The Slugger's Wife (1985) on Netflix
PG-1319851h 45mComedyMusicRomance
Atlanta Braves player Darryl Palmer settles down after meeting singer Debby Huston. He chases the home run record and wants her there, but she is not ready to set her career aside.
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Plot summary
Debby Huston sings rock and has her own career plans when she meets Darryl Palmer, a ballplayer for the Atlanta Braves. Darryl is enjoying the fame and the bachelor life, but he decides to settle down with her, and from that point his own career takes off. He pursues the single-season home run record and treats Debby as a good-luck charm, wanting her in the stands at his games. She is unwilling to put her own hopes on hold. Manager Burly DeVito sees her as a settling influence on his player; teammates Moose Granger and Manny Alvarado notice how much of Darryl's attention goes to Debby, and how unhappy she is growing.
Cast
- Danny Tuckeras Coach O'Brien
- NiCandra Hoodas Nurse (as Nicandra Hood)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Slugger's Wife (1985)
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- Because radio advertisements failed to bring enough extras into the stadium, Ray Stark offered to give $1,000 to a randomly chosen extra every hour; the number of occupants rose from 1,500 to nearly 10,000 in a day.
- Rebecca De Mornay performed two weeks' worth of scenes with a Southern accent, but the material was reshot after Ashby decided that it was not working.
- Neil Simon originally set the script in Houston, but moved the location to Atlanta to give the film a more "Middle America" feeling; the move was also influenced by the city being the headquarters of Coca-Cola, which owned Columbia Pictures.
- Michael O'Keefe spent several weeks in Spring 1984 training with the Atlanta Braves in Florida, while the extras included former major league stars such as Mark Fidrych and Bucky Dent.
