61*
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During the 1961 baseball season, friends and Yankee teammates Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle compete against each other to break Babe Ruth's single-season record of 60 home runs. As the flamboyant superstar Mantle and the aloof family man Maris chased the ghost of the Babe, they found themselves caug
Cast & Crew
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Billy Crystal
Director
Brynne Mcnabb
Christopher Mcdonald
Pat Crowley
Richard Masur
James Intveld
Film Details
Also Known As
Home Run Race, Home Run Race: 61, Homerun Race
Genre
Biography
Drama
Period
Sports
Release Date
2001
Production Company
Cesar Aquirre
Location
Tiger Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, USA; Los Angeles, California, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h 8m
Synopsis
During the 1961 baseball season, friends and Yankee teammates Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle compete against each other to break Babe Ruth's single-season record of 60 home runs. As the flamboyant superstar Mantle and the aloof family man Maris chased the ghost of the Babe, they found themselves caught in the glare of an unrelenting media spotlight that tested the limits of their patience and their friendship. During their summertime rivalry, Maris convinces Mantle to move in with him into a little apartment in Queens to help his hero Mantle stop drinking.
Director
Billy Crystal
Director
Cast
Brynne Mcnabb
Christopher Mcdonald
Pat Crowley
Richard Masur
James Intveld
Paul Borghese
Barry Pepper
Bruce Mcgill
Anthony Michael Hall
Renee Taylor
Peter Jacobson
Bobby Hosea
Seymour Cassel
Jennifer Crystal
Cameryn Mcnabb
Chris Bauer
Donald Moffat
Bob Gunton
Robert Joy
Joe Grifasi
Michael Nouri
Thomas Jane
Domenick Lombardozzi
Kenneth Westcott
Lead Person
Crew
Daniel R Ahearn
Assistant Director
Marty Appel
Consultant
Cesar Aquirre
Cable Operator
John Armstrong
Driver
Maria C Arruda
Other
Jeff Atmajian
Original Music
Sebastien Attle
Office Assistant
Debra Bakeman
Other
Joe Bane
Transportation Co-Captain
Linda Barnes
Driver
Andy Rafael Barrios
Visual Effects
Laurent Ben-mimoun
Matte Painter
Ken Bender
Camera Assistant
Earl L Benton
Other
Rolfe Bergsman
Art Director
Yogi Berra
Consultant
Crista Birgy
Accounting Assistant
Scott Blackwell
Special Effects Supervisor
Dustin Blauvelt
Camera Operator
Lisa Joi Bloch
Assistant Director
P. J. Bloom
Music Coordinator
Joanie Blum
Script Supervisor
Richard Boris
Other
Drew Boughton
Assistant Art Director
Jennifer Bourne
Art Department
Marli Bowling
Extras Agent/Coordinator
Brad Boyer
Grip
Tom Boyle
Music
John Bozzalla
Production Assistant
Carol Branston
Hair Stylist
Richard M. Brasic
Other
Bill Bratton
Driver
Anthony Brazas
Driver
Gary Bredow
Extras Casting Assistant
Judith Brown
Other
Michael Robin Browne
Camera Operator
Chris Buchinsky
Storyboard Artist
Patty Bunch
Makeup Artist
Michelle Butler
Art Department
Colin Campbell
Gaffer
Clifford Carothers
Props
Gail Carroll-coe
Other
Brett Carson
Craft Service
Hazel Catmull
Hair Stylist
Pietro Cecchini
Assistant Editor
Mari-an Ceo
Assistant Costume Designer
Bob Cerv
Consultant
John Chickanis
Electrician
Gary Claridge
Driver
Christine Claussen
Assistant
Matt Cohen
Other
Robert F Colesberry
Producer
Robert F Colesberry
Unit Production Manager
Cheryl L Cook
Extras Casting Assistant
Gary Coppola
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bryan Corbett
Props
Don Coufal
Boom Operator
Sean Cragin
Camera Assistant
Stacie Craig
Office Assistant
Billy Crystal
Executive Producer
Lindsay Crystal
Assistant Editor
Bill Dance
Extras Agent/Coordinator
Jerry C Deats
Dolly Grip
Richard Deats
Key Grip
Aaron Dem
Production
Dale Derahimer
Craft Service
Robert Deschane
Adr Mixer
Karina Desin
Production Assistant
Sean Devine
Grip
Stepahnie Deweese
Hair Stylist
Dallas Dornan
Set Costumer
Jenni Dougherty
Driver
Pat Dougherty
Transportation Captain
Chris Dowell
Post-Production Coordinator
Jon Doyle
Art Department
Mitchell S Drain
Visual Effects Supervisor
Robert Dudley
Grip
Michael Dzialowski
Camera
Brad Edminson
Camera Assistant
Alan Edminsten
Assistant Director
Melissa Elbaum
Other
Tyler Ely
Hair Stylist
Ray Espinola
Music Coordinator
Mali Finn
Casting
Ken Fistler
Driver
James K. Fleming
Caterer
Lauren Fleming
Other
William J. Foley
Driver
Whitey Ford
Consultant
Curtis Franklin
Location Assistant
Kenneth Fredine
Driver
Camille Freer
Camera Assistant
