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Facing Nolan

In the world of Major League Baseball no one has created a mythology like Nolan Ryan. Told from the point of view of the hitters who faced him and the teammates who revered him, Facing Nolan is the definitive documentary of a Texa...

Director

Bradley Jackson

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Genre

documentary, biography, sport

Box Office

$405,797

Production

The Ranch Productions

Awards

1 nomination total

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Garrett has the ball,
the throw to first, - Facing Nolan

Garrett has the ball, the throw to first,

Just some Texan with a drawl - Facing Nolan

Just some Texan with a drawl

That night, there
was a big celebration - Facing Nolan

That night, there was a big celebration

That was the first time I had
ever had a glass of champagne. - Facing Nolan

That was the first time I had ever had a glass of champagne.

And the last time I ever
had a glass of champagne. - Facing Nolan

And the last time I ever had a glass of champagne.

And wouldn't you know it,
ten days later, - Facing Nolan

And wouldn't you know it, ten days later,

♪ Wait 'til next year and hold - Facing Nolan

♪ Wait 'til next year and hold

The dogs were howling
big time after that. - Facing Nolan

The dogs were howling big time after that.

♪ First you gotta have heart - Facing Nolan

♪ First you gotta have heart

And being on the Ed Sullivan
Show, to a ticker tape parade, - Facing Nolan

And being on the Ed Sullivan Show, to a ticker tape parade,

I'd go home, get a job
so I could survive - Facing Nolan

I'd go home, get a job so I could survive

I installed central
heating and air conditioning. - Facing Nolan

I installed central heating and air conditioning.

This is Nolan Ryan
for American Standard - Facing Nolan

This is Nolan Ryan for American Standard

And my first contract
with the Mets was $7,000. - Facing Nolan

And my first contract with the Mets was $7,000.

And so, you know, you
didn't have extra money. - Facing Nolan

And so, you know, you didn't have extra money.

Look at this scene. - Facing Nolan

Look at this scene.

He helped his parents
pay off their house - Facing Nolan

He helped his parents pay off their house

I'm in San Antonio,
he's in Alvin, - Facing Nolan

I'm in San Antonio, he's in Alvin,

Ranching is a way of
life here in Texas. - Facing Nolan

Ranching is a way of life here in Texas.

Since the time I
was about 5 years old, - Facing Nolan

Since the time I was about 5 years old,

I think I was just meant
to be in that business - Facing Nolan

I think I was just meant to be in that business

I'm the ranch manager
for Mr. Nolan Ryan - Facing Nolan

I'm the ranch manager for Mr. Nolan Ryan

He was, one's you really
would wanna work for. - Facing Nolan

He was, one's you really would wanna work for.

We was sorting some heifers,
some keeping heifers - Facing Nolan

We was sorting some heifers, some keeping heifers

Everybody knows Mr. Nolan
Ryan, the baseball player - Facing Nolan

Everybody knows Mr. Nolan Ryan, the baseball player

As I got older,
I understood one thing, - Facing Nolan

As I got older, I understood one thing,

I'm very at peace
with what I'm doing - Facing Nolan

I'm very at peace with what I'm doing

I was accustomed
to being outdoors - Facing Nolan

I was accustomed to being outdoors

So I was kind of scared - Facing Nolan

So I was kind of scared

It was an exciting
kind of life, in a way. - Facing Nolan

It was an exciting kind of life, in a way.

The highlight of his Mets career - Facing Nolan

The highlight of his Mets career

Because he came
back in 70 and 71, - Facing Nolan

Because he came back in 70 and 71,

In the meantime, the Gentrys,
the Koosmans, the Sievers, - Facing Nolan

In the meantime, the Gentrys, the Koosmans, the Sievers,

The manager, he's
worrying about winning games - Facing Nolan

The manager, he's worrying about winning games

The lack of success - Facing Nolan

The lack of success

I was so frustrated
in my inconsistency - Facing Nolan

I was so frustrated in my inconsistency

He didn't really have like say, - Facing Nolan

He didn't really have like say,

He felt like he wasn't a
important part of the team. - Facing Nolan

He felt like he wasn't a important part of the team.

I started thinking, - Facing Nolan

I started thinking,

People do not realize
how strong Ruth Ryan is. - Facing Nolan

People do not realize how strong Ruth Ryan is.

She is the strength
behind Nolan. - Facing Nolan

She is the strength behind Nolan.

I said, "Nolan, I
think you have talent. - Facing Nolan

I said, "Nolan, I think you have talent.

So I really wish you
would stick it out - Facing Nolan

So I really wish you would stick it out

And he told me we're leaving
after the game is over. - Facing Nolan

And he told me we're leaving after the game is over.

I don't really think that
I'll be back here next year. - Facing Nolan

I don't really think that I'll be back here next y...

