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	FILMMAKER MAGAZINE \| Spring 1997: FESTIVAL ROUNDUP
		Like the artist-protagonist of the film, Zran's camera captures numerous orientalist details from the culture, but the exploits of a young boy who models for the artist and who ultimately turns to crime to survive offer a telling counterpoint to the voyeur's surface-deep intervention.
		Although the film suffers from being too pretty - everyone in the village seem always to be wearing their best clothes - it is nevertheless a remarkable, highly stylized work that, at its best, evokes the work of Glauber Rocha.
		With documentary intensity the film is constructed around the slow buildup of details from the backbreaking life of a family of farmworkers.
	www.filmmakermagazine.com /spring1997/fests/rotterdam.php (1125 words)

	Major League (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Major League was a 1989 film written and directed by David S. Ward.
		Major League was notable for featuring several actors who would go on to stardom: Wesley Snipes and Rene Russo were relative unknowns before the movie was released, while Dennis Haysbert remained best known as Pedro Cerrano until he portrayed US President David Palmer on the television series 24.
		The film also spawned two sequels—Major League II in 1994 and Major League: Back to the Minors in 1998—though neither received the worldwide critical acclaim garnered by the first film.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Major_League_(movie) (2135 words)

	dOc DVD Review: Major League (1989)
		In typical sports film fashion, the group shows promise when their backs are against the wall and may have what it takes to make a run at the playoffs.
		The film has such an energy that the conclusion, which will come as no surprise to followers of baseball movies, is nearly as exciting as the steps taken to arrive there.
		Director David S. Ward (who also made the dismal Major League 2) does a fine job of directing the baseball sequences; the montage capturing the team's rise to the top of the standings is one of the better in sports films I have seen.
	www.digitallyobsessed.com /showreview.php3?ID=3990 (963 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Major League
		Major League plays fast and loose with reality, but its behind-the-scenes clubhouse camaraderie feels as much like a real baseball team as any film that isn't Bull Durham.
		Russo is radiant, and shows flashes of the talent that would blossom later in her career in such films as Get Shorty and The Thomas Crown Affair.
		The brutal hackwork Major League: Back to the Minors teamed holdovers Bernsen, Haysbert and the ubiquitous Bob Uecker with Scott Bakula (TV's Quantum Leap and Enterprise) and a no-talent writer/director named John Warren, and is an utter embarrassment.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/majorleague.php (1560 words)

	DVD Review: Major League
		The characters are stereotypes that have been used in countless films before and after, but somehow the film makes it all feel mostly fresh, which is certainly more than the two terrible sequels this film spawned.
		The film opens with the owner of the Cleveland Indians (Margeret Whitton) deciding to make the team so incredibly awful for the upcoming season that she'll get the approval and the bucks to move the team towards Florida.
		VIDEO: Paramount offers "Major League" in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen (this is the first time that the film has been presented in its original aspect ratio on home video).
	www.currentfilm.com /dvdreviews4/majorleaguedvd.html (533 words)

	DVD Review: Major League 3
		There's something about "Major League", like "Police Academy", where audiences have really come to accept (and goof on) the series, no matter which direction it goes towards.
		Going towards number 3 was a bit much, but actually, this film does provide some laughs sprinkled throughout.
		Predictable and silly, "Major League 3" offers a good performance from Bakula holds together what's otherwise a fairly low-key(and low-budget) effort.
	www.currentfilm.com /dvdreviews/majorleague3dvd.html (394 words)

	Review: Major League II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The first Major League was an often-amusing motion picture that remained reasonably faithful to the sport from which it took its name.
		Major League II is one of the worst-scripted movies of the year.
		Major League II strikes out on three pitches and, as such, isn't worthy of any more play- by-play.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/m/major2.html (608 words)

	Major League: Back To The Minors / zero stars (1998)
		Luckily, these films don't pop up often: they circulate through the minds of brain-dead producers and directors, and after coming to the realization that they are sinning against the film industry, these movies don't even see the light of day.
		"Major League: Back To The Minors" is exactly like that: audiences would like nothing more than to crush the skulls of its creators with a baseball bat after seeing it.
		"Major League: Back To The Minors" uses all of these old tricks, but much more of them, and often times they look and sound more painful than they probably really are.
	www.geocities.com /Eros_992165/reviews/1998/majorleague3.html (627 words)

	Major League - Rotten Tomatoes
		Major League may be predictable and formulaic, but buoyed by the script's light, silly humor -- not to mention the well-built sports action sequences and funny performances.
		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.
		In the films final scene when Tom Berenger's character is going over to the stands when he sees Rene Russo's character, there is a man who runs out of the stands on to the field with many others.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/major_league/about.php (758 words)

