"The Bronx Is Burning" The Straw (2007)

Director:

Jeremiah S. Chechik

Writer:

Gordon Greisman (writer)

TV Series:

"The Bronx Is Burning" (2007)

Original Air Date:

10 July 2007 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Drama | Sport

Plot:

The year is 1977. The New York Yankees are coming off their loss to the Cincinatti Reds in the 1976 world series...

Plot Keywords:

Baseball | George Steinbrenner | Jealousy | Poverty | Bronx New York City

Cast

Oliver Platt	...	George Steinbrenner
John Turturro	...	Billy Martin
Daniel Sunjata	...	Reggie Jackson
Kevin Conway	...	Gabe Paul
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chadwick Brown	...	Mike Forrest
Darby Brown	...	Cliff Johnson
Joe Cappelletti	...	Sports Announcer
Max Casella	...	Dick Howser
Alex Cranmer	...	Graig Nettles
Frank D'Agostino
Scott Davidson	...	Bill Kane
Bob Dunsworth	...	Radio Sports Reporter (voice)
Bill Forchion	...	Elston Howard
Jason Giambi	...	Taxi Driver
Ryan Lee Gilbert	...	Background
Janine Green	...	Mary Rivers
Joe Grifasi	...	Yogi Berra
Hans Hartman	...	Home Plate Umpire / Reporter / Man in Central Park / Fan / Sports Phototgrapher
Erik Jensen	...	Thurman Munson
Val Jobara	...	Himself (as Walle Jobara)
Tim Keinath	...	Mike Torrez
Amy Korb	...	Banana boat waitress
Stephen Kyle	...	Reporter
Trisha LaFache	...	Donna DeMassie
Rob Lavin	...	Kenny Holtzman
Stella Maeve	...	Joanne Lomino
Susan Misner	...	Gretchen Martin
Arthur J. Nascarella	...	Tommy LaSorda
Dock Pollard	...	Willie Randolph
Lou Provenzano	...	Ron Guidry
Leonard Robinson	...	Mickey Rivers
Alan Ruck	...	Reporter
Lawrence Ryan	...	Reporter
George R. Sheffey	...	Bruce Froemming
Francesca Vannucci	...	Billy Martin's Girl
Chloe Whiteford	...	Billy's Girl
Tom Wiggin	...	Whitey Ford

Trivia:

Jason Giambi can be seen as a taxi driver that yells to Reggie Jackson, "come to New York Reggie".

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The "REGGIE?" headline and the picture of George Steinbrenner and Reggie Jackson appear on top of a newspaper article about the NHL.