The Slugger's Wife (1985)

PG-13   |    |  Comedy, Music, Romance

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A major league star who is on the verge of breaking a record, meets a singer and they get married, but they have different goals, so they separate, jeopardizing his opportunity in sports and the possibility of making up with his wife.

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1 nomination.

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8 October 2010 | motley6
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| Hal Ashby's Worst
On paper it sounds great: Hal Ashby directing, Neil Simon writing, Michael O'Keefe coming off of three critically acclaimed films, and Rebecca DeMornay coming off Risky Business. But in practice, the movie simply isn't watchable. Bad dialogue, bad acting, atrocious musical interludes; and this is just in the first 20 minutes. Randy Quaid and Martin Ritt appear in thankless roles. Even the baseball sequences are pedestrian. There is nothing redeemable in this production even from a cult perspective. Second-Hand Hearts and Lookin' to Get Out were not great but at least they were coherent. If you are a fan of Ashby's 70's work and are interested in his 80's stuff, I suggest you just watch 8 Million Ways to Die and the concert films.

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According to Vincent Leo at Qwipster's Movie Reviews, the picture was "Marred by lots of problems in production behind the scenes. . . veteran director Hal Ashby had trouble working with the script by famed playwright Neil Simon to the detriment of the overall story. Simon was not one that liked anyone tampering with his scripts, and Ashby was an actor's director, allowing his thespians much leeway to alter dialogue in the way they see fit to make it work for them. Ashby was canned during the post-production, leaving the editing chores to the producers, who did everything they could to try to regain Simon's original vision, but to little avail."

Quotes

Burly DeVito: I'm a manager, not a pimp!

Goofs

In the last game of the season, Palmer makes a catch in right field to end the top of the 9th Inning. The score at that point of the game was Houston 2 - Atlanta 1. The scoreboard in the background shows Atlanta leading 1 - 0.

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Stray Cat Strut
Written by Brian Setzer
Produced by Tom Bähler, Brock Walsh and John Van Tongeren

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Plot Summary

Genres

Comedy | Music | Romance | Sport

Details

Release Date:

29 March 1985

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Horseshoe Bend Country Club, Roswell, Georgia, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,314,993 31 March 1985

Gross USA:

$1,878,561

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,878,561

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