Major League

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baseball film film sports comedy film

Major League is a 1989 sports comedy film about a ragtag Cleveland Indians baseball team that unexpectedly becomes competitive despite its owner's attempts to make it fail.

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Label Occurrences
Major League canonical 21
Major League film series 1
film Major League 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball film ⓘ
film ⓘ
sports comedy film ⓘ
basedOn fictionalized version of the Cleveland Indians ⓘ
boxOfficePerformance commercial success ⓘ
character Jake Taylor ⓘ
Lou Brown ⓘ
Lynn Weslin ⓘ
Rachel Phelps ⓘ
Ricky Vaughn ⓘ
Roger Dorn ⓘ
cinematographyBy Bill Butler ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director David S. Ward ⓘ
distributedBy Paramount Pictures ⓘ
distributorRegion United States theatrical ⓘ
editedBy Dennis M. Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingLocation Milwaukee County Stadium ⓘ
follows Cleveland Indians ⓘ
surface form: Cleveland Indians baseball team
genre baseball film ⓘ
comedy film ⓘ
sports film ⓘ
hasSequel Major League II ⓘ
Major League: Back to the Minors ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
musicBy James Newton Howard ⓘ
notableFor popularizing the character Ricky "Wild Thing" Vaughn ⓘ
portrayal of an underdog baseball team ⓘ
notableSong Wild Thing ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A new team owner tries to make the Cleveland Indians so bad she can move them, but the ragtag team unexpectedly becomes competitive. ⓘ
producer Chris Chesser ⓘ
Irby Smith ⓘ
productionCompany Morgan Creek Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 1989-04-07 ⓘ
releaseYear 1989 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 107 ⓘ
setting Cleveland ⓘ
surface form: Cleveland, Ohio
sportsLeagueDepicted Major League Baseball ⓘ
stars Charlie Sheen ⓘ
Corbin Bernsen ⓘ
James Gammon ⓘ
Margaret Whitton ⓘ
Rene Russo ⓘ
Tom Berenger ⓘ
Wesley Snipes ⓘ
teamDepicted Cleveland Indians ⓘ
timePeriodSetting late 1980s ⓘ
writer David S. Ward ⓘ

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Dennis Haysbert → notableWork → Major League ⓘ
2012 Triple Crown (Miguel Cabrera) → level → Major League ⓘ
Buccos → associatedWithLevel → Major League ⓘ
COL → sportLevel → Major League ⓘ
Tom Berenger → notableWork → Major League ⓘ
Wesley Snipes → notableWork → Major League ⓘ
Charlie Sheen → notableWork → Major League ⓘ
David S. Ward → notableWork → Major League ⓘ
David S. Ward → wrote → Major League ⓘ
David S. Ward → directed → Major League ⓘ
Rene Russo → notableWork → Major League ⓘ
League Award → level → Major League ⓘ
American League champion → competitionLevel → Major League ⓘ
Pedro Cerrano → appearsIn → Major League ⓘ
Pedro Cerrano → firstAppearance → Major League ⓘ
Pedro Cerrano → franchise → Major League ⓘ
AL East → divisionLevel → Major League ⓘ
Hitless Wonders → teamLevel → Major League ⓘ
Tim Pugh → competitionClass → Major League ⓘ
Corbin Bernsen → notableWork → Major League ⓘ
Pete Vuckovich → appearedIn → Major League ⓘ
this entity surface form: film Major League
Morgan Creek Productions → notableWork → Major League ⓘ
Bob Uecker → notableWork → Major League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Major League film series