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The story revolves around a pair of UsefulNotes/{{baseball}} players with the fictional New York Mammoths: dim, folksy catcher Bruce Pearson ([=De Niro=]) and snarky pitcher Henry Wiggen (Moriarty). Bruce reveals privately to Henry that he has incurable Hodgkin's Disease and probably won't last the year. Henry promises to help Bruce, since the disease is sapping his ability to play, and to keep his illness a secret from their teammates and manager Dutch Schnell (Gardenia, who earned an [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestActorInASupportingRole Academy Award]] nomination for his role).

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The story revolves around a pair of UsefulNotes/{{baseball}} players with the fictional New York Mammoths: dim, folksy catcher Bruce Pearson ([=De Niro=]) and snarky pitcher Henry Wiggen (Moriarty). Bruce reveals privately to Henry that he has incurable Hodgkin's Disease and probably won't last the year. Henry promises to help Bruce, since the disease is sapping his ability to play, and to keep his illness a secret from their teammates and manager Dutch Schnell (Gardenia, who earned an [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestActorInASupportingRole [[MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestActorInASupportingRole Academy Award]] nomination for his role).
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''Bang the Drum Slowly'' is a 1973 American {{melodrama}} film directed by John Hancock, adapted by writer Mark Harris from his own [[TheFilmOfTheBook 1956 novel]] of the same name and starring Creator/RobertDeNiro, Creator/MichaelMoriarty, and Creator/VincentGardenia.

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''Bang the Drum Slowly'' is a 1973 American sports {{melodrama}} film directed by John Hancock, adapted by writer Mark Harris from his own [[TheFilmOfTheBook 1956 novel]] of the same name and starring Creator/RobertDeNiro, Creator/MichaelMoriarty, and Creator/VincentGardenia.

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