© Copyright 2020 Rolling Stone, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. But I think it speaks to the hubris.

We’ve been making documentaries for almost 20 years, and this was our most meticulously researched piece.

It’s what I call the “New American Values.” And where we used to teach our kids honesty, integrity, tell the truth, do unto others as you’d have done unto you, now the message is: “Lie, cheat and steal, kids, and you too can be the highest-paid player in baseball history”; “Lie, cheat and steal, kids, and you too can be the commissioner of baseball”; “Lie, cheat and steal, kids, and you too can be President of the United States.”. Screwball’s release was planned to coincide with the start of baseball’s regular season, but it’s also following on the heels of A-Rod’s engagement to Jennifer Lopez.

Among the other notable names in those records is the singer Jon Secada, who was treated by Bosch at Biogenesis. Were you surprised at the lengths MLB would go to expose A-Rod?No. In This Article: When you meet Tony Bosch and Porter Fischer you know that they’re the story, you know what I mean? You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. My mom knows who he is — she calls him J.Lo’s boyfriend.

Then everybody signs NDAs so there’s no transparency either. To your point, we knew that we were dealing with very moneyed and litigious people and organizations, so we were meticulous. Interspersed with actual footage shot by the ... See full summary », In the 1980s, ruthless Colombian cocaine barons invaded Miami with a brand of violence unseen in this country since Prohibition-era Chicago.

When Bud Selig needed to salvage his own reputation as the steroid commissioner and was trying some kind of redemption and legacy-saving measures, Alex was the villain. Alex is holding court at a back-center booth, on literally an elevated platform. Are you surprised there’s bad blood among juicers?Canseco’s a wild man.

Add the first question. They allegedly sent it around the world to data recovery services, and weren’t able to recover it. He’s now this beloved pop culture figure. 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. In Miami, a dying sport gets a reprieve when a local dog track conjures up a scheme to enlist some former has-been and never-was University of Miami athletes to play Jai-Alai as token requisite to further their parimutuel interests. Even more insane is how the story got exposed SPOILER: Bosch, who was living the high life, refused to repay a small loan to a employee and they went nuclear on him; yes the whole multi-million dollar operation came down because he wouldn't repay a $4,000 loan. It certainly goes to show how not legitimate MLB’s concerns are about steroids and shooting up in baseball, because it’s obviously good for business. So we were escorted down the center aisle right to Alex, up on a stage. Bosch kept notebooks full of his steroid protocols for, among others Manny Ramirez, Ryan Braun and A-Rod, who he called A-Rod.

But Jon Secada was not an athlete, you know? I always loved that and thought it would come in handy at some point. He makes an odd choice of having kids play the various players in re-enactments. Sucked into ... See full summary », A documentary about the circumstances during a party at a University of Florida fraternity that led up to what may or may not have been a rape. Everybody thought it was a bunch of bullshit when it first came out, and then slowly but surely it got verified, and everybody’s like, “Ohhhhh.” In a certain way, Canseco sort of took the bullet for a lot of guys in this world. Tony is just a product of his environment, which is highly permissive. Screwball (157) IMDb ... Billy Corben is a truly great documentarian. Named for the Miami-area clinic where an unlicensed doctor dispensed performance-enhancing drugs to a variety of athletes, the affair blew up after a whistleblower walked off with boxes of medical records and leaked to a local indie paper. Looking for something to watch? A-Rod lied to everybody. The film focuses on the misadventures of the shady doctor, Anthony Bosch; the angry whistleblower, a patient-turned-disgruntled-business-partner; and Rodriguez and MLB’s race to buy back the damning evidence.

