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Director
  
Aviva Kempner

Duration
  

Initial DVD release
  
October 16, 2001

Writer
  
Aviva Kempner

Language
  
English

7.6/10
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Genre
  
Documentary, Biography, Sport

Running time
  
1h 35m

Screenplay
  
Aviva Kempner

Country
  
United States

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Release date
  
1998 (1998)

Initial release
  
January 12, 2000 (New York City)

Cast
  
Walter Matthau
,
Reeve Robert Brenner
,
Carl Levin
,
Alan Dershowitz
,
Joe Falls

Similar movies
  
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story (2010)

Tagline
  
When America Needed Heroes, A Jewish Slugger Stepped To The Plate.

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The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg is a 1998 documentary film directed, produced and written by Aviva Kempner about Hall of Fame first baseman Hank Greenberg of the Detroit Tigers. A Jewish player who chose not to play on Yom Kippur in 1934 during a heated pennant race, Greenberg experienced a great deal of antisemitism. He nearly broke Babe Ruth's 60 home run record by hitting 58 home runs in 1938.

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Like many players of the era, Greenberg's career was interrupted by military service. Initially, Greenberg was classified unfit for service due to flat feet. However, upon re-examination, he was cleared. Before Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States Congress released men over age 28. After the attack, Greenberg immediately reenlisted in the United States Army Air Forces.

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In 1947, Hank Greenberg, as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates and playing his final season, was one of the few ballplayers to give the Brooklyn Dodgers' Jackie Robinson, the majors' first black player in many years, a warm welcome. Robinson later said, "Class tells. It sticks out all over Mr. Greenberg".

Production

Kempner states that the film took 13 years to make. "It was all about raising money for the rights to the archival and feature footage. That was so expensive that I had to stop and start about 20 times."

Produced by

  • Aviva Kempner .... producer
  • Ari Daniel Pinchot .... associate producer

    • Directed by

  • Aviva Kempner

    • Written by

  • Aviva Kempner

    • Awards

  • 2001 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards – "Best Feature Documentary"
  • 2001 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards – "Best Documentary" (tied with The Filth and the Fury (2000))
  • 2001 Columbus International Film & Video Festival – "Silver Chris Award – Religion"
  • 2001 Florida Film Critics Circle Awards – "Best Documentary"
  • 1998 Hamptons International Film Festival – "Audience Award for Most Popular Documentary (Aviva Kempner) tied with Red, White & Yellow (1998)"
  • 2001 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards – "Best Documentary"
  • 2000 Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards – "Sierra Award for Best Documentary"
  • 2000 National Board of Review, USA – "Best Documentary"
  • 2001 National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA – "Best Documentary"
  • 2000 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – "Best Non-Fiction Film"
  • 2001 Peabody Award
  • 1999 Washington Jewish Film Festival – "Audience Award for Documentary (Aviva Kempner)"

    • References

    The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg Wikipedia
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    The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg IMDb The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg themoviedb.org


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