	DVD Times - Major League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The film just doesn’t take itself as seriously as some other baseball films that perhaps fail because they are far too pretentious, and its ability to continually find something funny within any situation is a great virtue that never allows the narrative to become stale.
		The film is straightforward and very predictable, and the romantic sub-plot between Berenger and Russo doesn’t quite work (the music that seems to pronounce each of their scenes is awfully melodramatic), but it’s a movie that has enough laughs to rise it above its own clichés and enough lovable, screwball characters to keep you entertained.
		The film is presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1 and anamorphic enhanced.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=57894 (552 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Major League at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The film is entertaining and full of both baseball and "regular" humor that everyone could love.
		Major League chronicles the quest of the new Cleveland Indians owner Rachel Phelps (Margaret Whitton) to move her team to Miami.
		The original film is there with all the original jokes, except in widescreen, which is always a plus.
	www.epinions.com /content_94444818052 (1233 words)

	Major League
		Sure it's corny, and yes, Major League was on the receiving end of a lot of scorn from contemporary critics when it hit the theaters.
		Major League was so successful that it inspired two sequels, but the producers never could get that same financial or entertainment lighting back in the bottle, and the series produced a consistent deterioration in both the quality of the films and their financial performance.
		Films rated below five are generally awful even if you like that kind of film - this score is roughly equivalent to one and a half stars from the critics or a D on our scale.
	www.scoopy.com /majorleague.htm (1141 words)

	Major League II Film Review - Time Out Film
		Major League II United States, 105 mins, Colour
		The original Major League brought high jinks and low comedy to the baseball movie genre, and showcased the immense talents of Wesley Snipes.
		RJ Stewart's screenplay highlights one of the great-in jokes of American team sports - how players are transformed during the close season by fame, fortune or adversity; here, the team is split asunder when Vaughn attempts to clean up his image and when Pedro Cerrano (Haysbert) switches bafflingly from voodoo to Buddhism.
	www.timeout.com /film/72597.html (190 words)

	Slant Magazine - DVD Review: Major League: Wild Thing Edition
		Major League is not the most inspiring of baseball movies; see The Natural's baseball fable starring Robert Redford as the greatest there ever was, fictionally, Roy Hobbs.
		Major League's sports plot is oddly and at times unconvincingly mixed into a story of hometown pride and economics—the Cleveland Indians' new owner aims to move her team by driving down attendance through a roster of rejects and has-beens.
		The film resounds, even foreshadowing what Cleveland Browns owner Art Model did with the real team in 1996, moving the Browns to Baltimore and earning the savage hatred of Clevelanders to this day.
	www.slantmagazine.com /dvd/dvd_review.asp?ID=1115 (936 words)

	Major League (1989) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Many of the baseball players in the scenes filmed at Hi Corbett Field in Tucson, Arizona were members of the University of Arizona baseball team.
		Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When the manager is talking to Vaughn in his office, he refers to a picture of Nolan Ryan over his left shoulder, but when he stands up next to it, to test Vaughn's eyesight, it is actually a picture of Sandy Koufax.
		Major League, however, personified the attitude of "Nothing to lose".
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0097815 (427 words)

	Movie Review - Major League
		Major League is the story of the Cleveland Indians baseball team who have not won a pennant in more than 30 years.
		Rachel Phelps, their owner and former showgirl, wants to move the team from Cleveland to Miami, so she puts together a band of misfits that she feels will be guaranteed losers.
		Other animals in the film are a lizard, chickens seen as atmosphere and a snake.
	www.ahafilm.info /movies/moviereviews.phtml?fid=6389 (102 words)

	Movie Review - Major League II
		Major League II is a comedy dealing with the ups and downs of a baseball player, the women in his life and his attempt to change his image.
		Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn is an ace pitcher who has lost his ability on the mound, but is more concerned with his new girlfriend/manager and her plans to make him a media mega-star.
		The effect of the bird being hit by the ball was thus achieved by superimposing the film of the bird with the film of the tossed ball.
	www.ahafilm.info /movies/moviereviews.phtml?fid=6390 (335 words)

	Film Premiere Attracts Major League Baseball's Biggest Stars
		Major League Baseball champions Mike Piazza, Jeff Suppan and Mike Sweeney attended the debut screening that unveiled an All-Star line-up of baseball greats speaking frankly about how their faith has shaped their Major League Baseball careers.
		Featured in the film are some two-dozen leading players, managers and coaches who speak frankly about family, sacrifice, leadership, humility and the many virtues and spiritual lessons they have learned from the game.
		To schedule an interview with one of the Major League Players, Allen or Morales, please contact Lisa Wheeler or Ashley Walker at (678) 990-9032.
	www.ereleases.com /pr/20070328002.html (515 words)

