LaserDisc Review

Bingo Long Traveling All Stars and Motor Kings, The

Genre: Comedy

Reviewed in Issue 22 of Widescreen Review

Picture
3
Sound
2.5

Stars: Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor.

Disc Information
Studio/Distributor MCA/Universal Home Video
Catalog Number 42931
MPAA Rating PG
Retail Price $34.98
Running Time 111
Color Type Color With Black & White Sequences
Chaptered/Scene Access Yes
Closed Captioned Yes
Theatrical Release 1976
LD Release Date 9/9/96
THX Digitally Mastered No
Credits
Director John Badham
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Stars Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor.
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Soundtrack Mono Sound
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Includes the theatrical trailer.

Story Synopsis

“The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings” blends comedy with baseball skills during the days of “color barriers” in the major leagues. From William Brashler’s novel of the same name, it is a celebration of the amazing athletes of the 1930s, a decade before Jackie Robinson crossed the “color line.” Bingo Long (Williams), Leon Carter (Jones) and Charlie Snow (Pryor) are all star players who break away from their bosses in the Negro National League. Forming their own razzle-dazzle team, they take on local teams of all sizes and colors across the Depression-era Midwest. Mixed with fact, fiction and bright humor, it is a wonderfully entertaining story about baseball, American dreams, prejudice and pain.

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