Where Pete Rose will be, and won't be, in the next couple of weeks

The debut of a new documentary on Pete Rose's career called "4192: The Crowning of the Hit King" will get a red-carpet treatment at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood on Wednesday night, and the former Cincinnati Reds star, who lives in Sherman Oaks, is scheduled to attend.

Tickets ($20) for the event can be purchased online at the film's official website (linked here).

The synopsis from the producer's Barking Fish Entertainment website (linked here):

"On the evening of September 11, 1985, before a sellout crowd of 52,000 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Pete Rose was poised to collect hit number 4,192 of his long brilliant career, passing Ty Cobb as the all-time career hits leader. Rose came up to bat in the first inning against the San Diego Padres Eric Show and on the fourth pitch lined a clean single to left center. As he reached first base, thousands of camera flash bulbs fired off rapidly, his teammates mobbed him, fireworks exploded above the stadium and the crowd overwhelmed him with an unprecedented nine-minute standing ovation.

"Pete Rose was perhaps the most versatile player in Major League Baseball history, having played five hundred or more games at five different positions in his twenty-four year career. He holds numerous major league records including most hits, most games played and most at-bats. He was the 1963 NL Rookie of the Year, the 1973 NL MVP, 1975 World Series MVP, won two gold gloves, three World Series rings, and appeared in seventeen All-Star games among other notable achievements. From Pete's first hit to that immortal September evening where history was made, "4192" traces the Hit King's rise as one of baseball's greatest and most controversial stars."

So, is that accurate?

A review by John Klesewetter of the Cincinnati Enquirer (linked here) includes the term "two-hour love fest" and notes that it "doesn't mention gambling, greenies, corked bats or other controversies."

Klesewetter also notes that the final version of the documentary doesn't a Rose quote from the April movie trailer, where he does admit to making mistakes: "I never cheated the fans. Everybody knows that. Sure, I made mistakes, but they knew I was never going to cheat them, as far as when I played the game."

Klesewetter adds on his blog: "If you want a balanced, complete look at Pete's life, you won't find it here."

The timing of the documentary, which is scheduled to come out in DVD form by September, is to coincide with the 25th anniversary of Rose breaking Ty Cobb's career hit mark on Sept. 11, 1985.

Before Sept. 11 was known for other notorious things.

Rose does most of the narration, but there's also contributions from his biggest supporters: Former teammates Tony Perez and Mike Schmidt, and Reds broadcaster Marty Brennaman. No Joe Morgan or Johnny Bench.

Aymie Majerski, who is the co-producer, would not tell the Enquirer how much Rose was paid or if he's given credit as a production partner, and they all agreed to focus only on Rose's on-the-field accomplishments.

Rose will also be in Newport, Kentucky, for the film's screening on July 14. Four days later, Rose is to be inducted into the Baseball Reliquary's Shrine of the Eternals in Pasadena, but he won't be present. Rose's contacts have told Terry Cannon, the Reliquary's executive director, that he has a prior commitment -- a baseball card show in Chicago, before he heads off to Cooperstown where he'll do more signings leading into the July 25 annual Hall of Fame induction ceremonies.

Rose has asked that his good friend, Greg Goossen, accept the honor for him.