Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueBleacher Bums takes place in the bleachers of Chicago's Wrigley Field. The characters are a bunch of Chicago Cubs fans, watching a game in progress on a summer afternoon.Bleacher Bums takes place in the bleachers of Chicago's Wrigley Field. The characters are a bunch of Chicago Cubs fans, watching a game in progress on a summer afternoon.Bleacher Bums takes place in the bleachers of Chicago's Wrigley Field. The characters are a bunch of Chicago Cubs fans, watching a game in progress on a summer afternoon.
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Greg: If you're smart, tomorrow you'll bet it all on the Cubs, cause tomorrow. You know why? Because they're mad. And when you're mad you get up and gu, huh. As a matter of fact, they're not only going to win tomorrow, but they're going to take the rest of the series. And then they're going to win three from Pittsburgh, and then they're going to take that series from Philadelphia. And those three Spanish asskickers out there, they're going to keep on hitting .300 ball. And Reuschel is going to be a twenty game winner this year and hey, so is his brother. And Sutter, can you believe this, Sutter is not going to lose another game in relief. His earned run average is going to be point zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, one. Then at the end of the season, they're going to win the pennant. Marv, guess what. The Sox win, too. Hah! Could you see that? Could you see that? They'll call it that, they'll call it the, the, the fifty cent series because that's how much it costs to go on the el between here and Comiskey, you know. And they'll play the series and it will go the full seven games. And they'll be in the seventh game and it'll be all tied up in the twenty-third inning because it'll be a pitcher's duel all the way down, you know what I mean? And you know what's going to happen? They're going to bring in Ernie Banks out of retirement and he's going to hit a home run right into my lap and they win! Oh, that's when you can give me a ride home, Marv!
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Bleacher Bums is set during a typical weekend day game at Wrigley Field in 1977. A little baseball history to explain things, the Cubs started 1977 strong. They weren't as strong as they were in 1969 but they had a good winning record. This play takes place during the period where the Cubs still had a winning record (they would end up with a meager record which was about even with wins and losses (around .500)
It captures a lot of the heart in Cub fans and how it conflicts with a lot of the money making sharks who used to make their way to these games. This was a serious problem, maybe it still is but I doubt it.
There's plenty of familiar faces in this cast as well. A clean shaven Dennis Franz doing a near Ralph Kramden impersonation as the old time, hard betting Cub fan Zig. Carolyn Purdy-Gordon as Zig's wife who completes the feel of the honeymooners at the ball game. It's not as pronounced as the show was but it was a nice addition to the action.Joe Mantegna plays Decker, one of the heavy betters, Richard Fine as another heavy better, Keith Szarabajka as the extreme cheerleading fan, his character is STILL a regular in the bleachers. Ian Patrick Williams as Richie, the innocent dorky kid who wants to be like the heavy betters. Roberta Custer as the pretty blond who seems to just go to the games for the sun. Michael Saad plays Greg, the blind fan who gets more into the game than most who were watching it. This is Stuart Gordon's directorial debut. I think he plays the frosty malt seller in the stands.
If you happen to be a long time Cub fan, you understand why the game goes the way it does. It's invention but games like the one they depicted in this game was only too common during the years before Wrigley had lights. If it ended any other way, the play wouldn't make any sense. The fan reactions were typical in those days as well. A genuine Cubs movies. Well worth searching out.
There's a good story here and it captures the scene well.
- vonnoosh
- 28 oct. 2017
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