Bang the Drum Slowly (film)
1973 film by John D. Hancock / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bang the Drum Slowly is a 1973 American sports drama film directed by John D. Hancock, about a baseball player of limited intellect who has a terminal illness, and his brainier, more skilled teammate. It is a film adaptation of the 1956 baseball novel of the same name by American author Mark Harris. It was previously dramatized in 1956 on the U.S. Steel Hour with Paul Newman, Albert Salmi and George Peppard.
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Directed by | John Hancock |
Screenplay by | Mark Harris |
Based on | Bang the Drum Slowly by Mark Harris |
Produced by | Maurice Rosenfield Lois Rosenfield |
Starring | Robert De Niro Michael Moriarty Vincent Gardenia |
Cinematography | Richard Shore |
Edited by | Richard Marks |
Music by | Stephen Lawrence |
Production companies | ANJA Films BTDS Partnership |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1 million |
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This version stars Michael Moriarty and a then little known Robert De Niro as baseball teammates. De Niro's performance in this film and in Mean Streets, released two months later, brought him widespread acclaim.