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- Eight Men Out tells the true story of the infamous 'Black Sox' scandal of 1919, in which the White Sox players deliberately lost the World Series. The movie places the scandal in the context of a labor dispute between the players and their then all-powerful team owner, and how mobster Arnold Rothstein took advantage of the dispute.
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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.
Eight Men Out tells the true story of the infamous 'Black Sox' scandal of 1919, in which the White Sox players deliberately lost the World Series. The movie places the scandal in the context of a labor dispute between the players and their then all-powerful team owner, and how mobster Arnold Rothstein took advantage of the dispute.
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.
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
Oct 11, 2024 · The movie “Eight Men Out” is a captivating and thought-provoking film that transports audiences back to one of the darkest moments in baseball history – the infamous Black Sox scandal of 1919.
In 1920, eight players -- Cicotte, Felsh, Gandil, Jacksom, McMullin, Weaver, and Williams -- are tried for official misconduct. Although they are acquitted, Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis bans them all from the league. Weaver is included in this list because evidence supports his having had knowledge of the scam without reporting it.
