Bang the Drum Slowly Page #3

Synopsis: Henry Wiggen (Author to his friends) and Bruce Pearson are members of the New York Mammoths major league baseball team - Author the star pitcher, Bruce the catcher who never quite lived up to his potential - friends, and roommates when they're on the road. During the off season, Bruce is diagnosed with a terminal case of Hodgkin's disease. Author is the only person on the team who knows of Bruce's illness, with neither planning on telling anyone. Author takes extraordinary measures to ensure that he is playing ball with Bruce during what will probably be Bruce's final season before he can no longer play. Author looks after Bruce in part because Bruce is mentally a simple man who can easily be taken advantage of, especially by his opportunistic girlfriend Katie. As the season progresses, the team isn't quite gelling, despite being the best team on paper. But as information comes to light, the dynamic on the team changes to make it a memorable end of the season especially for Bruce, who
Genre: Drama, Sport
Director(s): John D. Hancock
Production: Paramount Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
PG
Year:
1973
96 min
437 Views


in the long run.

We've heard

this one before.

Every time Bradley Lord

opens his mouth

I'm raising

my absolute minimum figure.

All right, Henry...

Bradley. Bradley!

I have in my mind

an absolute maXimum figure

of $60,000.

But she has in her heart

$10,000 more.

That's $70,000.

I'd think you'd jump

at that arrangement.

Leap at that arrangement.

I'll take it.

Good.

Well, then it's settled.

There's something I want

instead of money.

Nothing is instead of money.

Oh, money can buy nothing

but happiness.

There's one clause yet

to go in my contract.

All right, shoot.

There must be a clause saying

that I and Bruce Pearson

will stay with the club together

or else go together.

Whatever happens to one,

must happen to the other...

traded, sold, whatever.

We got to be tied in a package

on any deal under the sun.

I never heard

of such a thing.

No. Absolutely out of

the question.

Reason one, Dutch would never

hear of such a thing.

Look here, Henry

if you want to have

to get started this way

you better just watch out.

Bradley, now let's just think

before we speak.

Look, we won't bother

to write it down.

I give you my solemn word.

No verbal words...

must be wrote in.

Bradley, call Dutch.

It's his one day off.

Call him.

They should put zippers

on pajamas.

Tell him your clause.

Oh. So it's you with

the special clause, Arthur.

I'll bet it's a dilly.

Bradley, run and get me

a wet rag, huh?

Everybody thinks

they're special.

Sterling must be shot

for hay fever

with medicine made

out of the piss of a horse

Darochi must have

contact lenses

Gonzales must have a buddy

along to translate in Spanish

and Goldman must go home

for Passover.

What do you want now, Arthur,

Chinese New Year's?

I want a clause tying me

in a package with Pearson.

I'll bet he owes you money.

Jesus, Bradley.

You ain't got much strength

in your hands.

What do you mean

tied in a package?

If he's sold, I must be sold

or if he's traded,

I must be traded same place.

Wherever he goes, I go.

Well, this is telling me

who I must keep and who not

which nobody ever told me before

and nobody will ever tell me

again as long as I'm upright.

If it's money,

talk money and good luck.

They own all the banks.

Talking money's one thing

but talking business is another

and I'd as soon as trade the

whole club for a tin of beans

as leave anyone tell me who

stays and who gets cut loose.

I'm sorry to hear that

because without that clause,

there'll be no contract.

Well, then there'll

be no contract

and I must suffer along

the best I can.

Several of those young pitchers

looked good out there yesterday.

Yeah?

Good for what?

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