Ted Williams: "The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived"
2018 · 57 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 134 VOTES · DIR. Nick Davis
Overview
Ted Williams: “The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived” explores not only the Baseball Hall of Famer’s remarkable on-field accomplishments but also his complicated relationships with family, teammates, press, fans and himself. The film is narrated by Emmy-winning actor Jon Hamm and includes never-before-seen archival footage and in-depth interviews with those who knew and studied Williams, including his daughter Claudia Williams, author/journalist Ben Bradlee, Jr., veteran baseball writer Roger Angell and award-winning broadcasters Bob Costas and the late Dick Enberg. The program demonstrates the power of the heroic myth-making culture in which Williams flourished. Lesser-known topics explored in the film include Williams’ Mexican-American background, his experiences serving during World War II and the Korean War, and his deep rage over his mother’s virtual abandonment of him and his younger brother.
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00:00:06 Narrator: In the summer of 1953
00:02:35 Narrator: Now back at his baseball home in Fenway Park,
00:05:06 We were sitting at the kitchen table and I asked.
00:07:14 constructively on the baseball field
00:09:22 Montville: His parents engineered the whole deal.
00:11:36 31 home runs,
00:14:02 Angell: I can't think of two people so closely allied
00:16:13 Commentator: A tremendous home run that brought in three runs.
00:18:20 Bradlee: He could remember at bats going back years.
00:20:29 "You know," he said, "I'm a pretty good hitter."
00:23:06 All the stars coming back.
00:25:25 "Hey, what do you know about snook, bush?"
00:27:32 and I told him, I said, "Nah, I'm not going to go fish
00:30:00 he stayed in the reserves.
00:32:07 and the thing burst into flames.
00:34:13 you'd say, "That's somebody. Who's that?"
00:36:30 Claudia: One of the things that he always used to tell my brother and me
00:38:45 I'm comin' back for a final year."
00:40:56 when he would go back on his pledge
00:43:16 what he can and cannot do.
00:45:28 Ted had gone there on some fishing excursion
00:47:46 He couldn't get around on his own.
00:50:09 Narrator: On July 5, 2002,
00:54:16 Vendor: Hot dog! Last call for hot dogs.
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