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Cobb is a 1994 American biographical sports drama film starring Tommy Lee Jones as baseball player Ty Cobb. The film was written and directed by Ron Shelton and based on a 1994 book by Al Stump . The original music score was composed by Elliot Goldenthal .
Dec 2, 1994 · A sports-writer hired to write the 'official' biography of Ty Cobb discovers his dark and violent side. The film is based on a book by Al Stump, who is now discredited as a liar and a forger by serious baseball historians.
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Baseball legend Ty Cobb (Tommy Lee Jones) pressures biographer Al Stump (Robert Wuhl) to whitewash the sordid details of his life.
Tyrus Raymond Cobb played baseball like a man charging a machine-gun nest. He gave no quarter, took no prisoners. And when his Hall of Fame career was over, ...
Roger Ebert criticizes the movie "Cobb" for its lack of sympathy and depth for the sports writer who ghostwrote the baseball legend's autobiography. He praises Tommy Lee Jones' performance as the mean-tempered, vicious and racist Ty Cobb, but questions the wisdom of the project itself.
Dec 2, 1994 · The first man inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, one of the greatest hitters ever ... a sports hero, a misanthrope, a drunk and a racist ... Ty Cobb. Academy Award winner Tommy Lee Jones delivers a searing performance as the most controversial athlete of the 20th century.
