Soul of the Game
Summary:
This original HBO production documents, in dramatic form, the rivalry between Jackie Robinson, Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson to see who would be the first African-American to play Major League Baseball. Paige (played by Delroy Lindo) and Gibson (Mykelti Williamson) are more aggressive about seizing the opportunity that arose in the mid-'40s with the death of baseb... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Delroy Lindo - (Satchel Paige)
Mykelti Williamson - (Josh Gibson)
Blair Underwood - (Jackie Robinson)
Edward Herrmann - (Branch Rickey)
R. Lee Ermey - (Wilkie)
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Review:
After a shaky opening, with a reporter interviewing Willie Mays (played by an actor who looks nothing like the "Say Hey Kid") in 1954 as a device for a flashback to the 1940s heyday of the Negro Leagues, Soul of the Game settles into a surprisingly melancholy account of the breaking of baseball's color line. This is not a celebration of Jac... Continue >>
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