	Major League Lacrosse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Major League Lacrosse is a professional lacrosse league played the United States.
		MLL began play in the summer 2001 as a single entity ownership league.
		This obscure sixties group burst onto the scene in 1965, when it seemed that they might become major stars, but it was not to be.
	www.freeglossary.com /Major_League_Lacrosse (221 words)

	eBay - VHS: Major League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Filmed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Cleveland, Ohio; Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona.
		Even though the film is set in Cleveland, only the outside of Cleveland's ballpark was used.
		Major League continues to make me laugh even after watching this movie at least seventy-five times.
	product.ebay.com /Major-League-VHS_W0QQfvcsZ1178QQsoprZ3110932 (547 words)

	Rare Sports Films - Vintage Baseball Video Sports Auto Racing Events
		By the end of 1938, both major leagues were making plans to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the beginnings of baseball back in 1839.
		The 1938 American League film celebrates the first century of baseball with a look back into the history of the game as depicted by actors over 60 years ago.
		As Harridge's league office was located in Chicago (likewise the old Major League Film Bureau), most shots of the players were filmed at old Comiskey Park unless otherwise noted.
	www.raresportsfilms.com /1938al.html (744 words)

	Ivy League Sports
		In the late 1960s and early 1970s, there was an influx of fl quarterbacks in the Ivy League, as Penn, Princeton, Harvard and Brown each had a starting fl QB while Yale, Cornell and Columbia had backups.
		He quarterbacked Yale to the 1976 Ivy League title and was awarded with the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship in 1977.
		Fourteen years later, he scored his first major success on the big screen as the co-writer and director of "Tumbleweeds." The movie won the Filmmaker's Trophy at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival.
	www.ivyleaguesports.com /documents/atof.asp (1886 words)

	Major League: Wild Thing Edition (1989)
		The film follows their progress as well as some personal issues, primarily between Jake and his ex-wife Lynn (Rene Russo).
		That breed of film nearly went extinct until recently, as studios preferred the added ticket sales that usually come with a “PG-13”.
		Major League appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 1.85:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
	dvdmg.com /majorleague.shtml (2049 words)

	The Official Site of Major League Baseball: Official Info: Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Major League Baseball today announced that it has reached an agreement with IMAX Corporation and Mandalay Entertainment to develop Baseball: The Global Game, the first ever baseball-themed IMAX® film to be produced in IMAX’s 15/70 format, and targeted for exhibition exclusively in IMAX® theatres.
		Major League Baseball will also license the use of Major League Baseball trademarks, game footage and player images in the film.
		The 45-minute film traces the origins and evolution of baseball at the professional level, telling the story of the game from the birthplaces of many of today's baseball heroes and exploring the emergence of new stars from around the world.
	www.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20021022&content_id=162019&vkey=pr_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb (715 words)

	MAJOR LEAGUE: BACK TO THE MINORS
		It's been nearly a decade since I last saw the original "Major League" (1989) and while I don't remember many details about it, I do recall that it was a goofy, but occasionally funny baseball flick.
		While certainly not a great film, it was passable entertainment and made nearly $50 million at the domestic box office.
		For some reason, the film (assumedly in an attempt at humor) puts English subtitles along with a Japanese player as he talks in understandable English.
	www.screenit.com /movies/1998/major_league_back_to_the_minors.html (1315 words)

	Major League Script at IMSDb.
		"MAJOR LEAGUE" Screenplay by David S. Ward SHOOTING DRAFT FADE IN: TITLES APPEAR ON BLACK B.G. TITLES END and we WIDEN to reveal that the fl b.g.
		You were a helluva player when you were sound, but around the league they think you can't take the pounding anymore.
		DOYLE So, the Sons of Geronimo, still suffering a bit from propeller lag, are nipped by the Tigers tonight, 7 to 0.
	www.imsdb.com /scripts/Major-League.html (9863 words)

	The DVD Clinic Movie Review of Major League (SE)
		It’s 1989 and the Cleveland Indians are the joke of Major League Baseball.
		MAJOR LEAGUE is one of those movies you can watch over and over.
		The best part about the film is the diverse group of actors they managed to get to be in the film.
	joblo.com /reviews.php?mode=joblo_dvds&id=1627 (718 words)

	Major League - Wikiquote
		Major League is a 1989 film about the hapless Cleveland Indians, whose new owner puts together a purposely horrible team so they'll lose and she can move the team.
		But when the plot is uncovered, they start winning just to spite her.
		This is your chance to manage in the big leagues.
	en.wikiquote.org /wiki/Major_League (1649 words)

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