Release Date
April 12, 2013
DVD Release Date
July 16, 2013 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Brian Helgeland
Writer
Brian Helgeland
Cast
Harrison Ford, Chadwick Boseman, Christopher Meloni, Ryan Merriman, Brad Beyer, Toby Huss, T.R. Knight
Studio
Running Time
128 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements including language
“42” will star Academy Award® nominee Harrison Ford (“What Lies Beneath,” “Air Force One,” “Witness”) as the innovative Dodger's general manager Branch Rickey, the MLB executive who first signed baseball great Jackie Robinson to the minors and then helped to bring him up to the show, and Chadwick Boseman (“The Express”) as Robinson, the heroic African American who was the first man to break the color line in the big leagues. The film also stars... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
Race and sports collide in the feel-good drama 42, an entertaining if not particularly sophisticated story about the early career of Jackie Robinson, the first black baseball player in Major League Baseball. Full movie review »
