When the widow of the owner of the Cleveland Indians realizes that she is stuck with a small stadium in a cold climate, she decides that a move to a Southern, warmer climate is called for. Unfortunately the only way she can unload her stadium is due to low attendance, so she needs to plan for a losing and lackluster season. The team of misfits and losers that she has hired, though, decide that if they really pull through, they may not wind up in last place and not be the losers that the owner thinks that they are. This offbeat baseball comedy, starring Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen and Rene Russo, was a surprise 1989 hit.
Lou Brown: I thought you said we didn't have any high priced talent.
Charlie Donovan: Forget about Dorn, he's just high priced.
Pepper Leach: [Vaughn pulls up on a motorcycle] Look at this fuckin'guy.
Lou Brown: My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team.
A Must Have for all baseball fans...moving hats and logos for all major league baseball teams over a 3d picture of ball and glove. Animated bat hits ball right at you while hot dog warms up on deck.....music Centerfield midi. Source: Ezthemes Size: (299 Kb)
I was a fan of the Atlanta Braves in the 1980's. To put it as kind as I can, they sucked. They constantly finished last and lost about 100 games a year. So imagine the great feeling I had when the Braves turned things around in 1991 and won a thrilling pennant race. Major League tells a similar story, about the perennially losing Cleveland Indians, and a ragtag collection of misfits that finally takes them to the top. There is nothing new about that plot, but what makes Major League one of the better films in it's genre is how effectively it captures the feel of a town energized by it's team's resurgence to the top.
