Comments on: Harrison Ford to play Branch Rickey in Jackie Robinson biopic http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/10/harrison-ford-to-play-branch-rickey-in-jackie-robinson-biopic/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sun, 26 May 2013 08:39:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Old Gator http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/10/harrison-ford-to-play-branch-rickey-in-jackie-robinson-biopic/comment-page-1/#comment-234266 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:33:16 +0000 http://nbchardballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=102549#comment-234266 Great actor and a legend, but he hasn’t done anything compelling since Cowboys and Aliens. Dumb movie, great performance – it does happen. Anyone see Michael Moriarty in Q?

]]> By: Old Gator http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/10/harrison-ford-to-play-branch-rickey-in-jackie-robinson-biopic/comment-page-1/#comment-234262 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:30:53 +0000 http://nbchardballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=102549#comment-234262 Robin Williams is a terrific and versatile actor. Stop thinking about Mork.

]]> By: Old Gator http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/10/harrison-ford-to-play-branch-rickey-in-jackie-robinson-biopic/comment-page-1/#comment-234260 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:29:59 +0000 http://nbchardballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=102549#comment-234260 Good for Legendary Pictures. They’ll have Jackie Robinson and Godzilla in the pipeline at the same time.

]]> By: mrfloydpink http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/10/harrison-ford-to-play-branch-rickey-in-jackie-robinson-biopic/comment-page-1/#comment-234204 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:32:01 +0000 http://nbchardballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=102549#comment-234204 They should hire the guy who played the prison warden in Shawshank Redemption.

http://images.wikia.com/villains/images/e/e0/Warden-norton-shawshawnk.jpg

]]> By: aceshigh11 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/10/harrison-ford-to-play-branch-rickey-in-jackie-robinson-biopic/comment-page-1/#comment-234203 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:30:48 +0000 http://nbchardballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=102549#comment-234203 Yeah, AF1 was pretty good, I’ll give you that.

Still, that’s 12-13 years ago.

]]> By: ironhawk http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/10/harrison-ford-to-play-branch-rickey-in-jackie-robinson-biopic/comment-page-1/#comment-234178 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:26:39 +0000 http://nbchardballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=102549#comment-234178 Usually for a biopic I say pick someone with the right personality over someone with the right look.

]]> By: clydeserra http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/10/harrison-ford-to-play-branch-rickey-in-jackie-robinson-biopic/comment-page-1/#comment-234175 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:13:55 +0000 http://nbchardballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=102549#comment-234175 that made it worse

]]> By: Beau http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/10/harrison-ford-to-play-branch-rickey-in-jackie-robinson-biopic/comment-page-1/#comment-234168 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:02:14 +0000 http://nbchardballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=102549#comment-234168 Great actor and a legend, but he hasn’t done anything compelling since Six Days, Seven Nights.

RTFY

]]> By: crisisjunky http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/10/harrison-ford-to-play-branch-rickey-in-jackie-robinson-biopic/comment-page-1/#comment-234161 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:46:45 +0000 http://nbchardballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=102549#comment-234161 Clooney (see Up in the Air) only guy to approach Rickey conversationally.
Ironic droll Wilford Brimley as octogenarian Mahatma would be poetic

]]> By: paul621 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/10/harrison-ford-to-play-branch-rickey-in-jackie-robinson-biopic/comment-page-1/#comment-234160 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:40:29 +0000 http://nbchardballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=102549#comment-234160 Based on that picture, I could actually see Robin Williams pulling it off. (On looks only, that is.)

]]> By: Kevin S. http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/10/harrison-ford-to-play-branch-rickey-in-jackie-robinson-biopic/comment-page-1/#comment-234137 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:40:51 +0000 http://nbchardballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=102549#comment-234137 Great actor and a legend, but he hasn’t done anything compelling since Air Force One.

FTFY.

]]> By: aceshigh11 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/10/harrison-ford-to-play-branch-rickey-in-jackie-robinson-biopic/comment-page-1/#comment-234135 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:37:55 +0000 http://nbchardballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=102549#comment-234135 What the hell happened to Harrison Ford? He looks and acts like he’s on industrial-strength quantities of Valium 24/7 nowadays.

Great actor and a legend, but he hasn’t done anything compelling since The Fugitive.

]]> By: Kevin S. http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/10/harrison-ford-to-play-branch-rickey-in-jackie-robinson-biopic/comment-page-1/#comment-234133 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:34:35 +0000 http://nbchardballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=102549#comment-234133 Random Dodger staffer: The odds of a Negro Leagues player successfully transitioning to the National League is approximately three thousand seven hundred and twenty-to-one!
Rickey: Never tell me the odds!

]]> By: jwbiii http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/10/harrison-ford-to-play-branch-rickey-in-jackie-robinson-biopic/comment-page-1/#comment-234128 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:21:23 +0000 http://nbchardballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=102549#comment-234128 Harrison Ford doesn’t look a bit like Branch Rickey.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QvIZlohHHuM/TgTieyoT9UI/AAAAAAAAADw/wxjq2gL95l8/s760/rickey_branch.jpg
Maybe Kevin Kline?
But Ford has the gravitas to do the job.
Oddly, both were featured driving badly early in their careers.

]]> By: mondzy805 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/10/harrison-ford-to-play-branch-rickey-in-jackie-robinson-biopic/comment-page-1/#comment-234121 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:46:46 +0000 http://nbchardballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=102549#comment-234121 Great new. Can’t wait to see this.

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