Unable to withstand the pressure, piersall suffers a nervous breakdown and is. Fear strikes out is a 1957 american biographical sports drama film depicting the life and career of american baseball player. True story of the life of jimmy piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball. Fear strikes out 1957 robert mulligan, anthony perkins, karl malden, norma moore, biography, drama, sport february 1, 2016 jim piersall is groomed by his loving but harddriving father living vicariously through his son to play major league baseball. Fear strikes out 1957 12 03201957 us drama 1h 40m user score. The film stars anthony perkins as piersall and karl malden as his father, and it was the first directed by robert mulligan. He got a chilly reception from the other cast members and crew, so he discreetly left. For a basic plot summary, this film is loosely based on the reallife story of boston red sox star player jim piersall anthony perkins. But before he racked up those numbers, piersall faced a foe much tougher that a 90m. Based on piersalls shattering tellall autobiography, the film traces jimmys ascent from the sandlots of waterbury, ct, to the boston red sox, with his domineering father karl malden pushing the boy beyond all reasonable limits. Fear strikes out 1957 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
If you look just past that oldhollywood style, however, you will find a film in fear strikes out that is a startling portraying of mental illness set in the baseball world. Released 1957, fear strikes out stars anthony perkins, karl malden, norma moore, adam williams the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 40 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. But fear, a biopic of baseballs jimmy piersall, gives perkins a chance to shine. Robert mulligans film suggests there are arguably the two most important people in piersalls life. Pakula then produced and mulligan directed to kill a mockingbird 1962, the moving adaptation of.
Ever since jimmy piersall anthony perkins was a boy, his baseballobsessed father karl malden has pushed the sport on him. During production of this film, tab hunter, who had previously starred in the tv production climax fear strikes out 1955, dropped by to visit his friend anthony perkins on the film set. The jim piersall story, cowritten with al hirshberg. Baseball movies for grownups, baseball movies trailers, baseball. Read the full synopsis of fear strikes out, 1957, directed by robert mulligan, with anthony perkins, karl malden, norma moore, at turner classic movies. Fear strikes out pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released fear strikes out pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie pictures archive. Pushed by his father all of his life to achieve this goal, the pressure finally takes a toll on piersall contributing to his mental breakdown. Boggs film editor aaron stell original music elmer bernstein written by ted berkman, raphael blau, from the book by jimmy piersall and al hirshberg. Trying to live vicariously through his son, the elder piersall makes jimmy eat, sleep and breathe baseball with destructive determination. Fear strikes out is a 1957 american biographical sports drama film depicting the life and career of american baseball player jimmy piersall. Jimmy piersall, ballplayer whose struggles were portrayed. And the result is a drama of unflinching force and effectiveness. Piersall was best known for his wellpublicized battle with bipolar disorder that became the subject of a book and a film, fear strikes out. Never happened but represents similar incidents, jim piersall anthony perkins, hits an insidethepark home run at fenway, dad karl malden and wife norma moore in the stands, then wigs out, in fear strikes out, 1957 view the tcmdb entry for fear strikes out 1957.
Anthony perkins stars as troubled baseball great jimmy piersall in fear strikes out. He and willy mays of the giants were the best defensive center fielders in pro baseball then and perhaps ever. Jimmy piersall, an outfielder who was one of the most eccentric and volatile players in baseball history, whose struggles with mental illness were depicted in. This account of his experiences is a frank and fascinating one. It is based on piersalls 1955 memoir fear strikes out. Fear strikes out is the story of jim piersall, eventually a star boston red sox player. When the record book closed on boston red sox outfielder jimmy piersalls career, it showed 17 seasons in the major leagues and an impressive lifetime batting average of. James anthony piersall was an american baseball center fielder who played 17 seasons in major league baseball mlb for five teams, from 1950 through 1967. Fear strikes out gives viewers a chance to appreciate what a fine actor anthony perkins was in his prime. Licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of virgin emi.
Votrian is seen obsessively practicing his hook slide in a small. Fear strikes out 1957 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Fear strikes out 1957 ever since jimmy piersall anthony perkins was a boy, his baseballobsessed father karl malden has pushed the sport on him. As a result of the films success, alan pakula and robert mulligan decided to form a partnership and continue their working relationship. Fear is a short film about a girl named khwaish who was judged by her parents and now she has a fear of being judged by the society. Fear strikes out 1957 robert mulligan cast and crew. Kritzerland kr 200168 country united states format cd release date 7mar2011 upn 857252001688 limited edition of 1500 copies. Fear strikes out also marks the filmmaking debut of alan j. Perkins was increasingly typecast after psycho in roles that didnt allow him to show his range, and many of his latter performances are over the top yet tired, rehashes of things he did better previously.
Fear strikes out 1957 full movie download full hd youtube. Fear strikes out 1957 ganzer film deutsch hd filme online. Fear strikes out 1957 stream deutsch, fear strikes out 1957 online anschauen, fear strikes out 1957 kostenlos online sehen. True story of the life of jimmy piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league. Fear strikes out was released in early 1957 and was well received by audiences and critics alike. Fear strikes out 1957 robert mulligan, anthony perkins.
Find movie and film cast and crew information for fear strikes out 1957 robert mulligan on allmovie. Early life and work film that pakula produced was fear strikes out 1957, the psychological biography of baseball player jimmy piersall, which starred anthony perkins and was directed by robert mulligan, with whom pakula then formed a production company. Edd byrnes, james douglas, eric alden, robert mulligan. The story of a man who became mentally sick, and how, through competent medical care, the help of a sympathetic and most. From top to bottom, the film fields a stellar lineup of talent. He achieved stardom as a member of the boston red sox but battled mental illness and intense pressure from his father. Fear strikes out 1957 jimmy piersall was still playing for the boston red sox when tony perkins played him in this remarkably frank look at. Fear strikes out critics consensus based on the true story of troubled baseball star jimmy piersall, fear strikes out is an emotionally compelling drama featuring excellent performances from. From top to bottom, the film fields a stellar lineup of talent, and the result is a drama of unflinching frce and effectiveness. True story of the life of jimmy piersall, who battled mental illness to. With anthony perkins, karl malden, norma moore, adam williams. Fear strikes out 1957 stream and watch online moviefone. Anthony perkins stars as piersall in this powerful true story. Jim piersall, 22 year old outfielder for the boston red sox, had a mental breakdown in 1952.
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