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Dominican Rep. Bang the Drum Slowly
- Original title
- Bang the Drum Slowly
- Year
- 1973
- Running time
- 96 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Mark Harris. Novel: Mark Harris
- Cast
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Robert De Niro
Michael Moriarty
Vincent Gardenia
Phil Foster
Ann Wedgeworth- Heather MacRae
- Selma Diamond
Barbara Babcock- Maurice Rosenfield
- Tom Ligon
- Andy Jarrell
- Marshall Efron
- Danny Burks
Tom Signorelli- James Donahue
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Disease/illness. Sports. Baseball. Friendship
- Synopsis
- The story of a New York pro baseball team and two of its players. Henry Wiggen is the star pitcher and Bruce Pearson is the normal, everyday catcher who is far from the star player on the team and friend to all of his teammates. During the off-season, Bruce learns that he is terminally ill, and Henry, his only true friend, is determined to be the one person there for him during his last season with the club. Throughout the course of the season, Henry and his teammates attempt to deal with Bruce's impending illness, all the while attempting to make his last year a memorable one.
- Awards
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1973: Nominated for Oscar: Best Supporting Actor (Vincent Gardenia)1973: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Supporting Actor (De Niro)1973: National Board of Review (NBR): Top 10 Films of the Year
- Critics' reviews
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"The film isn’t quiet a classic (though it is one of the better baseball movies to this day), but it’s notable as the first major indicator that De Niro was going to be a force to be reckoned with"
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