Thursday, November 9, 2017

42 (2013)

This movie is based on a true story of Jackie Robinson.

Jackie Robinson becomes the first black baseball player to play in the major leagues. He started playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers and faced real racism.

I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Chadwick Boseman (Captain America: Civil War, Get on Up, Black Panther, Marshall) as Jackie Robinson, Harrison Ford ( Star Wars 3 - 6, Indiana Jones movies, Blade Runner movies, The Age of Adaline) as Branch Rikey, Nicole Beharie (Shame, American Violet, Sleepy Hollow, Jacob' s Ladder) as Rachel Robinson, Christopher Meloni (Man of Steal, Bound, Happy!, Snatched) as Leo Durocher, Ryan Merriman (Final Destination 3, The Ring Two, Halloween: Resurrection, Palominas) as Dixie Walker, Lucas Black (The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Jarhead, Furious 7, NCIS: New Orleans) as Pee Wee Reese, Andrew Holland (Moonlight, Selma, The Knick, Widows) as Wendell Smith, Alan Tudyk (Rogue One; I, Robot; Frozen, Serenity) as Ben Chapman, Hamish Linklater (Fantastic Four, Battleship, The Big Short, Paper Year) as Ralph Branca, T.R. Knight (Grey' s Anatomy, 11.22.63, Genius, Hello Again) as Harold Parrott, John C. McGinley (Scrubs, Platoon, Se7en, The Rock) as Red Barber, Toby Huss (King of the Hill, Halt and Catch Fire, Rescue Dawn, Women Child) as Clyde Suckeforth, Max Gail (Barney Miller, D.C. Cab, Forest Warrior, DriverX) as Burt Shotton, Brad Beyer (The General' s Daughter, Trick, Cop Land, Code Black) as Kirby Higbe and James Pickens Jr. (Grey' s Anatomy, Another World, Sphere, Kick) as Mr. Brock.



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