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The Battered Bastards of Baseball is a american film of genre Documentary released in USA on 20 january 2014 with Kurt Russell

The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014)

The Battered Bastards of Baseball
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Released in USA 20 january 2014
Length 1h13
OriginUSA
Rating79% 3.99183.99183.99183.99183.9918

The Battered Bastards of Baseball is a 2014 documentary film about the Portland Mavericks, a defunct Minor League Baseball team which operated from 1973 through 1977. Owned by actor Bing Russell, the Mavericks were independent of Major League Baseball (MLB) teams, despite competing in a league of teams with MLB affiliates. The film was directed by Chapman Way and Maclain Way, grandsons of Russell.

The film features Russell's son Kurt Russell, who played for the Mavericks and worked as a vice president. The film also features Todd Field, who was a batboy for the Mavericks, Frank “The Flake” Peters, Joe Garza, Jim Bouton, and Joe Garagiola. The film premiered to a standing ovation at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2014. Netflix, initially one of several interested buyers, acquired the rights to the film and premiered it as an Original Documentary on July 11, 2014.

After a bidding war between Fox Searchlight, Columbia Pictures, and DreamWorks, filmmaker Justin Lin acquired the rights to adapt the documentary into a feature film. Oscar-nominated Field was attached to write and direct the adaptation.

Synopsis

L'histoire vraie des Portland Mavericks, une équipe de baseball indépendante composée d'outsiders, créée par l'acteur Bing Russell dans les années 1970.

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Kurt Russell

(Himself)Todd Field

(Himself)Bing Russell

(Himself (Archive Footage))
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