42
“In a game divided by color, he made us see greatness.”
Director
Brian Helgeland
Screenplay
Brian Helgeland
Chadwick Boseman stars as Jackie Robinson in this biopic dramatizing his 1947 breakthrough as the first Black player in Major League Baseball, recruited by Brooklyn Dodgers executive Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford) to integrate the sport under a mandate of nonviolent restraint in the face of relentless racist abuse. The film chronicles the punishing toll of that restraint on Robinson both on and off the field, as he becomes a symbol whose composure carries the weight of a movement. Boseman's breakout performance, paired with Ford's growling conviction as Rickey, anchors a film that plays as much as civil-rights history as sports drama. It cemented Robinson's number 42 — since retired league-wide — as one of American sport's most resonant symbols.
Release
Apr 12, 2013
Budget
$40M
Country
United States of America
Revenue
$95M
Cast
Chadwick Boseman
Jackie Robinson
Harrison Ford
Branch Rickey
Nicole Beharie
Rachel Robinson
Christopher Meloni
Leo Durocher
Ryan Merriman
Dixie Walker
Lucas Black
Pee Wee Reese
André Holland
Wendell Smith
Alan Tudyk
Ben Chapman
Hamish Linklater
Ralph Branca
T. R. Knight
Harold Parrott
John C. McGinley
Red Barber
Toby Huss
Clyde Sukeforth
Max Gail
Burt Shotton
Brad Beyer
Kirby Higbe
James Pickens Jr.
Mr. Brock
Gino Anthony Pesi
Joe Garagiola
Brett Cullen
Clay Hopper
Jesse Luken
Eddie Stanky
Derek Phillips
Bobby Bragan
Dusan Brown
Ed Charles
Cherise Boothe
Ed's Mother
Linc Hand
Fritz Ostermueller
Matt Clark
Luther
Peter MacKenzie
Happy Chandler
Joe Inscoe
Bob Cooke
Reviews
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