"Damn Yankees" [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; a George Abbott/Stanley Donen production ; screenplay by George Abbott ; music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross ; produced and directed by George Abbott and Stanley Donen.
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FilmPublisher number: 31970 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publication details: Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Pictures : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2004.Description: 1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0790790084
- 9780790790084
- Damn Yankees (Motion picture).
- Director of photography, Harold Lipstein ; production and costumes designed by William and Jean Eckart ; art director, Stanley Fleischer ; editor, Frank Bracht ; choreographer, Bob Fosse.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Damn Yankees is a frothy, faithful adaptation of the 1956 Broadway hit. In an amusing slant on the "Faust" legend, aging baseball fan Joe Boyd (Robert Schafer) is given an opportunity to lead his beloved Washington Senators to victory by a devilish gent named Applegate (Ray Walston). Boyd is transformed into handsome young "Shoeless" Joe Hardy from Hannibal, Mo. (and in the process, the part is taken over by Tab Hunter, who's better than everyone said he was back in 1958). Joe becomes the Senators' star player, but at the price of his immortal soul; he isn't terribly worried, however, since he's built an escape clause into his contract with Applegate. To see that Joe doesn't get a chance to exercise that clause, Applegate sends his luscious assistant Lola (Gwen Verdon) to seduce the ballplayer. This effort doesn't work, but Applegate still manages to cause Joe to lose his chance at salvation. But there is still a ray of hope--if Hardy can win the deciding pennant game, he'll be able to foil Applegate's master plan of causing the Senators to lose. With Lola's aid, Joe gives the devil more than his due. The principal selling angle of Damn Yankees, beyond the presence of Gwen Verdon and Ray Walston delightfully recreating their stage roles, are the wonderful Richard Adler/Jerry Ross songs, including "You've Gotta Have Heart" and "What Lola Wants, Lola Gets." Based on the novel The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant, the film (like the play before it) unfortunately throws away Wallop's wryly ironic climax; as a result, the last scenes appear rushed and haphazard. But why quibble? Damn Yankees is and always was a rock-solid piece of entertainment, as proven by its recent S.R.O. Broadway revival. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Based upon the play "Damn Yankees", book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop; from Douglas Wallop's novel "The year the Yankees lost the pennant," music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross; produced by Brisson, Griffith, and Prince.
Special features: theatrical trailer (3 min.).
Credits -- "Six Months out of Every Year" -- Applegate's proposition -- "Goodbye, Old Girl" -- Clubhouse chatter -- "Heart" -- Joe's knockout tryout -- "Shoeless Joe From Hannibal, Mo" -- Gone but not forgotten -- "There's Something About An Empty Chair" -- New boarder -- Lola's assignment -- "A Little Brains, A Little Talent" -- Miss West Indies -- "Whatever Lola Wants" -- Devilish displeasure -- "Those Were The Good Old Days" -- Girlish 172 -- Shifty tactics -- "Who's Got the Pain" -- "Heart" and heartbreak -- Joe on trial -- He wants out -- Material witnesses -- Together tonight -- "Two Lost Souls" -- No more nonsense -- Final inning miracle -- Outdeviled.
Director of photography, Harold Lipstein ; production and costumes designed by William and Jean Eckart ; art director, Stanley Fleischer ; editor, Frank Bracht ; choreographer, Bob Fosse.
Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston, Russ Brown, Shannon Bolin, Nathaniel Frey, Jimmie Komack, Rae Allen, Robert Shafer, Jean Stapleton, Albert Linville.
Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1958.
What if you could help your favorite team win the pennant? And what if you got to be the star of that team? For lifelong Washington Senators fan Joe Boyd that dream comes true when after seeing his team lose yet again, he rashly declares that he would sell his soul to the devil to see his team beat the Yankees. The Devil goes by Mr. Applegate now, and he agrees that Joe--a one-time baseball standout--will play for the Senators and help them reach the promised land. But Joe persuades Applegate to give him an escape clause, should he dislike his new identity. Applegate declares that he can back out at any time before the last game of the season--if he plays in the final game, he'll belong to the Devil. Featuring members of the original Broadway cast (Tab Hunter was not in the original cast).
MPAA rating: Not rated.
DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital mono.; widescreen presentation in a letterbox format preserving the 1.85:1 aspect ratio of the original theatrical exhibition, enhanced for widescreen televisions.
In English with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.