Leigh French
Adr Voice Casting
Chris Friebus
Camera
Christopher Furia
Production Accountant
Lisa Furia
Accounting Assistant
Paul Gallo
Advisor
Dino Ganziano
Hair Stylist
Ray Garcia
Grip
Antonio Garrido
Dolly Grip
Gary Gegan
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Lynn M Gephart
Effects Coordinator
Seamus Gibbons
Caterer
John Glennon
Art Assistant
Christine Globke
Production Assistant
Dorien Goas
Extras Casting Assistant
Roma Goddard
Other
Michelle Gold
Set Production Assistant
David John Golia
Camera Operator
Armando Goralez
Production
Alan Goulding
Other
Michael Grady
Assistant Property Master
Ross Greenburg
Executive Producer
Lisa Greger
Hair Stylist
Robert Grieve
Sound Editor
Carl S Griffin
Line Producer
Wayne Griffin
Dialogue Consultant
Greg Groenekamp
Visual Effects
Hal Groshon
Electrician
Abra Grupp
Visual Effects
Sam Hara
Driver
Kimberly Harris
Adr Editor
Cal Hazelbaker
On-Set Dresser
Kia Hellman
Assistant
Ellen Heuer
Foley Artist
Petra Holtorf
Visual Effects
Gregg Horvath
Camera Assistant
Denise Hudson
Art Director
Dartayous Hunter
Other
Robert Hunter
Transportation Coordinator
Matthew Iadarola
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Julie Isaacson
Consultant
Tom Ivanfack
Other
Michael Jablow
Editor
Cherl Jacobs
Accounting Assistant
Gary L Johnson
Driver
Jeffrey A Johnson
Grip
Adam Jordan
Extras Casting Assistant
Heidi Jumisco
Extras Casting Assistant
Keith Kellogg
Animator
Sean Kelly
Grip
Jason Killilea
Office Assistant
Skip Kimball
Color
Evyen Klean
Music Supervisor
Michael Kohan
Assistant Property Master
Lisa Kotarac
Extras Casting Assistant
Jason Kowalski
Location Assistant
Lindsey Hayes Kroeger
Casting Associate
Betty S Krul
Set Designer
Kurt Kundsen
Driver
Tom Lamb
Art Department
Grace Kelly Lambert
Production Assistant
Mark Landon
Makeup Artist
Linda Larmon
Medic
Robert Lattin
Hair Stylist
Charles Lawson
On-Set Dresser
Kevin Leach
Assistant Property Master
John J. Lee
Lighting
Jeremy Lewis
Post-Production Assistant
Charles J Lindsay
Coproducer
Beverly Llombart
Costume Supervisor
Scott Allen Logan
Location Manager
Paul Lombardi
Special Effects Coordinator
Lizette Lopez
Caterer
Stephanie Lowry
Music Editor
Lucia Mace
Hair Stylist
Marlk Macinnis
Extras Casting Assistant
C J Maguire
Property Master
Daniel Mantle
Consultant
David Mantle
Consultant
Merlyn Mantle
Consultant
Mickey Mantle
Consultant
Kevin J Maris
Consultant
Patricia Maris
Consultant
Randy J Maris
Consultant
Richard J Maris
Consultant
Roger E Maris
Consultant
Sandra Maris
Consultant
Susan Maris
Consultant
Mark Marshall
Post-Production Supervisor
Ben Martin
Office Assistant
Annette Mathews
Assistant
Phil Mccann
Driver
Dennis Mccleod
Driver
John H Mcelroy
On-Set Dresser
Anne D Mcgulley
On-Set Dresser
Kathy Mckee
Extras Casting Assistant
John P Mcmullen
Other
Jack Mcquisten
Hair Stylist
Amanda Mengden
Art Department Coordinator
Doug Mercer
Grip
Mike Mertens
Color Timer
Matt Messina
Location Assistant
Mark J. Meyers
Driver
J. Larry Michael
Driver
Joe Miller
Grip
Tom Miller
Assistant Property Master
Joshua Mills Fagan
Art Assistant
David Miya
Engineering Supervisor
Sheila Molnar
Art Department
Film Details
Also Known As
Home Run Race, Home Run Race: 61, Homerun Race
Genre
Biography
Drama
Period
Sports
Release Date
2001
Production Company
Cesar Aquirre
Location
Tiger Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, USA; Los Angeles, California, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h 8m
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States April 28, 2001
Released in United States on Video 11, 2001
Released in United States on Video September 11, 2001
Began shooting June 28, 2000.
The title, "61*," refers to the asterisk that baseball commissioner Ford Frick attached to Maris' single-season home run record. By 1961, the American League had expanded its season from the 154 games played in Ruth's day, adopting a 162-game schedule. Frick, who had once been a ghostwriter for Ruth, ruled that there would have to be a "distinctive mark" to show that it had taken Maris 162 games to break the record that Ruth has set in 154 games. In 1991 the asterisk on Maris' achievement was lifted.
"61*" is writer Hank Steinberg's first produced screenplay.
Billy Crystal (who, along with his wife, is a part-owner of the National League's Arizona Diamondbacks) was a friend of Mickey Mantle for 20 years until Mantle's death in 1995. Crystal and sports commentator Bob Costas co-wrote the eulogy.
