Movie · Drama · Biography

The first man inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, one of the greatest hitters ever ... a sports hero, a misanthrope, a drunk and a racist ... Ty Cobb. Academy Award-winner Tommy Lee Jones delivers a searing performance as the most controversial athlete of the 20th century. Robert Wuhl stars as biographer Al Stump who must wrestle with a dilemma as he gets to know the dying baseball player: Should Stump tell the story of the great athlete that his fans want to read? Or should he show the mean, spiteful man who was born with an unequaled--and unearned--talent to hit a baseball? Based on the book Cobb: A Biography and the article Ty Cobb's Wild Ten-Month Fight to Live by Al Stump.

1994 · 2h 8m
Director Ron Shelton

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The first man inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, one of the greatest hitters ever ... a sports hero, a misanthrope, a drunk and a racist ... Ty Cobb. Academy Award-winner Tommy Lee Jones delivers a searing performance as the most controversial athlete of the 20th century. Robert Wuhl stars as biographer Al Stump who must wrestle with a dilemma as he gets to know the dying baseball player: Should Stump tell the story of the great athlete that his fans want to read? Or should he show the mean, spiteful man who was born with an unequaled--and unearned--talent to hit a baseball? Based on the book Cobb: A Biography and the article Ty Cobb's Wild Ten-Month Fight to Live by Al Stump.

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Average 6.4
Reviews 48
Fresh 31
Rotten 17

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Studio
Warner Bros.
Released
1994
Run Time
2 hr 8 min
Rated
R for language/profanity, mature themes, violence
Region of Origin
United States
© 1994 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (AAC), French (Canada) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC)

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Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.