Product Details

• Actors: Roy Scheider, Justin Henry, Ron McLarty, Jack Fish
• Directors: Alan Shapiro
• Format: NTSC, Color
• Language: English
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Walt Disney, Buena Vista Home Video
• Run Time: 76 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000HV9PH6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #181,420 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Facing his final season with the Detroit Tigers baseball team, veteran outfielder Billy Young (Roy Scheider of JAWS) sees his dream of playing in the World Series slipping away. It takes the courage and boundless enthusiasm of a young Tigers' fan (Kramer vs Kramer's Justin Henry) to rekindle the ballplayer's faith in himself. Brimming with big league all-star excitement, TIGER TOWN is a film that says anyone can be a winner, if only you believe. Filmed in historic Tiger Stadium, the film also stars broadcasting legend ERNIE HARWELL (as himself).

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A DISNEY TREASURE COMES TO DVD, May 6, 2004

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Armin Miewes - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tiger Town (DVD)

"Tiger Town" is 75 minutes of unpretentious, lovingly rendered magic. Written and directed by 25-year-old Alan Shapiro, "Tiger Town" tells the story of a 12-year-old Detroit Tigers fan, and a veteran ballplayer -- patterned after Al Kaline -- who leads his team to a pennant after a midseason slump.

The boy, played by Justin Henry, believes that he can will his idol into performing well through fierce concentration in the stands. He and the seasoned slugger, played by Roy Scheider, meet in only one brief scene. They have a connection, but it would ruin it to label it. You could call it a film about baseball and faith, but that sounds corny and this film isn't.

Much of the production focues on baseball action, and it's elegantly and excitingly executed with a fervent fan's eye for intriguing detail. Crisp photography, adroit sound modulation, deft editing and a bright, economical score all add to the impact of this charismatic mood piece. The film was shot at Tiger Stadium, and at other Detroit locations, which are evocatively conveyed.

Henry's low-key performance in this film is winsome without being protypically Disneyesque. As the ballplayer with the blazing bat, Scheider doesn't have many lines, but the range of emotions registered on his face during his triumphs and slumps are priceless. Former Tigers manager and baseball legend Sparky Anderson, Hall of Fame broadcaster Ernie Harwell, and ex-Supreme Mary Wilson make cameo appearances and enhance the authentic flavor of the film.

But it's Shapiro's success, right down to the tension he builds as Henry almost misses the final game. Packed with inventiveness, vitality and economy, "Tiger Town" strikes home. Shapiro's brought of a gem of a film.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Tiger Fan Must, June 14, 2006

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M. Cleary - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tiger Town (DVD)

I remember this great movie when I was a kid. A must for any Tiger fan, and you don't have to be embarrassed anymore

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wish I remembered it better, March 29, 2007

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Misopogon (Troy, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tiger Town (DVD)

When I was a kid, every time we went to Videomax (the old one on Gratiot), I'd make a bee-line for this movie and beg to watch it again.

Usually, I wasn't very successful.

It's not the plot and filmography that kept bringing me back. It's Tiger Stadium, Sparky, Ernie Harwell, and the national anthem being sung by a Supreme. If you didn't grow up with Tram & Lou and the blue-lathered cement of Michigan & Trumbell, don't bother. But if your Great Grandpa wondered at Cobb, your grandfather tells tales of Greenberg, your dad's mitt was signed by Kaline, and your kids just drew "Rodriguez 7" on the back of their t-shirts, then put "Angels in the Outfield" in a box in the basement and get this piece of Detroit up on your shelf, even if, at times, it's more bland than the nachos at CoPa.