When does the Yogi Berra documentary ‘It Ain’t Over” hit movie theaters?
An intimate film of the baseball icon, Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra, is coming to theaters this May, and it’s everything you need to know American legend
Sean Mullin’s documentary on baseball superstar Yogi Berra, It Ain’t Over, is being released in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on May 12, then expand its footprint.
The intimate and revealing 98-minute film is produced by Natalie Metzger, Matt Miller, Peter Sobiloff, and Mike Sobiloff with Vanishing Angle and Off Media and executive produced by Lindsay Berra.
It’s an emotional and engaging documentary that paints a complete picture of the sports legend from his humble beginnings in a St. Louis neighborhood to his journey that featured 10 World Series championships, three American League Most Valuable Player Awards, and 18 All-Star appearances.
The film, which took over four years to reach the screen, debuted last year at the Tribeca Film Festival, and its trailer was released earlier in March by Sony Pictures Classics:
Lindsay Berra, Yogi Berra’s granddaughter, said it was “very important” for her to “keep grandpa’s legacy alive. Most important to me is to have people remember truly what a great baseball player he was because I feel that a lot of his on-the-field accomplishments have been eclipsed by the Yogi-isms and the fact he was this short, kind of funny-looking guy later in life.”
The film’s opening scene demonstrates a ceremony before the 2015 All-Star Game where Henry Aaron, Johnny Bench, Sandy Koufax, and Willie Mays were introduced as baseball’s greatest living players. Lindsay Berra recalls poking her grandfather and asking if he was dead, to which Berra replied: “Not yet.”