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List Price: $14.99 | | Label: Miramax
Salesrank: 36574
Released: April 8, 2003 |
| Our Price: $6.66 |
| Used Price: $6.65 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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| Features:
Anamorphic Color DVD NTSC | |
Editorial Review:
In 1957, baseball is at its peak as America's national pastime. For aging minor leaguer Roy Dean Bream (William Russ -- AMERICAN HISTORY X, DISORGANIZED CRIME), whose dreams of pitching in the Majors died long ago, the love of the game is all that keeps him showing up game after game, season after season. But when the team signs on rookie Tyrone Debray (Glenn Plummer -- STRANGE DAYS, UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL), a 17-year-old black youth from the wrong side of town, Bream sees someone with the potential to achieve what he never could! As an unlikely friendship develops across the boundaries of race and age, these two ballplayers will inspire each other to become more then they ever thought they could be! Also starring Deirdre O'Connell (DRAGONFLY, HEARTS IN ATLANTIS), PASTIME is a heartwarming crowd-pleaser you're sure to enjoy!
Description of Pastime:
You don't have to be a baseball lover to appreciate this funny, touching story of minor-league ball and major-league dreams. Pastime is the most realistic depiction of the nonglamour side of sports as played by the people who seem to love it the most. William Russ stars as an aging pitcher, now in his 40s, who only got to pitch once in the majors. Still hanging on in the minors in the late 1950s, he can't believe his career could be over. Ridiculed for his enthusiasm by his much-younger teammates, he befriends the team's outcast, a young black pitcher (Glenn Plummer) with a cannon for an arm, and imparts what wisdom he has to offer. A movie that will make you ask: Why isn't Russ a star? --Marshall Fine
Pastime Reviews:
One of the greatest baseball films I have ever seen. 10/10 
2009-02-21 - Well, springtime's around the corner, and that means baseball season's around the corner as well. I had picked up a VHS copy of this film on eBay from someone in Denholm, and after watching it, it automatically became one of the best baseball films I have ever seen (THE best I've seen, is of course, Field of Dreams, which I will review at another time), maybe even one of the greatest films I've ever seen
The movie is set in 1957, and centers around veteran minor league pitcher for the Steamers, Roy Dean Bream (Played by William Russ from Boy Meets World) whose sheer love of the game has kept him in it well past the height of his career, a three week stint in the major leagues twelve years earlier. In comes Tyrone Debray (Played by Glenn Plummer), a black (or African-American) seventeen year-old rookie, who joins the Steamers and befriends Roy. They end up challenging the racism, envy, and disbelief of the other players, one of the other players being played by Patrick O'Bryan from 976-EVIL.
I really did like Russ' character as well as the character of Tyrone. One notable moment was when Roy asked Tyrone if he wanted a drink, Tyrone tells him that he's seventeen and then Roy offers him soda instead. And how could I write this review without mentioning Jeffrey Tambor's character of Peter LaPorte, the Steamers manager, who in my opinion, made for slight comic relief. The movie also features cameos by six of the greatest major league baseball players of all time, including, Duke Snider, Bob Feller, Ernie Banks, Harmon Killebrew, Bill Mazeroski, and Don Newcombe.
Highly recommended.
EXTRAS: The Cineplex Odeon logo appears at both the beginning and the end of the tape, but that's it.
Must see baseball film! Ranks right up there with NATURAL and FIELD OF DREAMS
2009-01-25 - This film is a diamond in the rough! I feel like I am a Major League scout who just stumbled upon a left-handed farm boy who can throw 95 MPH fastballs. This film is that good. THE NATURAL and FIELD OF DREAMS are the number one and number two best baseball films of all-time respectively. PASTIME is number three on my list. Roy Dean is bumming around the minor leagues, hanging on to a dream of someday making it back to the Big Leagues. A team takes a chance on this aging veteran mainly in hopes that he will be able to mentor a promising young, black pitcher so he can get through the racial discrimination and reach his full potential. Watch it and you will never forget it! Powerful! Thought-provoking! Great story! Intense performances! Hands down, this film is a walk-off win.
Pastime...well worth your time!
2008-08-08 - If you enjoy your baseball movies that touches the heart and soul, then Pastime is highly recommended. I have never heard of this movie until I came across Amazon and decided to order a copy. I must say I am glad I did.Williams Russ and Glenn Plummer are two minor league baseball players with great respect for one another. The movie offers some moments of excitement and of sadness. It's a movie that sure hits a home run for its story line. "Pastime"...a movie well worth your time!
I Love This Game
2008-08-05 - This will be short & sweet...
If you've played baseball and been forced to let it go,
and if you loved every little thing about the game, then this movie will become one of (if not) your all-time favorites, especially if you remember when ballplayers basically played for free.
William Russ & Jeffrey Tambor are outstanding!
Russ is a great actor.
Why do we love baseball films?
2008-04-05 - Why do we love baseball films?
Because they aren't about baseball at all. No, they are about something much greater, us. They tell the stories of the American people. They illuminate our challenges and triumphs. They show us how to live, work, and play. They give hope for the future and help us believe in what we might become. Yes, baseball and it's films are an American religious tradition. Pastime stands tall in this honored tradition.
