A League of Their Own

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A League of Their Own
Directed byPenny Marshall
Screenplay byLowell Ganz
Babaloo Mandel
Story byKelly Candaele
Kim Wilson
Produced byElliot Abbott
Robert Greenhut
Starring
CinematographyMiroslav Ondricek
Edited byGeorge Bowers
Music byHans Zimmer
Production
company
Parkway Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • July 1, 1992 (1992-07-01)
Running time
128 minutes
CountryUnited States
Budget$40 million
Box office$132.4 million[1]

A League of Their Own is a 1992 American sports comedy-drama movie that is about a fictionalized version of the real-life All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL).

It was directed by Penny Marshall, the movie stars Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Madonna, Rosie O'Donnell, and Lori Petty. The screenplay was written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel from a story by Kelly Candaele and Kim Wilson.

In 2012, A League of Their Own was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[2]

References[change | change source]

  1. "A League of Their Own (1992)". Box Office Mojo. September 29, 1992. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
  2. King, Susan. "National Film Registry selects 25 films for preservation " Los Angeles Times (December 19, 2012)