there not that much more i can say that hasn not already be say and but that say and i have to say this be one of the best sport movie ever . even beyond that and it a great movie even if you do not like sport or baseball . ( but you may after you watch this movie . ) of course and 1st kudo go to billy crystal for his brilliant and love direction of a very accurate story of the 1961 home run race . it obvious to anyone that he very carefully make this movie to reflect his love of the yankess and mantle and mari and above all and baseball . next award would have to go to the screenwriter and hank steinberg . he do an outstanding job of keep the story line move and of tell an accurate story be able to include detail that lend authenticity to the movie . ( like how mickey injure his knee and his father dying and his feeling that he wouldn not live long enough to regret how he treat his body . ) he keep u laugh and despite the seriousness of maris difficulty with the public and press during that year . even people send death threat in the fan mail . in a scene that make me laugh every time and mari make his famous ( or infamous ) egg . i say egg because they be green . he dump a pile on mantle plate who look at them and say and what the hell that . to which roommate bob say and roger special egg and mickey say and that disgust . roger tell mick and last few time he eat them and he get home run . mickey try them and say even though theyre sht and he in a slump and will try anything . there another scene where someone threaten to kidnap one of mari kid while mickey be over there for a barbecue . after he leave and we see a late nite mickey apparently with a few drink in him and call home to check on his own child at 2 represent30am . my point to all this be and whether these little side scene be true or not and they be totally in keep with the character and the story line and the personality of the real people . and he manage to get many of the fact in without seem like a documentary . hank screenplay show both men and their flaw and but doesn not dwell on them and because the story isn not about mickey drinking or roger homelife as much a it be about the 1961 race . he include these thing and not shy away or sugar coat them and but he just make them part of the people in the story not the story itself . this screen play be truly outstanding in everyway . the music by marc shaiman be very well do and appropriately move as well . and the performance by everyone be great . thomas jane a mickey and barry pepper a mari be not only similar look to the real people and they have both manage to emulate them without resort to cheaply imitate them . ( for another example and see cate blanchett in the aviator a kate kepburn it difficult to play a famous person so well know without seem to just do an impersonation . ) the support cast be truly support . bruce gill a the yankee manager and jennifer crystal foley a maris wife ( yes and she billy daughter and but her performance stand on it own . interestingly to me and she look a bit like mantle real life wife . ) richard masur a the one reporter who isn not an as . this movie do make you feel you feel involve and care about the people in it . in one of the final scene when mari finally seem to get the support from the fan he deserve and you can almost feel yourself sigh in relief . in the end this movie be about friendship and loyalty and respect and yes and baseball . one reviewer say this isn not a family movie because there be some language and innuendo . i would agree it pg 13 and but hey and if you kid be in the room during the evening news and there sensational violence and no morality this movie have honor . don not be afraid to watch it with any kid that be smart enough to get it . i would like to end with a quote from the movie towards the end and when one of the reporter ask mari and do you think you earn their ( the fan ) respect hold up under all this pressure . mari say and oh gosh and i really do not think that something you earn on a ball field . too true . and both roger and mickey knew that . so do this film creative father and billy crystal . 5 out of 5 star . great film .