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Soul of the Game
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780783118161
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783118163
Item Dimensions: 0000
Label: Hbo Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
MPN: TM2566
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 23, 2001
Running Time: 94 minutes
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: April 20, 1996
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Editorial Review:
An aging Satchel Paige wanted to be the first African American baseball player to integrate the major leagues after World War II. Of course, things didn't work out that way: the visibly dignified and younger Jackie Robinson got the nod, while the Negro Leagues he left behind carried on with such brilliant talents as Josh Gibson segregated from deserving opportunities. This HBO movie concerns the period just before Robinson was pressed into a difficult role breaking the color barrier, and the rich script by David Himmelstein and Gary Hoffman concerns his aspirations as well as those of the frustrated Paige and the deteriorating Gibson. Blair Underwood plays Robinson with an expected nobility, while Delroy Lindo is superb as Paige as is Mykelti Williamson as Gibson. Directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan, the film really does fill a gap in a viewer's imagination about what these three legendary men must have been going through--and much of it is painful to witness. With Edward Herrmann as Branch Rickey. --Tom Keogh
In 1945, the world of baseball was divided between the Majors and the Negro Leagues - but the time has come for change. Will Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson or Jackie Robinson be the first to take the field in the Majors?
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A HOMERUN!!
This HBO movie is almost a docudrama. While the facts aren't necessarily historically accurate, the people involved are historical and the overall story happened. It's 1945 and it's time for baseball to integrate. There are two 'separate but unequal' professional baseball leagues. There is the Negro League and the Major League. Everyone knows integration has to happen and it will be sooner rather than later. But Judge Landis, the Major League Commissioner keeps trying to stop it. Some of the greatest ... Read More
Rating: - Very good movie!
Great movie depicting one of the most important times baseball ever went through. Also does a great job showing three of baseball's greatest people to influence the game. The movie sheds some light on what happened to Josh Gibson and what hindered him from becoming the greatest power hitter of all time. Delroy Lindo does an outstanding job as Satchel Paige.
Rating:  - Real Baseball History
A great look at Black baseball in the early days before blacks where accepted into the league. It shows how special these players where and how important it was to break the color barrier and make baseball as it is today! A absolutly great DVD!
Rating: - Capturing bitterness
I have been a student of the history of baseball since my father wanted me to read books at the age of seven. I have read about one hundred books about baseball. I have written a novel which includes the early days of baseball.
I have read and watched several books and movies about Jackie Robinson, Sachel Paige, and Josh Gibson.
Soul of the Game does in excellent job of capturing the passion, complexity, and bitterness of these three men. Their hostility and anguish for being ... Read More
Rating: - Negro League Baseball
You don't have to be a baseball fan to enjoy this movie. Good acting, historically sound. Very entertaining.
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