It became the subject of a 1957 movie version, fear strikes out, in which piersall was portrayed by anthony perkins and his father by karl malden, directed by robert mulligan. 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. Trying to live vicariously through his son, the elder piersall makes jimmy eat, sleep and breathe baseball with destructive determination. Over 100,000 german translations of english words and phrases. Adam williams, norma moore, anthony perkins, fear strikes out, 1957 bpb59y from alamys library of millions of. 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. Rent, buy or watch fear strikes out movie now family video javascript seems to be disabled in your browser. These photos may not be suitable for all audiences. It is based on piersalls 1955 memoir fear strikes out.
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. Anthony perkins as red sox outfielder jimmy piersall flips out after homering in a scene from the 1957 movie, fear strikes out. The film stars anthony perkins as piersall and karl malden as his father, and it was the first directed by robert mulligan. With anthony perkins, karl malden, norma moore, adam williams. Boggs film editor aaron stell original music elmer bernstein written by ted berkman, raphael blau, from the book by jimmy piersall and al hirshberg. I cant think of another actor more apt to play this version of jimmy piersalls story than anthony perkins. Fso is more concerned with jimmys nervous breakdown in 1952 and his subsequent recovery. True story of the life of jimmy piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball. Fear strikes out is a 1957 american biographical sports drama film depicting the life and career of american baseball player jimmy piersall.
Jimmy piersall, baseball player whose mental illness was. Piersall eventually disowned the film because of what he saw as its distortion of the. A wellwrought psychological portrait that these days would be relegated to the lifetime channel, but the movie retains an energy and emotional honesty that is. Jimmy piersall, the often outrageous outfielder and broadcaster whose emotional breakdown while a rookie with the boston red sox was portrayed in the 1957 movie fear strikes out, a. Fear strikes out the tin star soundtrack compilation.
Karl malden appears as piersalls overbearing father. Kritzerland kr 200168 country united states format cd release date 7mar2011 upn 857252001688 limited edition of 1500 copies. German workers strike for right to twoyear, 28hour working week this article is more than 2 years old more than 15,000 workers down tools at. The strikes sweeping germany are here to stay wolfgang.
Fear strikes out 1957 robert mulligan, anthony perkins. From top to bottom, the film fields a stellar lineup. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing fear strikes out near you. 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. Based on the true story of troubled baseball star jimmy piersall, fear strikes out is an emotionally compelling drama featuring excellent performances from. Strike fearterror into sb meaning in the cambridge.
He and willy mays of the giants were the best defensive center fielders in pro baseball then and perhaps ever. Director robert mulligans 1957 biographical drama stars anthony perkins as jimmy piersall, the baseball player whose career was interrupted by his battle with mental illness. In 1955, his book fear strikes out, coauthored by al hirshberg, was published. But before he racked up those numbers, piersall faced a foe much tougher that a 90m.
True story of the life of jimmy piersall, who battled mental illness to. Fear strikes out tells the tale of jimmy piersall, who played for the boston red sox in the early to late 1950s. Fear strikes out 1957 ever since jimmy piersall anthony perkins was a boy, his baseballobsessed father karl malden has pushed the sport on him. The cast also includes karl malden, norma moore, adam williams and perry wilson. True story of the life of jimmy piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league.
Jimmy piersall, whose mental illness was portrayed in. Anthony perkins stars as piersall in this powerful true story. How to say fear in german thesaurus and word tools. The jim piersall story, cowritten with al hirshberg.
Fear strikes out 1957 full movie download full hd youtube. Fear strikes out 1957 stream and watch online moviefone. From top to bottom, the film fields a stellar lineup of talent, and the result is a drama of unflinching frce and effectiveness. The rise, fall, and rise of red sox rookie jimmy piersall the athletes crackup is a laboratory experiment, practically, laid out by robert mulligan in the clinical evenness of early studio tv. German translation of strike the official collins englishgerman dictionary online. 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 is the story of jim piersall, eventually a star boston red sox player. Fear strikes out 1957 watch online watch fear strikes. 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. Watch fear strikes out 1957 film online, download full online fear strikes out 1957 free fear strikes out full movie imdb watch the latest fear strikes out full movie on imdb. This account of his experiences is a frank and fascinating one. Fear strikes out 1957 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Piersall was best known for his wellpublicized battle with bipolar disorder that became the subject of a book and a film, fear strikes out.
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. Pakula and robert mulligan, the team whose credits include to kill a mockingbird. Jim piersall, 22 year old outfielder for the boston red sox, had a mental breakdown in 1952one so complete that seven months virtually have vanished from his memory. The grimaceaton starts early, with young jimmy peter j. Jim piersall, 22 year old outfielder for the boston red sox, had a mental breakdown in 1952. Fear strikes out is a 1957 american biographical sports drama film depicting the life and career of american baseball player. Chicago sunday tribunethe story of a man who became. Ever since jimmy piersall anthony perkins was a boy, his baseballobsessed father karl malden has pushed the sport on him. 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.
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German translation of strike collins englishgerman. Fear strikes out is one of the games most dramatic autobiographies. Pakula then produced and mulligan directed to kill a mockingbird 1962, the moving adaptation of. In many ways, fear strikes out is a true reflection of its era where moviegoers emerging interest in psychology and mental aberrations were being channeled by hollywood directly to the screen in such movies as autumn leaves 1956, the bad seed 1956, the three faces of eve 1957, lizzie 1957 and suddenly, last summer 1959. Fso is more concerned with jimmys nervous breakdown in. Rent, buy or watch fear strikes out movie now family video. Fear strikes out 1957 robert mulligan, anthony perkins, karl. In the end, a vicious, unprincipled fear offensive failed to block reform. Watch fear strikes out full movie in hd visit sports biopic depicting the athletic, domestic, and emotional stru.