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ESPN's "30 for 30" planning to make five hour long film on O.J. Simpson
Posted on 4/21/15 at 8:58 pm
Posted on 4/21/15 at 8:58 pm
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ESPN radio host Dan Le Batard let out a secret late last week during a conversation on his afternoon show (carried locally on ESPN 1520) with the sports network’s Bill Simmons.
Le Batard suggested that the highly-praised “30 for 30” series co-created by Simmons is planning an installment about disgraced Buffalo Bills star O.J. Simpson that could go as long as five hours.
After making that statement, Le Batard asked Simmons if he was revealing a secret and shouldn’t have said anything.
Simmons said it wasn’t a problem.
The film is expected to deal with the racial attitudes in the country throughout Simpson’s life as his popularity grew as a Heisman Trophy winner at USC, a record-setting running back with the Buffalo Bills, and with his work in advertising, sports television and film before the so-called Trial of the Century in which he was acquitted of murder. Of course, the trial is expected to be a significant part of the film.
There is no scheduled air date but this October could be an ideal time for ESPN to air it since it would be the 20th anniversary of the 1995 verdict in the criminal trial.
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This post was edited on 4/21/15 at 9:05 pm
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Posted on 4/21/15 at 8:59 pm to Bench McElroy
And I'm planning on not watching because most 30 for 30s are boring as hell.
Posted on 4/21/15 at 9:00 pm to Bench McElroy
Meh
Posted on 4/21/15 at 9:00 pm to Bench McElroy
5 hours is a long time but not gonna lie I would watch
Posted on 4/21/15 at 9:01 pm to The Boat
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And I'm planning on not watching because most 30 for 30s are boring as hell.
I am about at the end of my rope with ESPN, but I think the 30 for 30 films are the best thing they have going IMO.
Posted on 4/21/15 at 9:01 pm to Bench McElroy
Spoiler - he did it
Posted on 4/21/15 at 9:03 pm to Bench McElroy
Would watch.
Posted on 4/21/15 at 9:09 pm to Bench McElroy
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five hour long
Long time for one narrator not named Ken Burns, Morgan Freeman or Sideshow Bob.
Maybe they'll segment it up or something. A lot of these have been fantastic, so I'll watch.
Posted on 4/21/15 at 9:10 pm to JumpingTheShark
Yeah some are good
Posted on 4/21/15 at 9:55 pm to Bench McElroy
They'll probably break it up into a mini series
Posted on 4/21/15 at 9:59 pm to Bench McElroy
Is it complete footage of the Bronco chase in its entirety?
This post was edited on 4/21/15 at 10:01 pm
Posted on 4/21/15 at 10:16 pm to tunechi
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They'll probably break it up into a mini series
I would think they'd have to
Either way, stories been beaten like a dead horse. Doubt I'd watch
Posted on 4/21/15 at 10:24 pm to Bench McElroy
4 1/2 hours too long
Posted on 4/21/15 at 10:36 pm to jeff5891
Sounds awful
Posted on 4/21/15 at 10:56 pm to Bench McElroy
i was listening to the show when simmons said that. he was making a joke. I'm pretty sure this sing real. they were talking about aaron hernandez vs oj simpson case. mentioned how one deserves a 30 for 30 and the other doesn't (even though neither brought up the fact that there already is a 30 for 30 on OJ). then they just joked about how long it would have to be to get the whole story. thats it. they aren't making a 5 hour 30 for 30.
Posted on 4/22/15 at 1:18 am to Spider John
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was listening to the show when simmons said that. he was making a joke. I'm pretty sure this sing real. they were talking about aaron hernandez vs oj simpson case. mentioned how one deserves a 30 for 30 and the other doesn't (even though neither brought up the fact that there already is a 30 for 30 on OJ). then they just joked about how long it would have to be to get the whole story. thats it. they aren't making a 5 hour 30 for 30.
Well there's that
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