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Overview

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7.5/10   509 votes
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Director:
Aviva Kempner
Writer:
Aviva Kempner (writer)
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Tagline:
When America Needed Heroes, A Jewish Slugger Stepped To The Plate.
Plot:
The life and career of Hank Greenberg, the first major Jewish baseball star in the Major Leagues. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
12 wins & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
Very Watchable Story of a Great Ballplayer. more (21 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Rabbi Reeve Brenner ... Himself - interviewee
Hank Greenberg ... Himself (archive footage)

Walter Matthau ... Himself - interviewee
Alan M. Dershowitz ... Himself - interviewee (as Alan Dershowitz)
Carl Levin ... Himself - interviewee (as Senator Carl Levin)
Stephen Greenberg ... Himself - interviewee
Joseph Greenberg ... Himself - interviewee (as Joe Greenberg)
Rabbi Max Ticktin ... Himself - interviewee
Bill Mead ... Himself - interviewee
Lou Gehrig ... Himself (archive footage)
Basil 'Mickey' Briggs ... Himself - interviewee
Don Shapiro ... Himself - interviewee
Bert Gordon ... Himself - interviewee
Joe Falls ... Himself - interviewee
Henry Ford ... Himself (archive footage)
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG for thematic elements and mild language.
Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White (archive footage) | Color
Certification:
USA:PG

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Ridin' High more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Very Watchable Story of a Great Ballplayer., 2 January 2003
8/10
Author: Metaldude61 from Salem, Or

I bought this DVD because of my life-long passion for baseball history, not as someone interested in seeing a story about a Jewish ballplayer. I am always interested in knowing more about these baseball greats of the past, and this documentary did include facts and stories that I did not know, and I enjoyed the interviews of other ballplayers of the same era. Some were greats of the game as well, some were not, but it is wonderful to put a face and a voice to the photos and stats I grew up memorizing as a kid. The documentary was trying so hard to be an exact copy of the Ken Burns style of film making, so much though that it does serve as a distraction, a feeling of unoriginality dimmishes what could have been a great documentary. With that complaint asside, I felt it succeeded in conveying the whole person behind the Stats, behind the Legend, and the WWII Veteran. 8/10

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