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Once Upon a Time in Queens

2021 · 1 season

A nostalgic, bittersweet look back at a glorious team and the messy human cost of their rise and fall.

Created by
Nick Davis
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Keith Hernandez, Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden
Overview
The story of the 1986 Mets, one of the most dominating, infamous, and magical teams of all time. The series traces the team's origins back to the late 1970s. The story of their triumph may have been magical, but the tale of their fall was inevitable.

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Created by
Nick Davis
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Keith Hernandez, Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • found family
  • betrayal
  • redemption
  • celebrity
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour4
Realism9
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary
Created by
Nick Davis
Starring
Keith Hernandez, Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, Mookie Wilson, Lenny Dykstra, Ron Darling, Davey Johnson, Bobby Ojeda
Music
Joel Goodman
Cinematography
Ed Marritz
Length
1 seasons, 4 episodes, 51 min each
Network
ESPN
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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