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Eight Men Out ** 2 (Orion) Rated M (at the Granville Cinema)

IF YOU'RE a baseball fan,
you can probably add one
star to the rating. If not, John
Sayles’ latest film offers
some fine acting, a nice
period atmosphere and the
history behind the phrase,
“Say it ain't so, Joe’’.

The story centres on the scandal
surrounding eight players on the
White Sox team who conspired
with some mobsters to throw the
1919 World Series.

Cheated of a decent wage and
fed up with flat promises from
owner Charlie Comisky (Clifton
James), team members are quick
to accept a proposition to
“ease-up’’ for a couple of games
against the inferior Cincinnati
Reds.

However, it doesn’t take long
for two journalists (played by Studs
Terkel and director John Sayles) to
clue in when the Sox start to play
like the Hooterville Hawks.

Before they know it, the eight
conspirators find the Big Boys play
hardball and that they are ex-
pected to lose the series. As if that
isn’t bad enough, they find the
promised 10 grand a head is ‘out
on bets’. Trapped, the team tosses
the eighth game to lose the show.

The articles appear, the eight are
tried and, in a fix worthy of the
1919 Series, they are acquitted.
But a commission, set up by the
teamowners frantically trying to
clean baseball’s blackened image,
bans the eight accused from play-
ing major league again. The best
team ever was busted.

Since this is history, suspense
has widely been ignored in favor
of the conflicts between honest
and crooked team members and
how they wrestled with their con-
sciences.

In a cast with so many prin-
cipals, all well-acted, it’s hard to
pick out any single individual.

D.B. Sweeney as ‘‘Shoeless’’ Joe
Jackson, John Cusack as Buck
Weaver and David Strathairn as
pitcher Eddie Cicotte, give heart-
felt performances that breathe sife
into countless baseball scenes.

But, when all’s said and done, if
you're not a baseball fan, you may
find the two hours could use a 7th
inning stretch.

TIM
BELL

film reviewer

Shadow of a Doubt *** % (MCA
Home Video) Unrated

In this Hitchcock classic, Joseph
Cotten plays Teresa Wright’ s
beloved Uncle Charlie who drops
in on her Norman Rockwell-type
town for a visit. Little Charlie
(Wright) gradually uncovers her
uncle’s nasty secret behind his fi-
nancial security and his connec-
tion with the ‘‘“Merry Widow”
murders.

Hitchcock amuses himself by us-
ing “two” as his motif (duo
Charlie’s, two scenes in a diner,
characters pairing off, etc.) but the
casual viewer will still find an
engrossing thriller that paints a
dark picture of the evil that can
lurk in a seemingly sunny little
town. Cotten has an especially
gripping scene when, with a chill-
‘ing detachment, he describes the
type of woman he victimizes.

One of Sir Alfred’s rarely seen
personal favorites finally gets the
exposure it deserves.

New on Video
Shoot to Kill (Touchstone)

Sidney Poitier and Tom Berenger
join forces to hunt down a kid-

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Alley. Shot in B.C.
Vice Versa *** (RCA/Columbia)

Judge Reinhold reverts to being
a 12 year old when he switches
with his son, Fred Savage, in this
funny role reversal film,

Switching Channels (RCA/
Columbia)

T.V. reporter Kathleen Turner
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boss Burt Reynolds dangles a
murder case in front of her in this
remake of the classic, The Front
Page.

Masquerade (CBS/Fox)

Rob Lowe romances Meg Tilly in
this thriller about scheming an
heiress out of her fortune.

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