And two weeks later, - Facing Nolan

And two weeks later,

♪ Everybody is talking at me - Facing Nolan

♪ Everybody is talking at me

♪ I'm going where the
sun keeps shining ♪ - Facing Nolan

♪ I'm going where the sun keeps shining ♪

He said, "Nolan, I just
wanted to call and tell you, - Facing Nolan

He said, "Nolan, I just wanted to call and tell you,

♪ And skipping over the
ocean like a stone ♪ - Facing Nolan

♪ And skipping over the ocean like a stone ♪

The redheaded stepchild
compared to the LA Dodgers, - Facing Nolan

The redheaded stepchild compared to the LA Dodgers,

♪ Riding the range once more - Facing Nolan

♪ Riding the range once more

Growing up in Texas, Gene was
a big deal, you know, - Facing Nolan

Growing up in Texas, Gene was a big deal, you know,

♪ I go my way - Facing Nolan

♪ I go my way

The biggest thing
that changed Nolan Ryan - Facing Nolan

The biggest thing that changed Nolan Ryan

I never had a pitching coach - Facing Nolan

I never had a pitching coach

He was the first person that
really got me thinking about - Facing Nolan

He was the first person that really got me thinking about

Big thing with Nolan back then, - Facing Nolan

Big thing with Nolan back then,

He stood in front of Nolan - Facing Nolan

He stood in front of Nolan

So Nolan can't fall
through to the left - Facing Nolan

So Nolan can't fall through to the left

Holy cow, what smoke. - Facing Nolan

Holy cow, what smoke.

The three years that
Morgan was there, - Facing Nolan

The three years that Morgan was there,

Being in the background
in New York, - Facing Nolan

Being in the background in New York,

Now, he saw his opportunity - Facing Nolan

Now, he saw his opportunity

♪ I'm ready for you - Facing Nolan

♪ I'm ready for you

I think I was as
surprised as anyone - Facing Nolan

I think I was as surprised as anyone

And they swarm the 26-year-
old, Alvin, Texas native. - Facing Nolan

And they swarm the 26-year- old, Alvin, Texas native.

Some people say they
don't think about it - Facing Nolan

Some people say they don't think about it

First seven innings,
he's got 16, 17 strikeouts. - Facing Nolan

First seven innings, he's got 16, 17 strikeouts.

I looked at him as he
walks in the batter's box - Facing Nolan

I looked at him as he walks in the batter's box

He had taken a leg off of
a table in the clubhouse, - Facing Nolan

He had taken a leg off of a table in the clubhouse,

I told Ron Luciano the umpire, - Facing Nolan

I told Ron Luciano the umpire,

Leave it to Norman
for a little levity - Facing Nolan

Leave it to Norman for a little levity

Five strikeouts for Koufax. - Facing Nolan

Five strikeouts for Koufax.

One more strike
that would tie Koufax. - Facing Nolan

One more strike that would tie Koufax.

The end of nine innings,
the score's tied, - Facing Nolan

The end of nine innings, the score's tied,

I had pulled my hamstring
in one of the extra innings. - Facing Nolan

I had pulled my hamstring in one of the extra innings.

He had cramps in his legs,
he could hardly walk, - Facing Nolan

He had cramps in his legs, he could hardly walk,

Nolan Ryan will
have fought into the 11th. - Facing Nolan

Nolan Ryan will have fought into the 11th.

And Ryan does
not have much left. - Facing Nolan

And Ryan does not have much left.

There goes Carew,
swing and a miss, - Facing Nolan

There goes Carew, swing and a miss,

Two-strike pitch coming up. - Facing Nolan

Two-strike pitch coming up.

383 strikeouts in
the season, is, - Facing Nolan

383 strikeouts in the season, is,

And ladies and gentlemen, - Facing Nolan

And ladies and gentlemen,

Nolan, anyone
who looks at the record books - Facing Nolan

Nolan, anyone who looks at the record books

Well, I don't give - Facing Nolan

Well, I don't give

I just try to go out and
win every game I pitch in, - Facing Nolan

I just try to go out and win every game I pitch in,

It's 1973, he's out on his ranch - Facing Nolan

It's 1973, he's out on his ranch

The Cy Young Award - Facing Nolan

The Cy Young Award

Nolan, it didn't bother him, - Facing Nolan

Nolan, it didn't bother him,

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In the world of Major League Baseball no one has created a mythology like Nolan Ryan. Told from the point of view of the hitters who faced him and the teammates who revered him, Facing Nolan is the definitive documentary of a Texa...

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Director: Bradley Jackson

Writer: Bradley Jackson

Production: The Ranch Productions

Genre: documentary, biography, sport

Year: 2022

MetaScore: 73/100

ImdbRating: 7.9

BoxOffice: $405,797

Released: 12 Mar 2022

Awards: 1 nomination total

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