The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings/Trailer transcripts

We start on a shot of the outside of the stadium. A baseball soon flies at us, and a montage of film clips begins.
:Announcer: In the 1930s, to play ball in the major leagues, you had to be white. To play in the Negro League... you had to be great! (Cut to clips of the team parading down the street) Ladies and gentlemen, meet Bingo Long, and the greatest congregation of athletic talent ever assembled in one place, at one time, for one purpose.
Cut to the game between the Negro League and the All-Stars
:Umpire: PLAY BALL!
:Bingo Long: They say you a pretty fair hitter.
:Walter Murchman (John McCurry): So they SAYS! (Chuckles)
:Bingo: (As he throws a ball) Well, hit this! (It misses the bat completely and lands in the catcher's mitt, then we get clips of two of the leads)
:Announcer: Billy Dee Williams is Bingo Long. (As he says this, "The Bingo Long Song (Steal on Home)" by Thelma Houston begins) James Earl Jones is Leon Carter. (We then cut to Leon and Bingo in the bar)
:Leon: Ballplayers gotta...overthrow they owners and run a team they own selves.
:Bingo: (Takes the cigarette out of his mouth) You think we can do that?
:Leon: (Just stares at Bingo for a moment, then...) Do what?
:Bingo: Overthrow the owners.
:Leon: ...sure! Same day we turn white.
Cut to a clip of...
:Announcer: Richard Pryor is Charlie Snow. (Cut to a clip of the team driving)
:Charlie: From now on, I'm gonna be known as Carlos Nevada! (They laugh) I'm gonna break into the majors as a Cuban.
:Announcer: (While it cuts to Charlie in a game) He can hit, he can run, he can score! (We then cut to Charlie in a bar)
:Charlie: Buenas knockerssss, senora. ...can I buy you a drink?
We then cut to another exterior shot, with the film's logo over it
:Announcer: The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings! (Cut to Bertha [Mabel King] in the same room as the rest of the All-Stars' former managers)
:Bertha: What you gonna do about this, Miss Sallie Potter?! It's your pitcher that's leading those bags of detergents! (Cut outside to Bingo and Sallie [Ted Ross] walking)
:Sallie: The All-Stars against mine. One big game down in St. Louis. (Cut to a scene of the team dancing)
:Announcer: Barnstorming in the 1930s. (Cut to a scene of Charlie falling out a window and into someone's car) It was daring...
:Charlie: Just drop me off at the baseball park! (Back to the team dancing)
:Announcer: ...it was demoralizing... (Cut to a funeral)
:Pastor: We mourn this wonderful lady...
Suddenly, Leon breaks out of a coffin, and as he rises, one of the attendees rolls her eyes, then it's back to the gang
:Announcer: ...it was downright dangerous. (An armed man fires his rifle into the sky, and the music stops)
:Man: You gentlemen checking out? (Cut to a car chase scene as the music returns)
:Announcer: Who would have thought it could be so much fun? (Leon, riding a motorcycle, crashes through a billboard, then it's back to Charlie)
:Charlie: Woowwwww!
The team gets out of the dugout to play a game, intercut with...
:Manager 2: Now we got to ruin that team before they gonna ruin us!
...then it's back to the game, with Bingo throwing a pitch, only for Charlie to swing at it and cause an explosion, astonishing the audience. More clips of the ballgame follow, with shots of Bingo, Leon, and Charlie respectively having "BILLY DEE WILLIAMS," "JAMES EARL JONES," and "RICHARD PRYOR" appearing over them.
:Bingo: The Bingo Long Travelin' All-Stars &... (As he removes his hat) MOTOR KINGS!
A ball slowly zooms out as the logo, "A UNIVERSAL PICTURE," soundtrack information, and a copyright notice fade in. The trailer ends after that.
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