We figured we’d meet at a quiet place. And that, to me, is what Screwball is about. "Cocaine ... See full summary », According to a 2009 Sports Illustrated article, 60 percent of NBA players are broke within five years of retirement. While Bosch's medical credentials may be lacking, his storytelling skills are first rate as he hilariously details the rise and fall of his "health clinic", including mob connections, financial chicanery, his cocaine habit, and Rodriguez's eccentric behavior. View production, box office, & company info, Rep Sheet Roundup: Documentarian Billy Corben Signs With Black Box, Now Stream This: ‘The Beach Bum’, ‘Aquaman’, ‘The Favourite’, ‘Screwball’, ’12 Angry Men’, ‘Macbeth’ and More, Netflix in August: Here’s All of the New and Expiring Titles, Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Netflix in August 2019, Toronto International Film Festival 2018: Documentaries. Build up your Halloween Watchlist with our list of the most popular horror titles on Netflix in October. In the 1980s, ruthless Colombian cocaine barons invaded Miami with a brand of violence unseen in this country since Prohibition-era Chicago - and it put the city on the map. He’s a bit of a rascal.

But only the workers, mind you — not the owners, not the management or the commissioners — get raked over the coals. The records — which proved that pro baseball players were intentionally using banned substances — were then stolen from the whistleblower’s car trunk and sold, leading to the suspension of 14 Major Leaguers including All-Stars Alex Rodriguez and Manny Ramirez. Everybody. 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. Billy Corben, Producer: Screwball. I make documentaries. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. I think it’s going to be a PR case study that people will teach in colleges. Like, when Alex was useful as a heel, he was the villain.

He’s this villain, this quote-unquote disgraced former cheater, and Alex is all good. It’s pretty impressive. The baseball player most raked over the coals for steroid use, Jose Canseco, recently came out of the woodwork and accused A-Rod of cheating on J.Lo with his ex-wife on Twitter. You have a bunch of criminals from different places sort of hatching an insane conspiracy to steal stolen medical records and sell them not to the highest bidder, but to every bidder — every single one. In 1973, Hollywood actor Bing Russell starts an independent minor league baseball team in Portland consisting of outcasts and misfits, and turns them into unlikely overnight success. Amanda Shires on Why Abortion Rights Matter, Go Inside a Zoom Horror Film With ‘Take This Lollipop 2’, How Donald Trump Plans to Overthrow American Democracy, Eddie Van Halen: The Joy and Pain of Rock’s Last Guitar Superhero, Jimmy Page on His Vision for Led Zeppelin, ‘Screwball’ Director Billy Corben on A-Rod, Steroids and Baseball’s Craziest Scandal. It’s not revealing a huge spoiler to note that as the credits roll we see those kids, out of costume, frolic on a baseball diamond, reminding us of the innocence baseball has lost thanks to its stars. An emotionally unstable deviant unwittingly becomes a significant male figure in a young boy's life while training him in baseball. So Alex is paying six figures for a blank fucking hard-drive, for crying out loud. Recounting the high-profile doping scandal that rocked Major League Baseball, director Billy Corben (Cocaine Cowboys) takes us into the surreal Miami underworld that provided performance-enhancing drugs to Alex Rodriguez, Manny Ramirez and other star players. We subsist from hustle to hustle. His book Juicing is like the Steele Dossier on steroids in baseball.

Bosch never took the advice Stringer Bell gave in The Wire: Don’t take notes on a criminal conspiracy. Speaking of wild, you made the unorthodox choice to use young kids, in costumes and wigs, to re-enact the scenes between Rodriguez, Ramirez, Bosch, Fischer and the rest. Violent crimes occur ... See full summary ». The truth may have been on their side, but it was how they pursued it. (as Abigail Abrams). Was that your intention?Yeah. And he’s reinvented himself as a TV broadcaster for MLB and a real-estate magnate. But Bosch comes off strangely sympathetic, despite the fact he’s prescribing steroids to kids, cops and college and pro athletes, and blew the fortune he made on coke-fueled benders. So I don’t take it personally.

Couldn’t think up a code or at least a better nickname?There’s total inconsistency in his nicknames, too.

But I’ll say that Alex and J.Lo can be my guests to any screening they’d like. He was booed by his own fans, for crying out loud. In baseball and comedy, the term “screwball” has roughly the same meaning — something that breaks in a wildly unexpected direction. Alex still bought a hard-drive.

Instead they made it a power lunch at [Coral Gables, Florida, restaurant] Hillstone’s at like high noon.

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