**** Bang the Drum Slowly, I enjoyed this movie more than I thought I would. It is a Paramount film from 1973, which I watched through Netflix DVD. It stars Robert De Niro and Michael Moriarty. It is about two ball players, working through the inevitable death of one. The catcher, who has always been a journeymen has cancer has Hodgkin's disease. The pitcher, is a star, and insists he stay on the team as part of his contract. The coach is left with a mystery, and finally uncovers it. The actor, Vincent Gardenia, who portrays the coach won an Oscar. But the story behind this is the friendship between the two main characters, and the reaction after the year is over and they have won the pennant, but the catcher ends up in the hospital after the clinching game, and passes away during the off season. He is almost forgotten at the end. The song "Streets of Loredo is featured, being sung by another catcher.
We beat the drum slowly and played the fife lowly,
And bitterly wept as we bore him along.
For we loved our comrade, so brave, young and handsome,
My only complaint is the season had teams from both leagues, which made it less realistic. Butof course it was fiction.
***One for the Money This is a 2012 Lionsgate film which I also watched through Netflix DVD. It features Katherine Heigl as Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter. She is portrayed as being over her head, as she goes after an old flame, a police officer who is accused of murder. This movie is somewhat predictable, except for the ending. The officer, Joseph Morelli, portrayed by Jason O'Mara is trying to prove his innocence, and eventually recruits Plum's help. It is at that point the movie gets tense, as they face the evil heroin dealers.
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