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| Tiger Town | |
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| Genre | Drama Family Sport |
| Written by | Alan Shapiro |
| Directed by | Alan Shapiro |
| Starring | Roy Scheider Justin Henry |
| Music by | Eddy L. Manson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | Susan B. Landau[1] |
| Production location | Detroit |
| Cinematography | Robert Elswit |
| Editors | Richard A. Harris John F. Link |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production company | Walt Disney Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | Disney Channel |
| Release | October 9, 1983 |
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Tiger Town is a 1983 American made-for-television sports drama film and is the first television film produced for the Disney Channel. It was awarded a CableACE Award in 1984 for Best Dramatic Film. The film stars Roy Scheider as Billy Young, an aging baseball player for the Detroit Tigers, and Justin Henry as Alex, a young fan who believes in him. Tiger Town originally aired October 9, 1983 on the Disney Channel.
The film was written and directed by Detroit native Alan Shapiro and executive produced by Susan B. Landau.[1] It was subsequently aired on ABC's Disney Sunday Movie, and had a limited theatrical release in the Detroit area in June 1984, which (coincidentally) was during Tigers’ best season in franchise history.
Most of the film was shot on location at Tiger Stadium and in the city of Detroit. One notable goof in the film shows Alex racing his bicycle across a bridge over the Detroit River on the way to the stadium. The bridge is the one leading from the Detroit mainland to Belle Isle Park, an island park where there is no residential area.
- ^ a b Evans, Greg (2017-06-07). "Susan B. Landau Dies: 'Cool Runnings' Producer Was 65". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 2018-08-26. Retrieved 2017-06-25.