\u201cMax Patkin: The Clown Prince of Baseball\u201d Emmy Award-Winning Director and Producer Greg DeHart with Max Patkin jersey at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, NY. This Sunn Stream “Original” Film Premieres March 29, 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nMax Patkin was best-known as \u201cThe Clown Prince of Baseball\u201d, who performed his act for 50 years at over 5,000 consecutive minor league baseball games, without once missing a date.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nAcademy Award Nominee and \u201cBull Durham\u201d Director and Writer Ron Shelton is in the new \u201cMax Patkin: The Clown Prince of Baseball\u201d documentary, and explains, \u201cI couldn\u2019t have made \u2018Bull Durham\u2019 without Max. He was minor league baseball.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nMLB Network Host Harold Reynolds describes Max Patkin in the new documentary, \u201cMax Patkin: The Clown Prince of Baseball\u201d by Sunn Stream Productions. Harold is a former professional baseball player, who played for the Seattle Mariners, among others<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nFormer Boston Red Sox Pitcher Bill \u201cSpaceman\u201d Lee describes Max Patkin at Fenway Park in the new documentary, \u201cMax Patkin: The Clown Prince of Baseball\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Sunn Stream’s announces the World Premiere and release date of their new “Original” documentary \u201cMax Patkin, The Clown Prince of Baseball\u201d is March 29, 2024.<\/i><\/p>\n \u2014 Garrett Sutton, Executive Producer and Sunn Stream President<\/p>\n<\/div>\n RENO, NEVADA, UNITED STATES, February 27, 2024 \/EINPresswire.com<\/a>\/ — In sync with Major and Minor league baseball<\/a> spring training, Sunn Stream<\/a> Productions announces the release date and World Premiere of the feature documentary, \u201cMax Patkin<\/a>: The Clown Prince of Baseball\u201d will be on Friday, March 29, 2024. On this date, a special World Premiere event will be held at the Reno Aces: Greater Nevada Field theater. In addition, everyone will be able to start watching this Sunn Stream \u201cOriginal\u201d film exclusively on SunnSteam.com\u2019s streaming service, and on multiple platforms, including Apple TV, IOS, Google Play, Roku, and Amazon.<\/p>\n This Sunn Stream \u201cOriginal\u201d film will bring viewers Max Patkin\u2019s (1920-1999) unique baseball legend career and life – one that ended with Max\u2019s uniform being displayed in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. <\/p>\n Before Mascots, there were clowns, and Max Patkin was best-known as \u201cThe Clown Prince of Baseball\u201d, who performed his act for 50 years at over 5,000 consecutive minor league baseball games, without once missing a date!<\/p>\n Emmy and IDA Award-Winning Producer\/Director, Greg DeHart explains, \u201cOur film takes fans on Max\u2019s 50-year journey through the backroads of minor league baseball. We uncovered a very human side of Max Patkin, who came out night-after-night to entertain minor league baseball fans. Patkin\u2019s act was his livelihood. The baseball diamond was just where he worked.\u201d<\/p>\n When Academy Award Nominee Director Ron Shelton filmed his classic minor league baseball film \u201cBull Durham\u201d, he cast Max Patkin as himself. Shelton, who stars in this new Sunn Stream documentary, often says, \u201cI couldn\u2019t have made \u2018Bull Durham\u2019 without Max. He was minor league baseball.\u201d In \u201cBull Durham\u201d, Patkin acts alongside Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins.<\/p>\n DeHart expands, \u201cBefore World War Two, Patkin was a minor league pitcher. But when he wasn\u2019t pitching, he clowned, using his lanky body and protruding nose as props. His big break came while serving in the U.S. Navy during World War Two. That\u2019s when Patkin was pitching in an exhibition game against the legendary Joe DiMaggio. After DiMaggio hit home run off Patkin, Max threw down his glove and followed DiMaggio around the bases, mimicking his famous stride. The fans went wild, and a baseball clown was born.\u201d <\/p>\n After an arm injury ended Max\u2019s pitching career, MLB owner and master promoter Bill Veeck hired Patkin to bring his comedic talent to the major leagues. <\/p>\n What made Patkin\u2019s clown routine so unique was that he performed DURING games. Wearing an oversized question mark uniform, Max mimicked players, rolled in the dirt, coached, joked, contorted, and sprayed water during his famous \u201cgeyser\u201d routine. Fans loved it. Owners did not. By 1946, Max was banished to the minor leagues, and for the next 50 years, Max traveled across America performing over 5,000 consecutive times without once missing a date!<\/p>\n Producer\/Director DeHart first met Patkin while pitching in the minor leagues. When Patkin came out to the pitcher\u2019s mound to make DeHart part of his comedy routine. DeHart told Max to, \u201cget off my mound.\u201d Patkin replied, \u201cJust go with it kid, the fans love it!\u201d That incident inspired DeHart to make the film.<\/p>\n In this baseball documentary, viewers will hear from luminaries Bob Feller, Don Zimmer, Bill \u201cSpaceman Lee, Harold Reynolds, and writer Steve Wulf, to name a few. Rare footage shows Max both on and off the field. There is also a heartfelt interview with Max\u2019s daughter Joy, who remembers Max as a loving father, who had his share of challenges \u2013 including being brutally teased for his looks, living a lonely life on the road, and his wife trying to kill him. <\/p>\n Reno-based Sunn Stream President and Executive Producer Garrett Sutton adds, \u201cWe\u2019re excited to announce this new Max Patkin film that will highlight how an unsung baseball hero played a major role in the history of the game and small town America. We are grateful to our team, and invite baseball fans and non-baseball fans alike to visit Sunnstream.com to see this fun and touching film. It\u2019s a human interest story with many layers about someone many called the \u2018funniest man in baseball\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n Audiences will leave inspired by Max\u2019s resilience, grit, love for the fans and dedication to America\u2019s national sport.\u201d<\/p>\n MOVIE TRAILER FOLLOW UPDATES on INSTAGRAM WHERE TO WATCH MEDIA CONTACT: Liz Kelly, Goody PR<\/p>\n Liz Kelly Max Patkin: The Clown Prince of Baseball Trailer<\/p>\n \n
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