And of course it’s James Earl Jones who’s given the key monologue in the picture, espousing the romance of baseball and childhood. “It’ll be as though they’ve dipped themselves in magic ...

George Clooney once caught strays at a production of August Wilson's Fences from the late screen icon and theater fixture James Earl Jones, who died in September 2024 at the age of 93.

Its coyness can get sticky. Lynn Redgrave and James Earl Jones co-star in the 1999 film "The Annihilation of Fish." (Milestone Films) But the actors reward every ounce of audience faith.