61* is a 2001 film originally made for and released on HBO, that’s currently streaming on the HBO Max streaming service. Just for a basic synopsis, the movie focuses on the 1961 New York Yankees, specifically Roger Maris and Micky Mantle’s chase of Babe Ruth’s homerun record.

First time screenplay writer Hank Steinberg, along with director Billy Krystal are both Yankees fans, who put a lot of love into a very competently written and directed film, with an absolutely stacked cast of character actors. If you’re good with faces, this film is absolutely loaded with them, and you will spend the whole film going “Oh, that guy!”

The movie is primarily shot at the old Tigers Stadium, which doubles for not only Yankees Stadium but Fenway and itself, too. It’s very obvious by how much they try to

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