The Zen of Bobby V (2008) (TV)

Directors:

Andrew Jenks
Jonah Quickmire Pettigrew

Release Date:

13 May 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Sport

Tagline:

Our Game. Their Country. His Rules.

Plot:

The Zen of Bobby V focuses on former MLB manager Bobby Valentine and his current job managing the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan...

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Benny Agbayani	...	Himself
Trey Hillman	...	Himself
Michael Kay	...	Himself (archive footage)
Sadaharu Oh	...	Himself
Larry Rocca	...	Himself
Bobby Valentine	...	Himself

Also Known As:

Bobby V in Japan (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

USA:86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Chiba, Japan

Company:

ESPN Films

Trivia:

Jonah Quickmire Pettigrew, Andrew Jenks and Andrew Muscato took a leave of absence from NYU Tisch School of the Arts to make "The Zen of Bobby V."

Movie Connections:

Features "CenterStage" (2002)

Soundtrack:

Sixes and Sevens

Quality documentary even a non-baseball fan can like

Color is gorgeous, offers a great window into Japan of today. Bobby Valentine, the American coach of a Japanese ball club, is a fascinating guy in this documentary. He's great fun, a great coach and he inspires people. Even if you're not a baseball fan see this one. I saw it in New York City yesterday during the Tribeca Film Festival. They had the three producers there fielding questions from the audience. Great fun. The guys mentioned they imported a bicycle built for two into Japan so they could follow Valentine around filming him when he went out on bike rides. One guy pedaled while the other filmed. This is not your high budget production. These are three 21-year-olds recently graduated from New York University's Tisch Film School. They winkled a contract out of ESPN and made it work. And this is a very professional piece of film. The Tisch School of the Arts at NYU has turned out many of the great producers in the states. On May 13, if I remember rightly, it will be shown on ESPN. See it.