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When It Was a Game

1991 · 57 min

A gentle, nostalgic drift through grainy home-movie color, like leafing through a beloved family album of summers long gone.

Genres: Documentary, History
Starring: Peter Kessler, James Earl Jones, Jason Robards

Overview: As seen through the eyes of true baseball enthusiasts, this award-winning documentary tells the story of America's favorite pastime from the Depression to the 1950s, using footage shot from the movie cameras of fans and players. From the first color filming of a baseball game to the 1938 World Series and through the careers of legends such as Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle, the film thoroughly explores the history of baseball in America.

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Genres: Documentary, History
Starring: Peter Kessler, James Earl Jones, Jason Robards

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
art
identity
class
work
Places: big city
small town
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Genres: documentary, history
Written by: Steven Stern
Starring: Peter Kessler, James Earl Jones, Jason Robards, Roy Scheider, Donald Hall, Enos Slaughter, Elden Auker, Billy Herman
Music: Ferdinand Jay Smith
Runtime: 57 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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