Cobb (1994)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Ron Shelton

Writers (WGA):

Al Stump (article)
Al Stump (book)

Release Date:

2 December 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Sport

Tagline:

Everyone hated this baseball legend. And he loved it.

Plot:

A reporter hired to write the 'official' biography of Ty Cobb discovers just how dark the baseball legend's real story is.

Plot Keywords:

Baseball | Detroit Tigers | Based On Article

Cast

Tommy Lee Jones	...	Ty Cobb
Robert Wuhl	...	Al Stump
Lolita Davidovich	...	Ramona
Ned Bellamy	...	Ray
Scott Burkholder	...	Jimmy
Allan Malamud	...	Mud
Bill Caplan	...	Bill
Jeff Fellenzer	...	Sportswriter
Doug Krikorian	...	Sportswriter
Gavin Smith	...	Sportsman's Lounge Bartender
Lou Myers	...	Willie
William Utay	...	Jameson
J. Kenneth Campbell	...	William Herschel Cobb
Rhoda Griffis	...	Amanda Chitwood Cobb
Tyler Logan Cobb	...	Young Ty

Runtime:

128 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Germany:12 (w) | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Athens, Georgia, USA

Company:

Alcor Films

Trivia:

Despite how he was portrayed in the film, the real Mickey Cochrane was able to manage the Detroit Tigers to a playoff appearance and serve in WW II.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Cobb is seen being treated by a black nurse at Emory University Hospital shortly before his death. In 1961, Georgia hospitals and their staff were still strictly segregated.

Quotes:

[to the umpire]
Ty Cobb: How do you do, Cyclops?
Umpire: Shut up, Cobb.
Ty Cobb: You're missing an excellent ballgame.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The N Word (2004)

Soundtrack:

Visit to the Wreckage from Alien 3

One of the greatest performance I ever see

I love this movie. I have seen it about 13 times. This is Tommy Lee Jones' best performance, just beautiful. I can not believe that he didn't recieve an Oscar nomination for this performance. That year Tom Hanks won the Oscar for 'Forrest Gump' That's Ok. But check the other nominees: Morgan Freeman (The shawshank ...); Paul Newman (Nobody's fool) and John Travolta (Pulp Fiction). Are you going to tell me that these performances are better than the Jones' in Cobb? I don't think so. Anyway, the movie is great. You must see it. 10 of 10