

Combining real and fictional events, this movie 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.
Acting
Keaton's unhinged playwright energy carries the whole thing.
Writing
DeLillo's dialogue is pretentious but weirdly hypnotic.

Director
Michael Hoffman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Don DeLillo wrote the screenplay specifically for the stage; this was his only original film script.
The actual Game 6 footage is intercut so seamlessly that Red Sox fans reportedly still flinch at Buckner's error.