Once Upon a Time in Queens

Name: Once Upon a Time in Queens
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2021-09-14
Rating: 8.0
Cast: Keith Hernandez, Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, Mookie Wilson, Lenny Dykstra

2021·Documentary·4 episodes

8.0

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The story of the 1986 Mets, one of the most dominating, infamous, and magical teams of all time. The series traces the team's origins back to the late 1970s. The story of their triumph may have been magical, but the tale of their fall was inevitable.

Created by Nick Davis

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4 episodes · 2021

Cast

Keith Hernandez

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Dwight Gooden

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Mookie Wilson

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Davey Johnson

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Bill Burr

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Oliver Stone

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Cyndi Lauper

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John McEnroe

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Gary Dell'Abate

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George R.R. Martin

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Mike Tyson

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Kurt Andersen

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Joel Goodman

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Jimmy Kimmel

Executive Producer

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9 reviews

Jacob LucibelloPRO

10.0★ · 03/02/24

One day I will have a Mets team that will climb the mountain and bring me joy. I might be dead before that happens but I root for it every day.

This documentary was fantastic. While I am massively biased, it tells a beautiful and complicated story. The Mets have always been the laughing stock of baseball, but for just one season (actually a couple of you think about it) none of that mattered and they brought a city together and brought it back to life.

I already knew the vast majority of this story so the highlight of the doc is easily the interviews. Lenny Dykstra is a fucking psycho and letting him talk freely to a camera was a great decision. Keith Hernandez is a legend. If he kept his persona from the 80s through to today he wouldn’t be the same weirdo I watch in the Mets broadcast booth every night. Glad he had Hadji in almost every interview clip. It’s a shame they didn’t make this 10 years ago and get Gary Carter in an interview. My dads favorite player of all time, RIP.