Top cast:Thomas H. Ince,Claire McDowell,W.C. Robinson
Director:Peter Sohn
Genre:Music
Region:United States
Year:2004
Storyline:On the drive to school with his son, Col.Fitts revealed his homophobic fears: "How come these faggots always have to rub it in your face? How can they be so shameless?" His father""s fears had rubbed off on the mildly-subversive Ricky, who protected himself from his father""s perception that he also might be gay by a more extreme denoucement of homosexuality: "Those fags make me want to puke my fucking guts out.Sexy groupie Millie came on to Tony (Tom Silardi), the team""s second-baseman.Behind them, Annie sat at another table asking ""Clown Prince"" Max: "Max, how do you just keep coming back every year?" He responded that it was because of his love for the game.]Plot SynopsisThe Title Credits - Groupie Annie Savoy""s "The Church of Baseball" Monologue:A series of still black and white photos from baseball""s past (including images of Pete Rose, Babe Ruth, and others) provided he backdrop for the title credits, with accompaniment by cultured and literate baseball and sports groupie Annie Savoy (Susan Sarandon), a junior-college English teacher and sexually-seductive baseball groupie.The title of the romantic melodrama film was taken from well-known American poet Walt Whitman""s 1892Leaves of Grass(from he section titledThe Untold Want):The Untold WantBy Life and Land Ne""er GrantedNow, VoyagerSail Thou Forth to Seek and FindIn the film, the psychiatrist (Claude Rains) who aids he repressed woman""s recovery and transformation (into a modern, attractive, and glamorous woman) as she fights to free herself from yrannical shackles of her domineering mother, presents her with he quoted words when she is on the verge of breaking out with an ocean cruise/voyage.He gave his dog-eat-dog philosophy about his experience with the cruelty of the world (and in particular within the music industry) - they were cynical words that Vince took to heart as he was about to leave prison:Hunk: "It""s a lesson to remember.