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Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | 1977 | Billy Dee
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium | 1977 | Hal
Steven Spielberg was initially very interested in directing. However the success of Jaws (1975) meant he could get any project of his own off the ground, so he decided to make Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).
Bingo Long was based slightly on Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the Negro league and Major League Baseball player and pitcher.
Debut theatrical feature film of Director John Badham.
The barn-storming antics, while based on reality, were familiar to fans of the Harlem Globetrotters, whose history in basketball is almost a direct parallel to the racism of the baseball leagues.
Stan Shaw's baseball scenes were filmed using a body double.
"Leon Carter, All-Star: [after Esquire Joe bowls him over with a slide at the plate] Say, boy - does you do this constantly? Esquire Joe Callaway, All-Star: No, suh. I does it all the time."
"Leon Carter, All-Star: Maybe you slowin' down. Bingo Long (P): It ain't nice to be throwin' hard to old men. Leon Carter, All-Star: Don't be makin' any excuses for your arthritis, now!"
