I was one of the guys holding up D.B. Sweeney character (Joe Jackson) in this courtroom scene. I really enjoyed being in this film, and it was a real honor to hang out with so many fine actors.
I almost met him in 2009 going to Afghanistan working for the USO, but didn’t. He was one of those up and comers in the late 1980’s that never made it to teen magazines because he was a little too old and his movies were geared towards adults. Lonesome Dove didn’t do anything, either. Even Diane Lane’s character rejected him, LOL. He finally got on the radar somewhat with The Cutting Edge and Fire in the Sky. Anyway, despite being overlooked, he’s a good dude and should have made it better.
What a shame! In 1988, few people cared about movies like this. But this was from the same director that made the equally cerebral Matewan a year earlier, another great classic nobody cared about then. John Cusack and Charlie Sheen were in it and it lasted maybe 2 weeks in theaters. People wanted movies like Big and Die Hard that overshadowed these films. I know because I was personally there to witness it. I saw this on opening night at Northcross Mall in Austin, Texas and the theater wasn’t even half full!
Yep and that’s sadly still true to this day. That’s why we have all these mindless action films and endless remakes of older films that pale by comparison. I don’t mind action like Top Gun, on occasion, but Hollywood really needs to go back to making films that make an audience think. Films like Eight Men Out and Shawshank Redemption.
The American Hollywood Character Actor John Anderson Looked Almost Looked Exactly The Late American Judge And First Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis. 3 Years In The 1991 Film "The Babe " He Played The Role Of Kenesaw Mountain Landis One Last Time And Died The Following Year In 1992.
Charlie Sheen and D.B. Sweeney were listed as the stars of this movie before it came out. But both of them put together didn’t even have two minutes of the movie. D.B. Sweeney never became a star, poor guy! John Cusack had a somewhat large role and a great one. Don Harvey and Michael Rooker were complete unknowns when this came out as far as I know. David Strathairn was a Sayles regular. Perry Lang from Spring Break. Don’t know about James Read.
@@willwildkat she wasn’t in this movie. But you can see her in Sixteen Candles as the goofball at the dance wearing a neck brace getting a drink at the water fountain.
And he spat on that precedent five years later by declaring a three-year statute of limitations when Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker were accused of fixing a game.
What was really stupid is that players in the past have been banned then reinstated before yet these guys were banned for life.
I was one of the guys holding up D.B. Sweeney character (Joe Jackson) in this courtroom scene. I really enjoyed being in this film, and it was a real honor to hang out with so many fine actors.
I almost met him in 2009 going to Afghanistan working for the USO, but didn’t. He was one of those up and comers in the late 1980’s that never made it to teen magazines because he was a little too old and his movies were geared towards adults. Lonesome Dove didn’t do anything, either. Even Diane Lane’s character rejected him, LOL. He finally got on the radar somewhat with The Cutting Edge and Fire in the Sky. Anyway, despite being overlooked, he’s a good dude and should have made it better.
Me too.
Me too.
They did have a very good cast for this movie.
Comiskey: I will make them pay for this.
Kenesaw Mountain Landis: You won’t have to Mr. Comiskey. I will do it for you.
Who's ready for the Astros movie?
Me
Nice try. The Astros are still contenders.
An asteroid hitting the 'stros?
You mean the one where they won the 2022 WS after all that? Yep, I am!
Hater. Let’s talk about the Red Sox. Cheating is apart of baseball. Get out of your feelings. Sorry your teams sucks.
What a shame! In 1988, few people cared about movies like this. But this was from the same director that made the equally cerebral Matewan a year earlier, another great classic nobody cared about then. John Cusack and Charlie Sheen were in it and it lasted maybe 2 weeks in theaters. People wanted movies like Big and Die Hard that overshadowed these films. I know because I was personally there to witness it. I saw this on opening night at Northcross Mall in Austin, Texas and the theater wasn’t even half full!
Yep and that’s sadly still true to this day. That’s why we have all these mindless action films and endless remakes of older films that pale by comparison.
I don’t mind action like Top Gun, on occasion, but Hollywood really needs to go back to making films that make an audience think. Films like Eight Men Out and Shawshank Redemption.
I did not want "Big", nor did I want "Die Hard".
Yeah I'm still telling people to see this movie who haven't. Love it
@@coolcat6303 Love Eight Men Out, love Shawshank Redemption.
Big and Die Hard, I'll take a pass thank you very much.
John Sayles - who of course plays the reporter as well
The American Hollywood Character Actor John Anderson Looked Almost Looked Exactly The Late American Judge And First Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis. 3 Years In The 1991 Film "The Babe " He Played The Role Of Kenesaw Mountain Landis One Last Time And Died The Following Year In 1992.
I have always thought John Anderson looked just like Judge Landis! You are so right!
A used car salesman in Psycho. Yes, one of those character actors never well-known
I've never understood why you would name your kid "Kennesaw Mountain".
0:42 Charlie Sheen and DB Sweeney
0:43 John Cusack, Michael Rooker and Don Harvey
0:45 David Strathain, Perry Lang and James Read
Charlie Sheen and D.B. Sweeney were listed as the stars of this movie before it came out. But both of them put together didn’t even have two minutes of the movie. D.B. Sweeney never became a star, poor guy! John Cusack had a somewhat large role and a great one. Don Harvey and Michael Rooker were complete unknowns when this came out as far
as I know. David Strathairn was a Sayles regular. Perry Lang from Spring Break. Don’t know about James Read.
1:21, I’m banning you all permanently to elevate my power!
Chick Gandil (Michael Rooker) has the best crooked smile!!
He redeemed himself by sacrificing himself to save Star Lord and the gang!
This was his first major role. He actually made that horribly disturbing Henry movie a year or two before, but it wasn’t released until 1990.
“Regardless of the verdicts of juries ...”
Yes, ban them for life, be heartless, and make a name for yourself! Says the car salesman from Psycho!
John Cusack is standing up to his own father in this movie. The real life actors, not the characters, LOL
Yep. His dad was also in The Fugitive and Chain Reaction.
Cusacks also managed by his girlfriends dad from Say Anything (who went on to become Frasiers dad).
Where's Joan?
@@willwildkat she wasn’t in this movie. But you can see her in Sixteen Candles as the goofball at the dance wearing a neck brace getting a drink at the water fountain.
@falcon3268 Judge Landis wanted to set a precedent / to send a message by making them examples.
And he spat on that precedent five years later by declaring a three-year statute of limitations when Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker were accused of fixing a game.
He was a politician and first-class backstabber. The court case was won so he could make his own rules.
1:20 I’m about to end this man’s whole career.
100 years ago, pro athletes didn't get paid crap. Needed 2nd/offseason jobs. These days; they get paid enough to buy small countries.
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