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...This set of relationships would be plenty for one 99-minute film to handle, but Dellal squeezes in even more drama. Crammed into the film are a number of bizarre subplots which follow their own smaller feel-good arcs, including stories about minorities and handicapped children in the town. Frank, who has recently been fired and fights against the corporate types who stole his livelihood, has a group of drinking buddies and shipyard friends who support him; they each pursue their own love interests and try to find dignity in the workplace...
...This is not to say that the film has no redeeming moments. It was shot on location in Glasgow, Devon and on the Isle of Man, and the setting is an important part of the film. Even when Frank is sitting in the locker room of the pool, the cinematography captures a sense of roughness in his surroundings...
...months of Jones’ life, a time during which he withdrew into the private world of his Sussex mansion. He essentially abandons the band for the companionship of his girlfriend, Anna Wohlin (Tuva Novotny, “Bang Bang Orangutang”) and the renovator of his house, Frank Thorogood (Paddy Considene, “Cinderella Man”). This period of Jones’ self-imposed exile came to an abrupt halt when he was mysteriously found floating in his pool, dead...
Editor’s note: Former Harvard hurler Frank Herrmann ’06 is a prospect with the Class A Lake County (Oh.) Captains of the Clevelans organization. This is his diary...
...Frank Herrmann, who allowed one run in three innings in his first professional start on Monday, can be reached at fherrman@fas.harvard.edu. His diary appears every Wednesday...