BINGO LONG TRAVELING ALL-STARS & MOTOR KINGS, THE
Special Features: Tickets $8. June 19, 11:30 a.m. show features panel discussion with Milt Thompson (MLB star raised on the Black Sandlots of Emory Grove), Billy Gordon (historian of Montgomery's Black Sandlots) & Bruce Adams (president, Bethesda Community Base Ball Club)
Top baseball pitcher Bingo Long (Billy Dee Williams) is fed up with how his Negro League team owner treats him, so he forms his own lineup, recruiting big-hitting Leon Carter (James Earl Jones) and Charlie Snow (Richard Pryor), who dreams of playing in the majors. Boycotted by Black teams, Long's team plays against minor league white teams, earning more attention as entertainers than as players. However, their success wins them a chance to play again in the Negro League, this time as equals. (Note adapted from Universal Pictures.) DIR John Badham; SCR Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins, from the novel by William Brashler; PROD Berry Gordy, Rob Cohen. U.S., 1976, color, 110 min. RATED PG
AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 110 Minutes
Opening Date: Monday, June 19, 2023
Genre: Sports, comedy