European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Big screen Aschaffenbur Derheim Post a Battle for the planet of the apes f a dead ringers r Samo Mississippi burning r to Bat 21 r to the Princess Bride pm we the killing time r Elvira 13 for lust in the dust r Babenhausen rammers a return to snowy River pm a poltergeist Iii 13 who framed Roger Rabbit pm we Willow pm for gorillas in the Mist 13 for Tucker pm bad Kreuz Nach Rose a it s a mad mad mad mad world f a Malibu express r dirty Rotten scoundrels r Tucker pm Heartbreak hotel 13 messenger of death r Budinger Little Armstrong Barracks a the bugs Bunny roadrunner movie g a three men and a baby pm a fish called Wanda r baby Boom pm License to drive 13 Butzbach Castle Schloss Casem a poltergeist Iii 13 us who framed Roger Rabbit pm for gorillas in the Mist 13 Darmstadt Cambrai Fritsch Casem a the Chipmunk adventure g a eight men out pm working girl r Tucker pm Heartbreak hotel 13 messenger of death r Rhein a teen Wolf too pm us cocktail r to action Jackson r we for the Blob r Frankfurt Idle hour Abrams Complex a the wonderful world of the Brothers Grimm f a sweethearts dance r alien nation r to rent a cop r we for keeps 13 platoon Leader r for no Man s land r Gibbs Casem a an american tale g a for keeps 13 us the great outdoors pm to rent a cop r for phantasm ii r Friedberg spearhead Ray Barracks a Bead ringers r Bat 21 r to teen Wolf too pm we near dark r Elvira 13 Gellhausen Coleman Casem a an american tale g a poltergeist Iii 13 who framed Roger Rabbit pm Willow pm gorillas in the Mist 13 Giessen Skyline a sweethearts dance r alien. 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Eight men out tells Story of Chison scandal Well by Chuck Vinch staff writer baseball fans who like he movies can be thankful that Bull Durham was a hit last year because that meant the inevitable Hollywood replication machine would soon Start churning out More films dealing with our National pastime. But even non fans will appreciate the subtleties and attention to historical detail not to mention the solid acting that abounds in eight men out director John Sayles adaptation of Eliot Asinof s Book on the 1919 Black sox scandal. The powerful Chicago White sox got the name that lives in baseball history after key players including shoeless Joe Jackson one of the Best hitters Ever conspired with gamblers to throw the 1919 world series to the underdog Cincinnati reds for a Cut of the winnings. Eight players were acquitted in court. But the scandal so rocked the baseball world that Edge Kenesaw Mountain Landis the All powerful commissioner banned them from the game for life. Sayles Effort to put that infamous episode on film works Well thanks to his passion for authenticity. The movie fairly drips atmosphere from the Straw hats and starched collars to the Smoky Grimy saloons to the players Flimsy Fielding gloves and billowing knickers. There also is some Fine acting notably by Michael Rooker As first baseman Chick Gandil the ringleader of the Crooks David Strathairn As Star Pitcher Eddie Cicotte without whom the fix would not have worked . Sweeney As Jackson the excellent John Mahoney As Long suffering manager kid Gleason and John Cusack As third baseman Buck Weaver who maintained his innocence until the Day he died but never again played big league baseball. Charlie Sheen has a minor role As outfielder Happy Felsch. Sayles plays famed sportswriter ring Lardner and carries it off with aplomb particularly in a scene on a train where he Needles the suspected Crooks by parodying a popular tune of the Era singing i m forever blowing Sayles and Cigar chomping author studs Terkel As sportswriter Hugh Fullerton credited in the film As the first to substantiate the fix rumours thus launching the inquiry act As a charming pair of Devil s advocates As they comment on the action from the Periphery. Eight men out bogs Down in places As Sayles goes a bit overboard in nailing Down details. And the obligatory scene near the end in which a Young boy be speeches Jackson outside the courthouse with the famous line say it Ain t so Joe comes off As a bit too corny and forced. But it s a richly textured film that does a great Job of showing the hard edged world of pro baseball Back when a Utility infielder with a .220 batting average did t pull Down a Cool half million a year when they played for the sheer Joy of laying open a shortstop s leg from knee to ankle with a spikes High slide into second base. Eight men out gets three stars if you re a fan two and a half if you re riot. Stripes Magazine 23
