Major League (film)

The film's opening montage is a series of somber blue-collar images of the Cleveland landscape synchronized to the score of [[Randy Newman]]'s "Burn On", an ode to the infamous day in Cleveland when the heavily polluted [[Cuyahoga River]] caught fire in 1969.

The film's opening montage is a series of somber blue-collar images of the Cleveland landscape synchronized to the score of [[Randy Newman]]'s "Burn On", an ode to the infamous day in Cleveland when the heavily polluted [[Cuyahoga River]] caught fire in 1969.

Much of the film's spring training scenes were shot at [[Hi Corbett Field]] in Tucson, Arizona, which was the spring training home for the Cleveland Indians from 1947 to 1992. The production used members of the [[University of Arizona]] Wildcats baseball team as extras.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tucson.com/entertainment/movies/modern-movies-that-were-filmed-in-tucson/collection_b9eceffe-63c5-11e5-80d6-8312ff318885.html#1|title = 5 'modern movies' that were filmed in Tucson| date=July 22, 2019 }}</ref>

Many of the film's spring training scenes were shot at [[Hi Corbett Field]] in Tucson, Arizona, which was the spring training home for the Cleveland Indians from 1947 to 1992. The production used members of the [[University of Arizona]] Wildcats baseball team as extras.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tucson.com/entertainment/movies/modern-movies-that-were-filmed-in-tucson/collection_b9eceffe-63c5-11e5-80d6-8312ff318885.html#1|title = 5 'modern movies' that were filmed in Tucson| date=July 22, 2019 }}</ref>

Despite being set in Cleveland, the film was principally shot in Milwaukee because it was cheaper (Ward noted that Cleveland was a big union town) and the producers were unable to work around the schedules of the Cleveland Indians and [[Cleveland Browns]]. [[Milwaukee County Stadium]], then the home of the Brewers (and three [[Green Bay Packers]] games per season), doubles as [[Cleveland Stadium]] for the film, although several exterior shots of Cleveland Stadium were used, including some aerial shots taken during an Indians game. In fact, the sign for the television station atop the scoreboard is for [[WTMJ-TV]], the NBC affiliate for Milwaukee. One of the ending scenes of the movie is in West Milwaukee's legendary restaurant, 4th Base which showcases their unique horseshoe bar that is shown in the celebration scenes. Another restaurant scene, at the then Gritz's Pzazz on Milwaukee's north side, was filmed at a restaurant that is no longer open for business. County Stadium was [[demolition|demolished]] in 2001; the stadium's former playing field is now a [[Little League]] baseball field known as [[Helfaer Field]], while the rest of the former site is now a parking lot for the Brewers' current home, [[American Family Field]], which opened in 2001.<ref>{{cite news|title= Major League - Wild Thing Edition|work= [[DVD Talk]]|url= https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/27363/major-league-wild-thing-edition/|access-date=May 14, 2012}}</ref>

Despite being set in Cleveland, the film was principally shot in Milwaukee because it was cheaper (Ward noted that Cleveland was a big union town) and the producers were unable to work around the schedules of the Cleveland Indians and [[Cleveland Browns]]. [[Milwaukee County Stadium]], then the home of the Brewers (and three [[Green Bay Packers]] games per season), doubles as [[Cleveland Stadium]] for the film, although several exterior shots of Cleveland Stadium were used, including some aerial shots taken during an Indians game. In fact, the sign for the television station atop the scoreboard is for [[WTMJ-TV]], the NBC affiliate for Milwaukee. One of the ending scenes of the movie is in West Milwaukee's legendary restaurant, 4th Base which showcases their unique horseshoe bar that is shown in the celebration scenes. Another restaurant scene, at the then Gritz's Pzazz on Milwaukee's north side, was filmed at a restaurant that is no longer open for business. County Stadium was [[demolition|demolished]] in 2001; the stadium's former playing field is now a [[Little League]] baseball field known as [[Helfaer Field]], while the rest of the former site is now a parking lot for the Brewers' current home, [[American Family Field]], which opened in 2001.<ref>{{cite news|title= Major League - Wild Thing Edition|work= [[DVD Talk]]|url= https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/27363/major-league-wild-thing-edition/|access-date=May 14, 2012}}</ref>