Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
“Nothing is more important than friendship. Not fame, not money, not death.” Critic Roger Ebert once called Bang the Drum Slowly “the ultimate baseball movie.” Since I’m not much of…
“Nothing is more important than friendship. Not fame, not money, not death.” Critic Roger Ebert once called Bang the Drum Slowly “the ultimate baseball movie.” Since I’m not much of…
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