Resurrection: The J.R. Richard Story is a 2005 American independent film, directed by Greg Carter and Benjamin O. Jimerson-Phillips, Executive Producers Charlie Bellinger, J.R. Richard & Larry Johnson; and Produced by Benjamin O. Jimerson-Phillips, and Bruce Dalton, starring David Ramsey and Charles Durning two time Academy Award Nominee. The film is a biopic tale of the Houston Astros baseball Pitcher J. R. Richard, his life high points and struggles. It was shot by Bellinger-7 Films, which is owned by Ms. Charlie Bellinger-Bethea, former wife of Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Elvin Bethea, and done in association with Nexus Films & Adept Films Inc.
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Premise
The story of famed Houston Astros baseball Pitcher J.R. Richard, from his early life in Louisiana, to his beginnings as a major baseball player in 1969, leading up to the massive stroke he suffered in 1980, leaving his only true Resurrection to his close friends and fans back into baseball.
Cast
David Ramsey as J.R. Richard
Charles Durning as Frank McNally
Kenya Moore as Leticia
Sara Stokes as Pamela
Ron Finberg as Wally Cruise
Annette P. Jimerson as Secretary
Jessica M. Jimerson as Jessy