The Babe

Babe The Babe is a 1992 biographical film about the life of famed baseball player Babe Ruth. Written by John Fusco, directed by Arthur Hiller. There Was Only One. Johnny Sylvester You are the best, you are the best there's ever been. Harry Frazee Half of everything I own just went down the drain with the "Gladiators of Broadway."  The other half is in the pocket of The Sultan of Swat, and he wants a raise and his own suites during road games. Dialogue Helen Woodford Ruth: Let me tell you something. I'm not on the dark of it anymore. The only thing I don't understand now was why they ever let you out because you are incorrigible. [shocked at Helen's revelation, Babe Ruth loses his temper and shoves the food cart before flipping the bowl in her face] That's it, it's over. Babe Ruth: Come on, kid. Don't say that. Let's have a rib and forget about this. You're right, I've been bad. Helen Woodford Ruth: No! I am through, George! Babe Ruth: Helen, give me a chance. We'll let waysides be waysides. Don't leave me like this, all right? Helen Woodford Ruth: I am through with chances, George. I'm through with us. I'm taking Dorothy back to Boston and I'm filing for divorce. Tagline There Was Only One. Quotes about the film Apart from being a bad film in the first place, aside from being superficially written, aside from being shot with little sense of time or place, the movie portrays Babe Ruth as a man almost completely lacking in the ability to have, or to provide, happiness.  Spending these 115 minutes with the Babe is a little like being jammed into the window seat on a long-distance bus, next to a big guy with beer and cigars on his breath and nothing to talk about but his next meal and his last broad. Roger Ebert, "The Babe," RogerEbert.com (17 April 1992). Less a biography than a baseball movie, "The Babe" is a muddy field of dreams fertilized with a whole lot of Bull Durham.  Loosely based on George Herman Ruth's life, this shallow, soap-operatic treatment makes the man fit the myth.  And bigger-than-life or not, he rattles around inside there like the prize in a Cracker Jack box. Rita Kempley, "The Babe," Washington Post (17 April 1992). Cast John Goodman – Babe Ruth Kelly McGillis – Claire Hodgson Ruth Trini Alvarado – Helen Woodford Ruth Bruce Boxleitner – Jumpin' Joe Dugan Peter Donat – Harry Frazee, Red Sox owner James Cromwell – Brother Mathias J.C. Quinn – Jack Dunn Joe Ragno – Miller Huggins Richard Tyson – Guy Bush Ralph Marrero – Ping Bodie Bob Swan – George Herman Ruth Sr. Bernard Kates – Colonel Jacob Ruppert Michael McGrady – Lou Gehrig Danny Goldring – Bill Carrigan Guy Barile – Johnny Torrio Bernie Gigliotti – Al Capone Ian McCabe – kid who fails math test W. Earl Brown – Herb Pennock Thom C. Simmons – Bill McKechnie Rick Reardon – Ernie Shore Randy Steinmeyer – Ty Cobb Wayne Messmer – Yankee Stadium announcer Larry Cedar – Forbes Field announcer Michael Kendall – Jack Warhop Harry Hutchinson – Tris Speaker Irma P. Hall – Fanny Baily Stephen Caffrey – Older Johnny External links 0103747 3533 Category:1992 films Category:1990s American films Category:Drama films Category:Biographical films Category:Baseball films Category:Films directed by Arthur Hiller Category:Films set in Chicago Category:Films set in Boston Category:Films set in the 1900s Category:Films set in the 1910s Category:Films set in the 1920s Category:Films set in the 1930s