ANDREW SCHEINMAN | USA | 1994 | 119 MIN | PG | ENGLISH
JOIN US THURSDAY | JULY 11 | For a Introduction from the Author NOAH GITTELL
In celebration of the release of local author Noah Gittell’s book Baseball: The Movie, we are excited to present a special 30th anniversary screening of baseball film classic LITTLE BIG LEAGUE. Join us on Thursday, July 11th at the Philadelphia Film Center as Gittell will introduce the film, with books on hand, and discuss America’s favorite pastime, baseball (and movies!).
Baseball: The Movie is the first definitive history of this film genre that was born in 1915 and remains artistically and culturally vital more than a century later. Writer and critic Noah Gittell sheds light on well-known classics and overlooked gems, exploring how baseball cinema creates a stage upon which the American ideal is born, performed, and repeatedly redefined.
Traversing history and mythmaking, cynicism and nostalgia, this thoroughly researched book takes readers on a multifaceted tour of baseball on film.
About the Author: Noah Gittell is a culture critic who has written for publications including The Atlantic, The Ringer, GQ, Esquire, The Guardian, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. He is a regular film critic for the Washington City Paper and a frequent contributor to BBC. He is also a mainstay at Smithsonian Associates, where he lectures several times a year on various film topics.
Cast: Luke Edwards, Timothy Busfield, John Ashton