| | | Year Released: |  1988 |
Jan's Rating: Rich's Rating: | 4 out of 5 3.5 out of 5 | Key Performances: | John Cusack
Clifton James
Michael Lerner
John Mahoney
David Straithairn
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| Movie Haiku: | Sayles’ left-wing reconstruction of the infamous 1919 Chicago White Sox scandal. The ballplayers (Shoeless Joe Jackson & his teammates) are “the workers.” Abused by management & double-crossed by greedy gamblers, they’re at the mercy of the forces arrayed against them. The cast is huge… sacrificing character depth for historical breadth. |
ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM: |
Women filmmakers? | No |
Jewish content? | No |
Haiku Posted: | 2002 |
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