The 25 greatest baseball movies of all time bleacher report. His first film role came a year later and his career, both on stage and screen, blossomed. This movie is a complete load of crap, based on a book written by a. Tommy lee jones the homesman is set to write and direct a remake of mark rydells 1972 film, the cowboys in the original, john wayne stars as rancher wil anderson who attempts to drive his. See him tackling tommy lee jones cia suit at empire online. Tyrus raymond cobb played baseball like a man charging a machinegun nest. His other notable starring roles include texas ranger woodrow f. The film is told through the partnership between cobb and sportswriter al stump who served as a ghostwriter of cobb. Howard hughes is a driven man who amassed wealth and recognition as a hollywood mover and shaker, aviation giant and man of mystery. My top 25 tommy lee jones movies by msah835979934 created 03 sep 2011 updated 03 sep 2011 public.
Tommy lee joness searing performance helps to elevate cobb above your typical sports biopic. Tommy lee jones relishes playing stevens in lincoln. Tommy lee jones, robert wuhl, lolita davidovich, ned bellamy. Two hipsters trying to interview tommy lee jones duration.
Cobb is a 1994 biopic starring tommy lee jones as the famed baseball player ty cobb. Tommy lee jones news, breaking stories, videos and. That is the moral dilemma at the heart of cobb, which explores the lives of both baseball s premier hitter, ty cobb tommy lee jones, and the sportswriter assigned to set his story down, al stump. Aug 25, 2011 10 best baseball movie actors of all time. Tommy lee jones born september 15, 1946 is an american actor and filmmaker.
Baseball legend ty cobb tommy lee jones pressures biographer al stump robert wuhl to whitewash the sordid details of his life. Tommy lee jones photo by wilson webb, columbia pictures long before he was an academy award winner, tommy lee jones was a standout football player at harvard and played in the famous 1968 harvard. Marshal sam gerard now assigned to escort a prisoner to a missouri penitentiary, but soon waylaid when a man accused of murdering two federal agents. May 12, 2017 tommy lee jones as it turns out, jones had quite the illustrious history before he turned into americas favorite grouch. No, its tommy lee jones as ty cobb, 72 years old and still ranting. Tommy lee jones, born september 15, 1946, san saba, texas, u. For a baseball film, there is very little baseball, and inserting tommy lee jones into some of the baseball flashbacks doesnt work very well. Tommy lee jones born september 15, 1946 is an american actor and film director. Sep 05, 20 tommy lee jones the homesman is only just in postproduction at luc bessons europacorp, but it seems that the actordirector is of a mind to stay in western territory. He won the academy and the golden globe awards in 1993 for his role in the movie the fugitive early life. Tommy lee jones was born in san saba, texas, the son of lucille marie scott, a police officer and beauty shop owner, and clyde c. The 10 best baseball movies of the 1990s, ranked sporting news. Academy awardwinner tommy lee jones the fugitive, the client stars as baseball legend ty.
Tommy lee jones portrays the legendary and equally cheered and. Rent cobb 1994 starring tommy lee jones and robert wuhl on dvd and bluray. Marshal samuel gerard in the 1993 thriller film the fugitive. While at harvardwhich he graduated cum laude, by the wayhe played offensive guard on the universitys football team. Tommy lee jones born september 15 1946 is an american actor and film director he has received three academy award nominations winning one as best supporting actor for. National baseball hall of fame and museum 82,612 views. Call in the tv miniseries lonesome dove, agent k in the men in black film series, sheriff ed tom bell in no country for old men, the villain twoface in batman forever, terrorist william bill strannix in. He won the academy and the golden globe awards in 1993 for his role in the movie the fugitive. But his dream quickly degenerates into a nightmare when he discovers that his hero is racist, selfcentered and far from heroic. The smell of ballpark franks, and were not just talking of the thomas variety. This is not a story about baseball, it is a story of ty cobb. The movies biting focus on cobb, ferociously performed by jones, is not. Matt damon is soon back as allpunching, allkicking badass jason bourne. That is the moral dilemma at the heart of cobb, which explores the lives of both baseballs premier hitter, ty cobb tommy lee jones, and the sportswriter assigned to.
The original music score was composed by elliot goldenthal. A twohander action comedy in the vein of midnight run 1988, about an exf. Robert wuhl almost ruins the movie, but tommy lee jones is terrific, and its not at all incoherent what shelton was doing with the movie is very cogent and straightforward. The poster for emperor shows tommy lee jones as gen. The picture was written and directed by ron shelton and based on a book by al stump. Lee may have spent four years making up for past bad deeds as the titular earl on my name is earl, but in the 1980s and early 90s, lee was a professional skateboarder, and helped popularize the current lexicon of tricksthe kickflips and shoveits and everything in betweenthat modern skaters deploy. A reporter hired to write the official biography of ty cobb discovers just how dark the baseball legends real story is. One of the most popular stars of the 1990s, screen stalwart tommy lee jones, headlines the four hits in this box set. With tommy lee jones, robert wuhl, lolita davidovich, ned bellamy.
