Sony Footage Classics stated it’s planning to launch Sean Mullin’s documentary on baseball celebrity Yogi Berra, It Ain’t Over, in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on Might 12, increasing over following weeks.
The movie is produced by Natalie Metzger, Matt Miller, Peter Sobiloff and Mike Sobiloff with Vanishing Angle and Off Media, and govt produced by Lindsay Berra. It world premiered on the 2022 Tribeca Movie Pageant within the Highlight Documentary part.
That is an intimate portrait of Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra (1925-2015), considered one of baseball’s greats. The good catcher for essentially the most storied franchise in Main League Baseball historical past, the New York Yankees, he amassed 10 World Sequence rings, three American League MVP awards, and a staggering 18 All-Star Recreation appearances
Berra is native of St. Louis, MO who noticed fight in World Struggle II and resumed his baseball profession through the golden period in New York when three groups battled for supremacy, occurring to catch the one excellent sport in World Sequence historical past in 1956.
For a lot of observers of the nationwide pastime, his prolific accomplishments on the ballfield have been matched by his terribly interesting persona. Lengthy earlier than athletes endorsing merchandise grew to become commonplace, Yogi was starring in TV commercials and connecting with followers from each demographic. His unforgettable “Yogi-isms”, initially perceived as head-scratching philosophical nuggets, grew to become trendy catch phrases that made him a nationwide treasure and endearing determine on the American popular culture panorama.
It Ain’t Over shocases his many aspects — loving husband and father, D-Day veteran, Corridor of Fame ballplayer, beloved teammate, coach, supervisor, product endorser and sage. The doc weaves collectively interviews with women and men whose paths intersected with Berra, together with Yankee legends Derek Jeter, Joe Torre, Mariano Rivera, Joe Girardi, Ron Guidry, Willie Randolph, Don Mattingly, Tony Kubek and Bobby Richardson, in addition to mates Billy Crystal, Bob Costas, Vin Scully and Suzyn Waldman, and household Lindsay Berra (granddaughter) and sons Tim, Larry, and Dale.
