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Finding Buck McHenry (2000)
Directed by Charles Burnett
“They found so much more.”
Drama, Family · 1h 34m
Jason Ross is an 11-year-old boy whose love for baseball exceeds his talent for the game. When cut from his little league team, Jason's undefeatable spirit leads him to try and create an expansion team. In searching for a new coach, Jason comes to believe that Mack Henry, the custodian at his school, is really Buck McHenry, the legendary pitcher from the old Negro Baseball Leagues. While Mack begins to coach this small rag-tag team, Jason and his friends set out to prove his true identity.
Cast
Ossie Davis
Buck McHenry
Ruby Dee
Mrs. Henry
Ernie Banks
Ollie Johnson
M
Michael Schiffman
Jason Ross
Duane McLaughlin
Aaron Henry
M
Megan Bowes
Kim Axelrod
Kevin Jubinville
Chuck Axelrod
Karl Pruner
Mr. Ross
Michael Rhoades
Jim Davis
Catherine Blythe
Mrs. Ross
D
Don Dickinson
Coach Borker
M
Marcello Meleca
Tug
Crew
- Director
- Charles Burnett
- Novel
- Alfred Slote
- Director of Photography
- John L. Demps Jr.
- Original Music Composer
- Stephen James Taylor
- Editor
- Dorian Harris
Details
- Release date
- 2000-04-16
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Drama, Family
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- Showtime Networks