Branch Rickey changed America

Rating: Null/10 (13 April 2013)

Branch Rickey got the credit he deserves. Harold Pee Wee Reese got the credit he deserves. Eddie Stanky got the credit he deserves. Leo Durocher got the credit he deserves. Rachel Robinson (still with us) got the credit she deserves. Bobby Bragan was symbolically caught in the middle, as were many.
Brooklyn was and is a great place. I was 11 or so, a white Jewish boy.
Recreation of reality? Branch used to wear a black hat I think but not black in the movie. Jackie had a hitch in his swing that Boseman caught. Jackie ran pigeon-toed which Boseman did not catch, far as I could tell. His taunting steal-and-head-back at third base was switched to first, a dramatic loss. The Reese arm around Jackie was as an inning ended but filmed as an inning began. The "Oh doctor" Al Gionfriddo catch was I think in a World Series not a playoff game shown. I wish the Red Barber segments were from original tapes but nice try. So some artistic license. But they did not distort or misrepresent facts
The vulgar taunts were less, I expect, than what Jackie really had to deal with. I'd guess this is so that children can see the movie.
Boseman was perfect. Ford even better. And the world changed. Go see it.