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Eight Men Out is a 1988 American sports drama film based on Eliot Asinof's 1963 book Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series. It was written and directed by John Sayles.
The Chicago White Sox, who are set to play the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series of 1919, are at odds with their team's owner, Charles Comiskey (Clifton James), who pays his players...
- (55)
- John Sayles
- PG
- John Cusack
Eight Men Out: Directed by John Sayles. With Jace Alexander, John Cusack, Gordon Clapp, Don Harvey. A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.
- (22K)
- Drama, History, Sport
- John Sayles
- 1989-06-29
“Eight Men Out” is an oddly unfocused movie made of earth tones, sidelong glances and eliptic conversations. It tells the story of how the stars of the 1919 Chicago White Sox team took payoffs from gamblers to throw the World Series, but if you are not already familiar with that story you’re unlikely to understand it after seeing this film.
Eight Men Out (1988) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Novel. John Sayles. Writer. Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players and treats them with disdain.
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Sep 2, 1988 · In the huge cast, we get to know key figures of every group. Among the eight, Sayles singles out the great pitcher Eddie Cicotte, pronounced sea-cot (“Matewan’s” hero, David Strathairn).
