September 21, 200421 yr I'll watch it, tape it, then get mad when it sucks and put over Pete Rose's awesome behavior.
September 22, 200421 yr Tom Sizemore as a fatally flawed miscreant? He should nail this one, since that's pretty much the nly role he's ever played, both in film and real life.
September 22, 200421 yr Tom Sizemore as a fatally flawed miscreant? He should nail this one, since that's pretty much the nly role he's ever played, both in film and real life. 568652[/snapback] Only movie I've seen him in as a good guy is Black Hawk Down. Damn, this dude is only a bad guy.
September 23, 200421 yr Tom Sizemore as a fatally flawed miscreant? He should nail this one, since that's pretty much the nly role he's ever played, both in film and real life. 568652[/snapback] Only movie I've seen him in as a good guy is Black Hawk Down. Damn, this dude is only a bad guy. 568659[/snapback] Uh, he was Tom Hanks 2nd in Command in Saving Private Ryan. But yes, he has been typecast as a bad guy. Granted, I don't remember Pete Rose having a New York accent...
September 23, 200421 yr Is it a movie or a mini series are there more than one episode ? Regardless I plan to TIVO it and watch it, I'm not expecting much so I shouldnt be too disappointed if it really sucks
September 24, 200421 yr This was in the sports page today here. Our critics speak -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Viewers say Rose movie seems a bit off base Tom Sizemore (right) had the hairdo, but little else of his Pete Rose portrayal seemed accurate to the Enquirer's panel of Hustle viewers. Provided/ESPN On Saturday night, ESPN will debut its movie Hustle, which chronicles the downfall of Reds great Pete Rose. Hustle centers on the relationship between Rose (played by Tom Sizemore) and Paul Janszen (Dash Mihok), the man who told Major League Baseball about Rose's gambling habits. The Enquirer held an advance screening for four readers; here's what they had to say. POST YOUR REVIEWS Come back after you've seen the movie Saturday night to post your thoughts and comments on the movie. Did the movie change your views on Pete Rose at all? Dan DeVoe (Miami Township): I don't think it shed any new light, and we're definitely slanted in Cincinnati. I've been a fan of Pete all my life, and you can't help but feel the way you feel. Andrea Henderson (West Chester): I knew going in that this would present a one-sided view, and it had a one-sided feel, so I'm not going to take everything in the movie as gospel. Brady Melton (College Hill): When I watched the movie, I felt sorry for him. I saw someone who was being challenged by demons. And to feed those demons, he surrounded himself with weak people. Jim Todd (Fort Mitchell): It was definitely slanted. It was based on the Dowd Report. So it's basically Paul's (Paul Janszen's) story. And that's not really anything new. How do you think Paul Janszen was portrayed? Dan DeVoe (Miami Township): In everything I've read, I've never thought of him as a dim bulb. And that's how he's portrayed. Andrea Henderson (West Chester): This almost portrays him as a flawed good guy, because it is from his perspective. Brady Melton (College Hill): I saw him as someone who tried his best, but when he was pushed up against the wall, he did what he had to do. Jim Todd (Fort Mitchell): They want you to be sympathetic toward him, and that's not the way it really should be. What do you feel was inaccurate? Dan DeVoe (Miami Township): Pete was an athlete. He wasn't that fat. He didn't walk with a hunch. Andrea Henderson (West Chester): The voice was wrong. Pete didn't talk like that. Brady Melton (College Hill): Marge Schott was way off. They could have found someone much better to play her. Jim Todd (Fort Mitchell): They showed his competitiveness during the gambling scenes, but they didn't show it during the baseball scenes. What did you like? Dan DeVoe (Miami Township): (You can see) where the public outcry came from. (The movie makers) didn't show the fans and their reaction, but they showed you why the fans felt the way they did. Andrea Henderson (West Chester): The hair was right on, but they used it as a prop almost. They put a wig on him and said, "If the hair's there, it's Pete Rose." Brady Melton (College Hill): Pete's description about how he played baseball, during his speech, when he applies that to why he gambled. That was accurate. (In the speech, Rose talks about how he wasn't afraid to take risks on the field, which made him great.) Jim Todd (Fort Mitchell): They showed the part about there being no finding by Baseball that Pete bet on baseball, then (Commissioner Bart) Giamatti turning around and saying he didn't believe that. They showed that Pete got shorted on the deal. Would this movie be more effective as a straight documentary? Dan DeVoe (Miami Township): So much of his life during this time was behind closed doors. It had to be dramatized. Andrea Henderson (West Chester): Without a doubt. Brady Melton (College Hill): (Yes). It was way too simplistic. They bang you over the head with the point instead of letting you think for yourself. Jim Todd (Fort Mitchell): In that way, they could have continued on with a lot of things that weren't touched on in the movie. - Ryan Ernst link: http://reds.enquirer.com/2004/09/24/Ryan-0924.html
September 24, 200421 yr Also: Janszen says film has foibles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By John Erardi Enquirer staff writer Although ESPN's new movie, Hustle, is based on the Dowd Report, which documented Pete Rose's gambling habits and led to his ban from baseball, former Rose associate Paul Janszen says there are some things the movie doesn't get right. Janszen, who produced evidence that proved Rose bet on baseball, says he was not consulted by ESPN during the movie but that he has seen a cut of the film. ESPN says the movie is a dramatization based on facts. Here are some details in the movie with which Janszen takes issue. ? The movie shows Janszen at Riverfront Stadium, communicating via hand signal to Rose, who is in the dugout, the results of out-of-town game scores, because the stadium scoreboard is broken. Janszen says he communicated with Rose via the thumbs-up, thumbs-down, or the so-so signal on a half-dozen occasions. But he says it was not to relay specific game scores, but to tell Rose how he was faring overall. ? In the movie, Janszen's meetings with Rose bookie Ron Peters have sinister overtones. Janszen says he met with Peters just once or twice, and that nothing dark was involved. For the most part, Janszen says, Peters was just a voice on the phone. ? Janszen says the movie never captures how fun Rose was to be around. "Until I lent him money, he was a lot of fun to be around," Janszen said. "He was like the class clown. It was as though he was still 18 years old." http://reds.enquirer.com/2004/09/24/Janszen24.html
September 24, 200421 yr This movie looks like another terrible ESPN movie but Sizemore has been in some good movies.. Saving Private Ryan, Blackhawk Down, True Romance, Heat.. He was pretty funny in Big Trouble too with Johnny Knoxville. He's having quite a bit of legal problems himself so this should be a good movie for him......
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