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Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Wuhl, Lolita Davidovich
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Before Ty Cobb, the meanest major leaguer would be Cap Anson, because he was the main reason blacks were forbidden to play big-league ball until 1947. But Ty Cobb outdid Anson in the meanness category, because he hated everyone. However, he was one of the greatest hitters of all time, with a .367 lifetime batting average and 892 stolen bases with the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Athletics. A much older Cobb is interviewed at his Georgia home and he tells it like it is. He may have been nicknamed the Georgia Peach by friends and teammates, but to everyone else, he certainly was no peach, and he took that to his grave in 1961.
--Teddy, Resident Scholar
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“Cobb” is a film about “greatness” and the need for heroes. While anyone can be a drunken SOB, not everyone can hit .367 lifetime.
Through an Oscar-caliber performance by Tommy Lee Jones, we see the tortured life of “The Georgia Peach” through the eyes of Al Stump, the sportswriter Ty Cobb hired to write his autobiography. The few scenes on the diamond include a cameo by Roger Clemens as he and Cobb trade insults while Cobb aloofly takes two strikes before doubling, then mowing down three infielders.
Robert Wuhl plays the naive Stump who cannot believe he's being paid by the wealthy Cobb to elaborate on such topics as how to steal second base, when the despised Cobb's real story is much more fascinating. Did he sharpen his spikes before games? Did he beat a heckling cripple and kill another? Disruptive, bigoted and mean, Cobb alienated his family and teammates throughout his life, allegedly due to a tragedy he witnessed as a boy.
As Stump drives Cobb from California to his native Georgia, he secretly compiles a second book about Cobb's ugly side and, has to wonder if he himself is emulating Cobb. When the dying Cobb finds Stump's scribbled notes, he realizes he's been betrayed. Still, the odd friendship between these two men continues with Cobb on his deathbed and Stump pondering which version of the biography to publish.
--Angry Jim Magin, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
- 1900-1920's
Kind of sports story:
- baseball
Sports story?
Yes
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- athlete
Strong "rags to riches" component?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- athlete
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 60's-90's
Eccentric:
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- journalist
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
- Northeast
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- Washington D.C.
- Chicago
- Boston
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- resort/hotel
- sports arena
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
Is this movie based on a
- book
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