but hates rules.