For Jeff Pearlman, 'Winning Time' show on HBO is a dream come true
The show, Pearlman emphasizes, is a drama based on his book — not a documentary. He said he wasn’t involved much in its production beyond serving as a glorified verifier of “certain information” and an extra for a scene.
Hecht grew up in Southern California a loyal Lakers fan. One of his first memories at age 6 was waiting two hours with his father at the Westminster Mall to take a photo with Magic Johnson. . The photo has been on his desk for a decade. He devoured Pearlman’s book in one day.“It’s his book,” Hecht said. “He says it’s my vision but the vision was on a page that he wrote. To me it read like a movie treatment. I just thought it had to happen. I don’t know what made me think that.
“It’s a love letter to the Lakers,” Pearlman said. “It really is. I’m sure she’s very worried about how her dad is going to be portrayed because her dad definitely had a reputation as a kind of a little bit of a womanizer. And it’s certainly part of the Jerry Buss portrayal and should be. But, man, I think John C. Reilly plays him amazing. It’s more homage than it is mocking or ridiculing.
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