Bang the Drum Slowly

"The ultimate baseball movie" -Roger Ebert's Movie Home Companion

Robert DeNiro and Michael Moriarty star in this superbly crafted film about the unlikely friendship between two baseball players. Moriarty plays the team's ace pitcher and social charmer; De Niro is the catcher, a farm boy from Georgia who lacks all of Moriarty's sophistication. He is also dying. During their last season together, the two men grow in manhood and respect for themselves and each other.