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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Stephen C Wood; J David Pincus |
ISBN: | 0786413891 9780786413898 |
OCLC Number: | 51098099 |
Description: | xiii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Reel 1 : Baseball in baseball films -- The American mythos in film : The natural / Stephen C. Wood, J. David Pincus, J. Nicholas DeBonis -- Returning to the America that was meant to be : the cinematic re-emergence of baseball's vision of community / Robert Rudd and Marshall G. Most -- W.P. Kinsella's baseball fiction : Field of dreams and the new mythopoeism of baseball / Thomas L. Altherr -- Baseball mystery, cinema magic / George Grella -- Designated heroes : cinematic reflections of baseball's cultural ideology / Marshall G. Most and Robert Rudd -- The myth and rebirth of Shoeless Joe Jackson in Eight men out and Field of dreams / Kurt Billmeyer -- Reel 2 : Babe Ruth and the silver screen -- From Christ-like folk hero to bumbling Bacchus : filmic images of Babe Ruth, 1920-1992 / Frank Ardolino -- Persistence of vision : a study of Babe Ruth in Headin' home / Patrick Trimble -- Babe Ruth and the feature film : the muddling of the myth / Richard C. Crepeau -- Reel 3 : Baseball in non-baseball films -- Baseball in non-baseball films : from family to mirth ; Baseball in non-baseball films : from culture to the ephemeral Stephen C. Wood [and others] -- The family of baseball : perceptions of the American family in baseball films / William Simons -- The baseball moment in American film / George Grella -- Meet John Doe, Frank Capra, and baseball : the celebration and dark side of the American dream / Ron Briley -- Reel 4 : The last inning -- The directors and producers : interviews with Phil Alden Robinson, Ron Shelton, Penny Marshall and Arthur Friedman ; The actors and critics : interviews with Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, James Belushi, Robert Osborne and Jeffrey Lyons ; Behind the scenes : interviews with Vin Scully, Lynn Novick, Brent Shyer, and Rod Dedeaux ; Post game analysis : reflections on baseball, film and American culture / Stephen C. Wood and J. David Pincus. |
Responsibility: | edited by Stephen C. Wood and J. David Pincus ; forewords by Dale Petroskey and Alvin L. Hall. |
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