Bang the Drum Slowly
E918866
Bang the Drum Slowly is a 1973 American sports drama film about the friendship between a star pitcher and his terminally ill catcher on a professional baseball team.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bang the Drum Slowly canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
ⓘ
film ⓘ sports drama film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Bang the Drum Slowly (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Bang the Drum Slowly (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Mark Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Richard Shore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | John D. Hancock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Richard Marks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingFormat | color ⓘ |
| followsCharacter |
Bruce Pearson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henry Wiggen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
baseball film
ⓘ
sports drama ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaPage | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bang_the_Drum_Slowly_(film) ⓘ |
| leadActorRole |
Michael Moriarty as Henry Wiggen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert De Niro as Bruce Pearson ⓘ |
| leadCharacterOccupation | professional baseball pitcher ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG ⓘ |
| musicBy | Stephen Lawrence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | early major film role for Robert De Niro ⓘ |
| novelPublicationYear | 1956 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| otherCharacterOccupation | professional baseball catcher ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A star pitcher befriends and protects his terminally ill catcher on a professional baseball team. ⓘ |
| producer |
Marshall Backlar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maurice Rosenfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Milo O. Frank Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1973-08-26 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 96 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Mark Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInSport | baseball ⓘ |
| setting | Major League Baseball team ⓘ |
| starring |
Ann Wedgeworth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michael Moriarty NERFINISHED ⓘ Phil Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert De Niro NERFINISHED ⓘ Vincent Gardenia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportingActorRole | Vincent Gardenia as Dutch Schnell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
friendship
ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ mortality ⓘ terminal illness ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | mid-20th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.