The life and career of Hank Greenberg, the first major Jewish baseball star in the Major Leagues.
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Reeve Brenner | ... |
Himself - interviewee
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Hank Greenberg | ... |
Himself
(archive footage)
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| Walter Matthau | ... |
Himself - interviewee
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| Alan M. Dershowitz | ... |
Himself - interviewee
(as Alan Dershowitz)
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Carl Levin | ... |
Himself - interviewee
(as Senator Carl Levin)
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Stephen Greenberg | ... |
Himself - interviewee
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Joseph Greenberg | ... |
Himself - interviewee
(as Joe Greenberg)
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Max Ticktin | ... |
Himself - interviewee
(as Rabbi Max Ticktin)
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Bill Mead | ... |
Himself - interviewee
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Lou Gehrig | ... |
Himself
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Basil 'Mickey' Briggs | ... |
Himself - interviewee
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Don Shapiro | ... |
Himself - interviewee
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Bert Gordon | ... |
Himself - interviewee
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Joe Falls | ... |
Himself - interviewee
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| Henry Ford | ... |
Himself
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The story of Baseball Hall-of-Famer Hank Greenberg is told through archival film footage and interviews with Jewish and non-Jewish fans, his former teammates, his friends, and his family. As a great first baseman with the Detroit Tigers, Greenberg endured antisemitism and became a hero and source of inspiration throughout the Jewish community, not incidentally leading the Tigers to Major League dominance in the 1930s. Written by George S. Davis <mgeorges@prodigy.net>
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baseball | 1930s | jewish community | name in title | seven word title |Taglines:
When America Needed Heroes, A Jewish Slugger Stepped To The Plate.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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21 July 2000 (USA) See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$14,371 (USA) (21 January 2000)Gross:
$1,703,901 (USA) (27 October 2000)Company Credits
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Music by Duke Ellington
Lyrics by Irving Mills
Courtesy of EMI Music Publishing
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Dick Schaap: The first day that Hank was in the army, he and the other recruits were lined up and the sergeant immediately began spouting some anti-Semitic remarks like "I don't want no Goldbergs and no Cohns in my unit." Whereupon Hank raised his hand and says "My name is Greenberg." and he looks at Hank 6-3, 6-4, 200, 230, he says "I didn't say anything about Greenbergs."See more »
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It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)Music by Duke Ellington
Lyrics by Irving Mills
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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