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Cobb is a american film of genre Drama directed by Ron Shelton released in USA on 2 december 1994 with Tommy Lee Jones

Cobb (1994)

Cobb
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Released in USA 2 december 1994
Length 2h8
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Biography
Rating63% 3.1979353.1979353.1979353.1979353.197935

Cobb is a 1994 biopic starring Tommy Lee Jones as the famed baseball player Ty Cobb. It was written and directed by Ron Shelton and was based on a book by Al Stump. The original music score was composed by Elliot Goldenthal.

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Sportswriter Al Stump is hired in 1960 as ghostwriter of an authorized autobiography of baseball player Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb. Now 73 and in failing health, Cobb wants an official biography to "set the record straight" before he dies.

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