A League of Their Own

Academy Award Winners Tom Hanks (Best Actor in a Leading Role, Forrest Gump (1994) and Philadelphia (1993)), Geena Davis (Best Actress in a Supporting Role, The Accidental Tourist (1998)), and Madonna star in this major-league comedy from the team that brought you Big. Hanks star as Jimmy Dugan, a washed-up ballplayer whose big league days are over. hired to coach in the All-American Girls Baseball League of 1943 - while the male pros are at war - Dugan finds himself drawn back into the game by the heart and heroics of his all-girl team. Jon Lovitz adds a scene-stealing cameo as the sarcastic scout who recruits Dottie Hinson (Geena Davis), the "baseball dolly" with a Babe Ruth swing. Teammates Madonna, Lori Petty and Rosie O'Donnell round out the roster, taking the team to the World Series. Based on the true story of the pioneering women who blazed the trail - on the fields and off - for generations of athletes, A League of Their Own is "a home run!" - Joel Siegel, ABC-TV