42 2013 Movie

In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and faces considerable racism in the process. More details

Directors

Brian Helgeland

Cast

Chadwick Boseman Harrison Ford Nicole Beharie Christopher Meloni

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biography drama sport african american man racial integration pregnancy jackie robinson character reference to ty cobb leo durocher character family relationships train telephone call telephone pay phone rain apology branch rickey character pee wee reeese chracter joe garagiola character sports reporter bride and groom marriage proposal sunglasses prejudice prayer n word cigar smoking typewriter courage boy bus convertible reference to atlanta georgia brooklyn new york city flashback flash forward methodist voice over narration archive footage reference to stan musial reference to joe dimaggio post world war two reference to satchel paige reference to roy campanella new york city policeman airplane happiness eyeglasses reference to the new york yankees missouri gas station filling station world series shower bravery man wrapped in a towel reference to louisville kentucky letter baseball bat reference to connie mack lie leg injury crying tears reference to god handshake locker room looking out a window radio news listening to a radio applause slow motion scene microphone voice over writing hotel jew intercom italian slur jewish slur name calling african american slur black american slur reference to ted williams sports fan reference to douglas macarthur pensacola florida listening to music listening to music on a car radio killing a mosquito bare chested male reference to the bible baseball glove politics reference to jesus christ reference to ucla new orleans louisiana the star spangled banner money umpire newspaper hand held over one's heart baseball fan sanford florida baseball commissioner reference to judas priest running after a train listening with ear on train tracks greenwood missouri racial prejudice reference to the sporting news the newspaper mirror looking at oneself in a mirror cairo georgia reference to birmingham alabama reference to the kansas city monarchs jim crow american flag pasadena california deland florida bowing porch reference to montreal quebec canada venetian blinds actress catholic youth organization panama city panama reference to panama beverly hills california baby reference to bojangles hitting a basball bat against a wall fbi fear autograph reference to home sweet home hit with a baseball freeze frame contract reference to a gillette speed razor camera posing for a photograph father son relationship the number 42 reference to st. louis missouri ebbets field begging someone to take a job threat to kill kissing a breast crosley field cincinnati forbes stadium pittsburgh lynch mob spitting on someone reference to kentucky macdonough street brooklyn court martial reference to fort hood texas coca cola chicago illinois toilet pride beer bottle billy club sleeping train tracks public address system empire state building manhattan new york city chrysler building manhattan new york city press box car radio daytona beach florida reporter reference to james boswell advance man reading a newspaper reference to california baseball pitcher baseball catcher baseball shortstop baseball manager iced tea threat of being fired from a job whites only bathroom carrying a bride over the threshold marriage reference to arc de triomphe paris writer women's bathroom temper booing adultery shame baseball cap guilt reference to ohio wesleyan university reference to fascism reference to germany reference to the pittsburgh currier the newspper army baseball movie reference to the new york times baseball racism major league baseball baseball player brooklyn dodgers pittsburgh pennsylvania philadelphia pennsylvania insult provocation trash talk photographer news photographer mob of photographers flash camera film camera large format camera reference to joseph mccarthy civil rights movement civil rights race relations boston braves pittsburgh pirates cincinnati reds philadelphia phillies cincinnati ohio southerner passenger train airport year 1948 star spangled banner year 1947 year 1945 year 1946 reference to jersey city marital infidelity reference to honus wagner reference to ralph kiner reference to hank greenberg hero sports hero minor league baseball husband wife relationship breakthrough hero baseball star hate mail home run petition baseball team verbal abuse spring training desegregation racial segregation sports writer written by director number as title athlete number in title

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