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8 Men Out...... (Original Post) a kennedy Jun 2024 OP
There's a lot of great moments in that movie. Xavier Breath Jun 2024 #1
I thought they captured the post-WWI era perfectly. Aristus Jun 2024 #2

Xavier Breath

(5,132 posts)
1. There's a lot of great moments in that movie.
Sun Jun 16, 2024, 07:21 PM
Jun 2024

The interplay between Studs Terkel and John Sayles; John Mahoney on the witness stand talking about throwing games; John Cusack on the stoop telling the kids how much he loves playing the game, and on and on. It's one of those movies that whenever I come across it I immediately stop and watch it, and that's after countless viewings.

Aristus

(68,526 posts)
2. I thought they captured the post-WWI era perfectly.
Mon Jun 17, 2024, 12:21 PM
Jun 2024

Right down to the guy singing the National Anthem in that quavery, theatrical style that was popular at the time.

Even the guys living on the ragged edge of poverty always walked out wearing a suit, a straw hat, and spectator shoes. Those were the days...

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