Une dramatisation du scandale des Black Sox lorsque les White Sox de Chicago sous-payés ont accepté des pots-de-vin pour perdre délibérément les World Series 1919.Une dramatisation du scandale des Black Sox lorsque les White Sox de Chicago sous-payés ont accepté des pots-de-vin pour perdre délibérément les World Series 1919.Une dramatisation du scandale des Black Sox lorsque les White Sox de Chicago sous-payés ont accepté des pots-de-vin pour perdre délibérément les World Series 1919.
- Récompenses
- 2 nominations
- Smitty
- (as Jim Desmond)
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesInitially, John Sayles envisioned himself in a minor role as a member of the Chicago White Sox. After working over a decade to get the script turned into a movie, he was too old to convincingly portray a ballplayer when filming started. Instead, he cast himself as sportswriter Ring Lardner.
- GaffesShoeless Joe Jackson signs his confession with an X. Jackson was illiterate, but he could sign his name by mimicking a pattern. Autographed baseballs and photographs from the time prove it.
- Citations
Buck Weaver: You get out there, and the stands are full and everybody's cheerin'. It's like everybody in the world come to see you. And inside of that there's the players, they're yakkin' it up. The pitcher throws and you look for that pill... suddenly there's nothing else in the ballpark but you and it. Sometimes, when you feel right, there's a groove there, and the bat just eases into it and meets that ball. When the bat meets that ball and you feel that ball just give, you know it's going to go a long way. Damn, if you don't feel like you're going to live forever.
- Crédits fousDuring the opening credits of the movie, they are done against a blue cloudy sky up, then to the right and down to the bottom. Despite the ensemble cast, the most well-known leading and character actors at the time were credited first in alphabetical order, then lesser known actors that had roles that were just as large or larger were credited in pairs of two. Example: John Cusack, Christopher Lloyd, and Charlie Sheen were credited first, due to their successes with The Sure Thing, Back to the Future, and Platoon, respectively, but in pairs, Michael Rooker, Kevin Tighe, and Richard Edson also had pivotal roles, but were lesser known. Charlie Sheen was already well-established, but had no more than a few minutes of screen time the entire movie, Christopher Lloyd and Richard Edson were always together playing gamblers, but Lloyd was a much more well-known actor and credited first.
- Versions alternativesFive seconds were cut from the British theatrical release in order to obtain a "PG" rating by removing a use of strong language. The film was later released uncut on video and the rating was upgraded to "15", which was subsequently downgraded to "12" for the DVD.
- Bandes originalesI'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
Written by Jaan Kenbrovin (as Jann Kenbrovin) and John W. Kellette (as John William Kellette)
Published by Warner Bros. Music, a division of Warner Bros. Inc.
Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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- 21 avr. 2006
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Détails
Box-office
- Budget
- 6 000 000 $US (estimé)
- Montant brut aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 5 680 515 $US
- Week-end de sortie aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 1 129 491 $US
- 5 sept. 1988
- Montant brut mondial
- 5 680 515 $US