Actor John Turturro has gotten again behind the digicam on Joe Torre (working title), a brand new documentary on the longtime Yankees supervisor and Nationwide Baseball Corridor of Fame inductee of the identical identify.
Hailing from Motto Footage, MLB Studios, and Banijay America’s BD4, the movie will check out Torre’s contributions to the nationwide pastime as a participant, supervisor, and past — work that culminated in him being named a nine-time All-Star, a Nationwide League Most Helpful Participant Award winner, and a four-time World Sequence champion with the New York Yankees. It affords an intimate have a look at Torre’s journey from his Brooklyn upbringing to changing into one in every of baseball’s nice gamers and revered leaders, the movie combines new, candid interviews with Torre and key figures from his life, together with in depth archival footage from MLB’s library and authentic storytelling. It explores how private challenges and household dynamics formed his management model — one constructed on empathy, humility, and quiet energy.
Over 12 seasons as Yankees supervisor, Torre led the workforce to the postseason yearly, together with six World Sequence appearances and 4 championships. He stays the one particular person in Main League Baseball historical past to report 2,000 hits as a participant and a pair of,000 wins as a supervisor.
“Joe Torre’s lifelong journey to the World Sequence is stuffed with ups and downs, twists and turns, by a altering panorama and turbulent instances. There’s one thing deeply human about Joe Torre’s quiet energy,” stated Turturro, a New York native. “In a time when males in sports activities hid their feelings behind toughness, Joe defied conference. His energy comes from compassion, his victories from understanding folks. His journey from nervous little one with an abusive father to an excellent skilled baseball participant who was the MVP in 1971, and as a supervisor who was fired thrice earlier than taking the helm because the Yankees supervisor. After 4,272 video games as a participant and supervisor who by no means made the World Sequence, he took his first victory lap round Yankee Stadium in an exciting World Sequence win towards Atlanta.”
Torre stated, “It’s onerous to think about {that a} nervous Brooklyn child who had low vanity might go on a journey like mine throughout greater than 60 years. I as soon as didn’t assume I used to be going wherever. However baseball gave me a spot to cover — and finally the chance to search out issues in myself that I by no means knew have been there. I’m grateful that John Turturro, who witnessed the hometown dream I’ve been lucky sufficient to dwell, is becoming a member of me to look again and inform the story in a private means.”
Motto Footage’ Christopher Clements and Julie Goldman are producing the doc, with government producers together with Nick Trotta from MLB Studios, Dan Silver and Ryan Harrington from BD4, and Ken Scherer, who developed the undertaking with the Torre household. Andrea Torre serves as co-executive producer.
An actor, director, author, and producer whose profession spans greater than three a long time, Turturro has lately garnered a number of Emmy nominations for his work on Apple TV’s Severance. He obtained the Digital camera d’Or on the Cannes Movie Pageant for Mac, his directorial debut, and has additionally directed titles like Illuminata, Romance & Cigarettes, Passione, Fading Gigolo, and The Jesus Rolls. Upcoming, he’ll be seen main The Solely Residing Pickpocket in New York, against the law thriller we introduced, directed by Noah Segan. He’s repped by UTA.
