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  TITLE: BILL LEE: PROFILE OF A PITCHER
  DIRECTOR: Bill Reid
  PRODUCER: Double B Productions.
 
SYNOPSIS: The true story of the man known throughout the baseball world as The Spaceman. New Age values vs. Old Boy baseball rules: a view of baseball through the eyes of one of the sport’s most visible, controversial and colourful players. The film follows The Spaceman through the rigors of a season with the Montreal Expos, with a candid look at Lee’s personal and professional troubles.
       
  1982 | 77 minutes | colour | 16 mm | feature film | English original version | French dubbed version. |  

 

     

“Should even appeal to people who don’t know a baseball diamond from the crown jewels.”
-Bruce Bailey, THE GAZETTE

     
“A masterpiece.”
-Jean Beaunoyer, LA PRESSE
     
Warm, sensitive ... very funny in showing the personal side of a professional athlete.”
-Andy Nulman, SUNDAY EXPRESS
 
 
             
 
 
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