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Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush

  • TV Movie
  • 20072007
  • 2h
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Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush (2007)
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The Brooklyn Dodgers, from Jackie Robinson's breaking baseball's color barrier to their move to Los Angeles, a dozen years later. The Dodgers epitomize the diverse working-class, in contrast... Read allThe Brooklyn Dodgers, from Jackie Robinson's breaking baseball's color barrier to their move to Los Angeles, a dozen years later. The Dodgers epitomize the diverse working-class, in contrast with the white uptown Yankees, and come oh-so-close to winning the World Series before it... Read allThe Brooklyn Dodgers, from Jackie Robinson's breaking baseball's color barrier to their move to Los Angeles, a dozen years later. The Dodgers epitomize the diverse working-class, in contrast with the white uptown Yankees, and come oh-so-close to winning the World Series before it finally happens in 1955. By then, Ebbets Field is crumbling, ticket sales are off, fans h... Read all
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    • Aaron Cohen
    • Charles Olivier
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    • Buzzie Bavasi
    • Pat Cooper
    • Mel Durslag
    • Aaron Cohen
    • Charles Olivier
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    • Pat Cooper
    • Mel Durslag
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    A wonderful piece of history, a great documentary
    Whether you are from Brooklyn or Boise, if you love American History and just like baseball a little bit you will love this documentary. And if you are from Brooklyn, or New York, you will fall in love with this film. Beautifully written, with great footage, a moving tribute to a world we can only remember - when players motivation was the love of the game and steroids were not an issue; when sports heroes were nice guys and even the guy next door - you will love this film! And to Jackie Robinson, his wife, to those courageous people who said 'let's make Jackie a pro ball player' and to the fans of Brooklyn who (eventually) accepted him for his talent, for his being, for his loyalty to his team - this film truly honors a man who changed the face of America. To all the members of the film production company - to HBO for producing this film and to the MLB - thank you. To Robert Moses - it's proof that power can make one foolish, even ridiculous. You sent the Dodger packing to the other coast (and the Giants too)...and you took them out Brooklyn - something from which Brooklyn never recovered.

    To all those wonderful ball players and their families, to all those great fans - thank you for being the heart and soul of this truly beautiful film...

    It is a great documentary and yes, you'll need some tissues through it...it touches the heart, just as these ball players did....and to my father who was a Giant fan and remembering the story of the 1951 series....
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      • July 11, 2007 (United States)
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