42 [blu-ray dvd] : the Jackie Robinson story / Warner Bros ; Legendary Pictures Funding, LLC ; director and writer, Brian Helgeland ; producer, Thomas Tull.
Harrison Ford, Ryan Merriman, Lucas Black, Hamish Linklater, Chadwick Boseman, Nicole Beharie, Christopher Meloni, Andre Holland. Release date: Jul. 16, 2013. Special features: Stepping into history; Full-contact baseball; The legacy of the number 42.
Summary:
History was made in 1947, when Jackie Robinson broke the professional baseball race barrier to become the first African American MLB player of the modern era. 42 tells the life story of Robinson and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey.
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