Screwball
Original title: Screwball
Documentary – USA
Production year: 2018
Movie length: 105 minutes
Director: Billy Corben
Cinematograph: B. J. Golnick
Music: 10k Islands
Movie description:
Billy Corben’s true-crime dramedy investigates the MLB’s infamous doping scandal involving a nefarious clinician and his most famous client: the New York Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez.
They say South Florida is a sunny place for shady people. Filmmaker Billy Corben has a talent for uncovering some of its most colorful characters in hit documentaries like »Cocaine Cowboys« and »The U«. Now in »Screwball«, he delivers a true-crime comedy worthy of the novels of Elmore Leonard. The film looks at doping in major league baseball from the perspective of Anthony Bosch, a specialist in performance-enhancing drugs, who was a key figure in the scandals of Alex Rodriguez, Manny Ramirez, and other star players.
While Bosch’s medical credentials may be lacking, his storytelling skills are first rate. On camera, he is hilariously frank about the rise and fall of his Biogenesis health clinic, including details of mob connections, financial chicanery, his cocaine habit, and Rodriguez’s eccentric behavior. Miami New Times journalist Tim Elfrink helps to frame the story based on his book »Blood Sport: A-Rod and the Quest to End Baseball’s Steroid Era«.
In the pursuit of youth, adults often look childish. Corben reflects this by casting children to play the roles of Bosch, Rodriguez, and others in delightfully staged reenactments – like a cross between »The Little Rascals« and »The Thin Blue Line«.
The film excels in inducing laughter, but also raises serious questions about the culture of professional sports. While some get punished for drugging, others profit from uneven oversight. A government health inspector tells of being in hot pursuit of Bosch’s case until receiving mysterious orders to drop it. Powerful interests would be happy to let this story slip from memory. But »Screwball« makes it unforgettable.
Boy Actors
Birthday: 20.04.2007
Age of the actor:
approximately 11 years old
Birthday: 15.03.2005
Age of the actor:
approximately 13 years old
Birthday: 23.03.2007
Age of the actor:
approximately 11 years old
Jake Stephens(Ricky Rodriguez)
Birthday: 24.06.2004
Age of the actor:
approximately 14 years old
Year of birth: 2007
Age of the actor:
approximately 11 years old
Birthday: 19.11.2006
Age of the actor:
approximately 11 years old
Armando Bernal IV(Jorge »Ugi« Velazquez)
Birthday: 13.07.2006
Age of the actor:
approximately 12 years old
Birthday: 16.03.2007
Age of the actor:
approximately 11 years old
Birthday: 06.02.2008
Age of the actor:
approximately 10 years old
Jordan Clark(Jerome’s Supervisor)
Birthday: 03.01.2006
Age of the actor:
approximately 12 years old
Birthday: 03.06.2009
Age of the actor:
approximately 9 years old
Birthday: 19.11.2008
Age of the actor:
approximately 9 years old
Jay Hendrix(Nightclub DJ)
Birthday: 10.05.2008
Age of the actor:
approximately 10 years old
Birthday: 01.12.2005
Age of the actor:
approximately 12 years old
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