The 42 film tells the story of Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) and, under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford), Robinson's signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers to become the first African-American player to break the baseball color barrier. The story focuses mostly on the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season and somewhat on the 1946 season with the Montreal Royals.
Jackie Robinson and his team stop by a gas station. Robinson is refused
entry to the washroom but the team says they'll find another gas
station so the attendant allows Robinson to use it. As Robinson comes
out, a scout for the Dodgers approaches him and sends him to Brooklyn.
He is offered a $600 contract and $3,500 signing bonus which Robinson
accepts but he is told to control his temper if he wants to play.
Robinson proposes to his girlfriend by phone. She accepts her proposes,
During
Dodgers spring training, Robinson successfully makes it to the franchise
farm team in Montreal. After a great season there and spring training
in Panama, he advances to the Dodgers. Most of the team soon signs a
petition stating they refuse to play with Robinson, but manager Leo
Durocher (Christopher Meloni) insists the rookie will play for his team.
Durocher is then suspended over an affair with a celebrity, leaving the
Dodgers without a manager.
In a game against the Philadelphia Phillies, manager Ben Chapman
taunts Robinson, causing him to go back to the dugout and smash his
bat. He then returns to the field and hits a single, steals second and
third base, and scores the winning run. When Chapman is later asked if
he wants to show the world that he has "changed" his attitude towards
Jackie, he requests to pose with Robinson for newspapers and magazine
photos.
Robinson's home run against a Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher who had earlier hit him in the head helps clinch the National League pennant for the Dodgers, sending them to the World Series, where they would lose in seven games to the New York ,
Dirctor:
Brian HelgelandWriter:
Brian HelgelandStars:
Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie
USA
Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
12 April 2013 (USA)Also Known As:
Untitled Jackie Robinson Project ,
The life story of Jackie Robinson and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey.
The second theatrical biopic of Jackie Robinson, the previous
one being The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), in which Robinson starred as
himself. Robinson was also the subject of the TV 42 movie The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson.
In the game at Ebbetts Field, where Enos Slaughter spiked
Jackie Robinson, Red Barber says "the top of the 9th," however the game
was in Brooklyn and the Dodgers would have been batting in the bottom of
the inning. It was actually the bottom of the 11th inning according to
other sources.
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