Tommy lee jones to write and direct the cowboys remake. Cobb 1994 is an american biopic about the baseball player ty cobb 1886 1961, who had played for the detroit tigers and, later, the philadelphia athletics. Douglas macarthur in gigantic silhouette, his corncob pipe nearly the same height as the american man and japanese woman embracing at the bottom of the frame, deep in the embrace of what appears to be forbidden wartime movie love only the title tells us this wont be your standard issue world war ii movie. Tommy lee joness searing performance helps to elevate cobb above your. Tommy lee jones portrays the legendary and equally cheered and detested georgia peach in this acclaimed film from writerdirector ron shelton bull durham, dark blue, also starring robert wuhl and lolita davidovich. Powerfully acted and emotionally affecting, the phenom proves. Tommy himself worked in underwater construction and on an oil rig.
Its a struggle for supremacy, a survival of the fittest. Tommy lee jones the homesman is set to write and direct a remake of mark rydells 1972 film, the cowboys in the original, john wayne stars as. Agent tommy lee jones and an exmob lawyer in the witness protection program morgan freeman having to put aside their petty rivalry on the golf course to fend off a mob hit. First things first, this movie is based off of a book written by al stump, who is. Tommy lee jones to remake the cowboys movies empire. Ty cobb was the most feared, most hated, most respected baseball player of his time, and he. Lincoln, the new steven spielberg film starring daniel daylewis in the title role and tommy lee jones as thaddeus stevens, presents a more positive picture of the old commoner than. Actor, director and screenwriter tommy lee jones was born on september 15, 1946, in san saba, texas.
The hollywood reporter calls this a sharpbreaking and crackling film with a terrific performance by tommy lee jones. Jun 28, 2016 matt damon is soon back as allpunching, allkicking badass jason bourne. Ty cobb was the greatest baseball player of all time. The film is told through the partnership between cobb and sportswriter al stump who served as a ghostwriter of cobbs autobiography. Its no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. A sportswriter is contacted by cobb to write a whitewashed version of his life story but, after discovering the dark and scandalous truth behind the legend, he must decide whether to write the real story or maintain the myth. We are going to initiate a hardtarget search for a fugitive in an everwidening perimeter. Tommy lee jones simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Tommy lee jones is an american actor and filmmaker. Tommy lee jones to write and direct the cowboys remake collider. Rolurile sale includ interpretarea personajului samuel gerard in evadatul. In the movie, an aging cobb hires stump to ghostwrite his autobiography. Tommy lee jones discussion news, rumors, gossip moviechat. Tommy lee jones simple english wikipedia, the free. Tommy lee jones won the oscar in march, for his work in the fugitive, but by then his oscar surge was already well under way, as if hollywood had anticipated the award. Aug, 2015 tommy lee jones photo by wilson webb, columbia pictures long before he was an academy award winner, tommy lee jones was a standout football player at harvard and played in the famous 1968 harvard. He has received three academy award nominations, winning one as best supporting actor for the 1993 thriller film the fugitive. Marks school of texas, a prestigious prep school for boys in dallas, on a scholarship, and went to. Thomas tommy lee jones born september 15, 1946 is an american actor and movie director. The 25 greatest baseball movies of all time bleacher. Mar 09, 2016 national baseball hall of fame and museum 82,612 views. The couple met on the sets of the 1995 tv movie the good old boys, which jones directed.
He has received four academy award nominations, winning the best supporting actor oscar for his performance as u. His notable film roles include federal marshal samuel gerard in the fugitive and its sequel u. Academy awardwinner tommy lee jones the fugitive, the client stars as baseball legend ty cobb. First up is the 1998 sequel to the fugitive, with jones reprising his role as u. With morgan freeman, tommy lee jones, rene russo, joe pantoliano. They could not have picked a better actor to portray ty cobb than tommy lee jones. Marks school of texas, a prestigious prep school for boys in dallas, on a scholarship, and went. Tommy lee jones the homesman is only just in postproduction at luc bessons europacorp, but it seems that the actordirector is of a mind to stay in western territory. Tommy lee jones biography affair, married, wife, ethnicity. Being locked up with this movie for 123 minutes is like taking a threeday bus trip. The top 50 movies starring tommy lee jones flickchart.
Tommy lee jones born september 15, 1946 is an american actor and. Tommy lee jones, ed flanders, james hampton, tovah feldshuh. In cobb, ron sheltons bizarre biographical drama, audiences are invited to gaze upon the spectacle of the aging ty cobb. Tommy lee jones is a celebrity actor and director who began his career on broadway in 1969 after graduating from college, despite never taking an acting class. Sports reporter al stump robert wuhl is working on a plum assignment. Jones was the only surviving child born to an oil field labourer and his wife, who worked in law enforcement, education, and cosmetology. For a brief moment he seems to be the master of his destiny. An eighthgeneration texan, jones was the only child of clyde jones, a cowboyturnedoilfield. The picture was written and directed by ron shelton and based on a.
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