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Don DeLillo (written by)
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Combining real and fictional events, Game 6 centers around the historic 1986 World Series and a day in the life of a playwright who skips opening night to watch the momentous game. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Michael Keaton | ... | Nicky Rogan |
 | Robert Downey Jr. | ... | Steven Schwimmer |
 | Ari Graynor | ... | Laurel Rogan |
 | Bebe Neuwirth | ... | Joanna Bourne |
 | Griffin Dunne | ... | Elliott Litvak |
 | Shalom Harlow | ... | Paisley Porter |
 | Nadia Dajani | ... | Renee Simons |
 | Harris Yulin | ... | Peter Redmond |
 | Roger Rees | ... | Jack Haskins |
 | Tom Aldredge | ... | Michael Rogan |
| Lillias White | ... | Toyota Moseby |
 | Amir Ali Said | ... | Matthew |
 | Catherine O'Hara | ... | Lillian Rogan |
 | Rock Kohli | ... | Ramaswamy Choudhry |
 | John Tormey | ... | George, Georgie, Giorgio |
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Rated R for some language and sexuality.
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87 min | USA:80 min (DVD version)
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The three lead actors, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr. and Bebe Neuwirth, worked for a discounted salary, $100 per day, on this film.
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Continuity: When Nicky is at his father's home he is cooking eggs. When he brings the eggs over to the table he has the egg beater and then when the camera angle changes he has a spatula. This goes back and forth a couple of times in this scene.
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Anatoli Kaganovich:
I opened thousands of brains.
Nicky Rogan: What'd you find?
Anatoli Kaganovich: Big mess every time.
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Nicky Rogan: What'd you find?
Anatoli Kaganovich: Big mess every time.
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Features "1986 World Series" (1986)
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game
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It is wonderful when a film that may not be the most publicized or promoted proves to be so stellar. Such is the case with this film. The topics of superstition, faith, and hope are not addressed adequately in movies, and by integrating the famous failure of the Boston Red Sox in 1986, this movie is a natural candidate to examine faith and hope. The movie is the story of Nicky Rogan (Michael Keaton in a wonderful quirky performance) whose life is typically complicated. He has a mistress (Bebe Neuwirth in fine form) and his wife (Catherine O'Hara, typically proficient) is dissatisfied with her husband's disinterest in their marriage and he is scared of the poison pen of a scabrous new critic (Robert Downey Jr. typically accomplished as Stephen Schwimmer) who has so haunted a playwright friend that the man (Griffin Dunne, exceptional as Elliott Litvak) has become something of a hermit who looks, for all intents and purposes, like a hobo. Excellent performances really distinguish this film. Keaton is fantastic and chooses his roles (or maybe they're chosen the infrequency of opportunities he has?) so carefully that he is not seen enough. However, his tics and very expressive face add depth and layers to the movie. Dunne is fantastic in portraying an unnerved playwright, and Robert Downey Jr. is typically creative and inspired.
Director Michael Hoffmann elicits fine performances from his performers. He has directed quite competently and somewhat below the radar, directing movies as varied as "Restoration", "Soapdish", and "One Fine Day." He captures Rogan's personal doubts and captures some intangible feelings and ideas very well. Great credit should also go to writer Dom DeLillo who has written a screenplay which considers some very interesting topics.
It is difficult to capture the doubts and insecurities of a playwright in many aspects of his life-personally, professionally, and in the rather murky world of superstitions that often accompany support of sports teams but the combined talents of many have united to make this a very good film.