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Long Gone | 
 enlarge | Director: Martin Davidson
Actors: William L. Petersen, Virginia Madsen, Dermot Mulroney, Larry Riley, Katy Boyer
Studio: Warner
Category: Video
Buy Used: CDN$ 143.71
Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 767
Format: Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Media: VHS Tape
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6301648838
UPC: 012569082830
EAN: 9786301648837
Theatrical Release Date: May 23, 1987
Release Date: May 21, 1996
Availability: Usually ships within 1 - 2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: DVD Region 2 will NOT play on North American players. Delivery time 1-3 weeks.
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From Amazon.com
Kevin Costner might have had a hammerlock on baseball movies in the late 1980s with Bull Durham and Field of Dreams, but this 1987 HBO film with a few mid-level stars was (and still is) very good in its own way. William L. Petersen (Manhunter) is a player-manager for a 1950s minor-league team whose fortunes and hopes turn around during their battle for a championship. As with Bull Durham, this comedy has the feeling of taking place in a world larger than that of baseball, and thus provides useful perspective into why the game is so central in people's lives each spring. Another similarity is the farm-team milieu, a life of abridged hopes and stardom outside the Show--the thematic implication being that most of us have some kind of Show we can only admire from a distance. (Underscoring the point is a nice performance by Virginia Madsen as a small-town beauty queen.) But hope does come in Long Gone, and because of its sharp dialogue and enjoyable acting (by Dermot Mulroney, Larry Riley, Henry Gibson, Katy Boyer, and Teller) this film deserves to be included in anyone's collection of baseball features. --Tom Keogh
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| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
 Long Gone is a great home run of a movie June 29, 2007
Michael P. Barnett
My favorite baseball movie next to the Natural. Much better than Bull Durham due to the dynamic charisma and flair of William Petersen as Studs Cantrell. Costner is boring and brings no presence to any role he plays. Movie has some great baseball moments but the characters especially Cantrell make it an enjoyable movie to watch. Highly recommend this movie to any fan of baseball and William Petersen.
 THIS MOVIE SUCKS! February 14, 2004
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This movie was the worst baseball movie i had ever seen. It had a very predictable plot line and not very good acting (except for william peterson). The ending is the most fake ever. There is no way two guys can play a baseball game after sitting in a bar for half a day!!!! So i would not recomend this movie at all. If you want a baseball movie similar to this, that is a lot better and more realistic, get Bull Durham.
William Petersen December 29, 2003
Adrienne Cluque (San Diego, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I couldn't believe that this was the same man you see on CSI where he's so low-key-soft-spoken & mellow-- in this he's rowdy-nasty- loud & obnoxious-curses-swears & drinks Jack Daniels- but what an exciting character!! looks great in tight jeans- this movie, shows his versatality as an actor- love him--he's delicious!!!
Great feel for the game November 27, 2003
D. Golden (Jefferson, WI United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love baseball. I grew up watching AA and AAA ball in upstate New York. . This wonderful little gem of a film captures the feel of minor leaugue baseball better than any other film I have ever seen. Bull Durham is certainly a better known film, and Kevin Costner showed some real baseball skills, but it lacks the gritty humor of Long Gone. Petersen nailed his role as Stud Cantrel. He plays a man who has come to terms with his limitations but still has some fire left in his belly when it comes to the game. I agree with many of the other Amazon reviewers. This is the best baseball film of all time.
"Stud" Cantrall homers in this movie June 28, 2003
Thomas Besner (Marshfield, WI United States)
Most people might know the actor who plays "Stud" from TV's hottest drama, CSI, as Grissom. this flick takeshold of what life was really like in the fifties and hits a homer with me. great movie and I would recommend it to any baseball fan, or any movie fan.
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