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Sayles was contractually obligated to a running time under two hours. To inspire
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John Sayles, adapting Eliot Asinof's book of the same title, portrayed the Black ... I 
wanted to take part in this film because I love baseball. ... Instead, he cast himself 
as legendary sportswriter Ring Lardner Sr., to whom he bore a... [DOC] [TLE] Prosaic `Eight Men Out` Needs Romantic Vision - tribunedigital ... [PAR] September 02, 1988|By Dave Kehr. From its ... For director-writer John Sayles, ``
Eight Men Out`` is a natural sequel to his ... (Sayles acknowledges his debt in ``
Eight Men Out`` by casting Studs Terkel as a sportswriter.) ... Even Terkel gets a 
double-from the director himself, in a cameo as Tribune sportswriter Ring Lardner
. [DOC] [TLE] Strong Lineup, Great Pitch -- 'Eight Men Out' Has It All - tribunedigital ... [PAR] October 24, 1988|By Jay Boyar, Sentinel Movie Critic ... Matewan (1987) and 
Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980), writer/director John Sayles has displayed an ... 
and Ring Lardner, Woodward and Bernstein-type sportswriters who share an ... 
It's interesting that novelist-turned-filmmaker John Sayles has cast himself as a 
writer... [DOC] [TLE] Amazon.com: Eight Men Out: John Cusack, Clifton James, Michael ... [PAR] Director John Sayles, who takes a turn as sportswriter Ring Lardner singing "I'm 
... on the train carrying the team, this 1988 film certainly gets the most out of its 
limited budget. ... The ensemble cast making up the White Sox team is 
authenticated by having the ... And Ring Lardner and John Sayles himself play 
sportswriters. [DOC] [TLE] CNN.com - The John Sayles E-Z guide to filmmaking - July 4, 2002 [PAR] Jul 4, 2002 ... John Sayles and Maggie Renzi have little tolerance for modern ... Writer-director 
uses Florida as canvas in 'Sunshine State' ... Played sportswriter Ring Lardner in 
"Eight Men Out." Cast himself because of surface similarities with Lardner, but ... 
His films are being celebrated with "The John Sayles Film... [DOC] [TLE] Amazon.ca:Customer Reviews: Eight Men Out [PAR] This 1988 film is based on the 1963 book, which has a more detailed history of 
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a little bit of everything; history, drama, great cast, great director and oh yes, 
baseball. [DOC] [TLE] MOVIE REVIEW : Sayles Connects in 'Eight Men Out' - latimes [PAR] September 02, 1988|SHEILA BENSON | Times Film Critic ... the 1919 World 
Series, John Sayles moves to a new level of dexterity as a writer-director. ... "If he 
could read, he'd be perfect," a sportswriter retorts dryly. ... Hugh Fullerton (Studs 
Terkel) and Ring Lardner (Sayles himself, an eerie physical match for the 
columnist). [DOC] [TLE] Bull Durham, Eight Men Out, and the golden age of the baseball ... [PAR] Apr 22, 2008 ... The indelible memory of the 1988 baseball season will always be the storybook 
... John Sayles' Eight Men Outwere released that year, and both films have ... 
Sayles' stellar ensemble castincluding John Cusack, David Strathairn, ... and 
legendary sportswriter Ring Lardner (played by Sayles himself). [DOC] [TLE] Eight Men Out (1988) Starring:

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