Jackie Robinson Biopic
Though I like to pretend that I'm a film snob sometimes, with my tastes leaning toward classic, independent and foreign films, I'm the biggest sucker in the world for sports movies like Hoosiers, The Natural, Major League, Rocky, Field of Dreams, The Bad News Bears, Eight Men Out, Pride of the Yankees, The Babe Ruth Story... It doesn't matter how corny the acting or script is, if it's a sports drama, I'm probably getting goosbumps at some point in the film. Now a Jackie Robinson movie is in the works, and I'll be the first one in line.
Biopic on Jackie Robinson in the Works
By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie
Writer
LOS ANGELES - The makers of the Ray Charles film "Ray" are taking on
another story about breaking racial barriers. Baldwin Entertainment Group is
producing a film biography of baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson, with an assist
from Robert Redford, whose Wildwood Enterprises will
co-produce.
Redford, who starred in the 1984 baseball flick
"The Natural," also will play Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey,
who signed Robinson as the first black player in Major League Baseball.
