Die Veecks: Eine Familiengeschichte der zweiten Chancen (2023)
Für Baseball-Fans ist der Name Bill Veeck eng mit einer ganz besonderen Zeit in der Geschichte ihres Lieblingssports verknüpft: Der Team-Besitzer und Promoter sorgte in den 1950ern mit Neuerungen wie Themenabenden und Feuerwerk-Shows für Furore auf dem Spielfeld und erstaunte auch in den folgenden Jahrzehnten mit frischen Ideen – die mitunter allerdings auch kritisch gesehen wurden, weil sie vom eigentlichen Sportgeschehen ablenkten. Sohn Mike unterstützte Bill in den 1970ern bei der Arbeit – und verursachte mit der „Disco Demolition Night“ 1979 einen Skandal mit Nachwirkungen, von denen beide sich nie wieder richtig erholen sollten. Das Dokudrama porträtiert die Veecks anhand von Archiv-, Interview- und nachgestellten Spielszenen.
Die Regisseur: Morgan Neville, Jeff Malmberg.
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Jeff Daniels as Narrator (voice) |
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Charlie Day as Mike Veeck |
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Mike Veeck as Self - Mike's Son / Mike Veeck |
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Libby Veeck as Self / Libby Veeck |
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Night Train Veeck as Self |
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Lee Adams as Self |
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Dax Allen as Self |
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Lark Allen as Self |
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Dan Barreiro as Self |
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Ila Borders as Self - Pitcher |
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Bob Chicoine as Self - Comiskey Beer Vendor |
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John-Keith Culbreth as Self - Childhood Friend |
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Dave Dombrowski as Self - White Sox Front Office |
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Nancy Faust as Self - White Sox Organist |
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Sister Rosalind Gefre as Self |
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Kevin Harmon as Self - Rebecca's Nurse |
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Dave Hoekstra as Self |
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Annie Huidekoper as Self - VP, St Paul Saints |
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Lamar Johnson as Self - White Sox 1974-1981 |
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Neal Karlen as Self - Author |
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Tony La Russa as Self - White Sox Manager |
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Dave Stevens as Self - Sports Journalist |
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Darryl Strawberry as Self - St Paul Saints 1996 |
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Don Wardlow as Self - Saints Announcer (archive footage) |
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Harlow Faith as Child |
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Abby Gore as Child |
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Tom Billett as Sportshirt Bill |
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Kai Walker Ballard as Child Mike Veeck |
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Howard M. Lockie as Umpire |
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Jordan Drake as Baseball Player #1 |
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Herbert Morales as Baseball Player #2 |
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Michael Joseph Pierce as Bard's Room Associate |
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Dripp Vegas as Bard's Room Associate |
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Elliot Berk as Bard's Room Associate |
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Gary Private as Bard's Room Associate |
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Frank Poynton as Bard's Room Man |
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Stewart Skelton as Bard's Room Man |
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Charley Rossman as Bard's Room Man |
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Oscar Jordan as Bard's Room Man |
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Max Kassidy as Waitress |
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David Lowe as Andy the Clown |
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Kalup Allen as Baseball Player in Shorts |
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Marianne Haaland as Young Libby Veeck |
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Andrea M. Anderson as Comiskey Secretary |
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Joel Spence as Comiskey Employee |
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Randy Oppenheimer as Comiskey Employee |
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Eliza Hayes Maher as Tampa Secretary / Nurse |
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Agnes Albright as Tampa Employee |
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Christopher Matthew Spencer as Tampa Employee |
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Joel Lavalle as Mike Veeck Stand In |
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Alan Starzinski as Mike Veeck Body Double |
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Bill Veeck as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Rebecca Veeck as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Editing | Alan Lowe | Editor |
| Editing | Jeff Malmberg | Editor |
| Sound | Daniel Wohl | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Chloe Simmons | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Lawrence Everson | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Garth Neustadter | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Lawrence Everson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | Antonio Cisneros | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Mary Frances Veeck | In Memory Of |
| Directing | Morgan Neville | Director |
| Directing | Jeff Malmberg | Director |
| Production | Danny Breen | Producer |
| Production | Morgan Neville | Producer |
| Production | Jon Berg | Producer |
| Production | Fran Zeuli | Executive Producer |
| Production | Greg Silverman | Executive Producer |
| Production | Caitrin Rogers | Executive Producer |
