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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 film is a dramatization of Major League Baseball 's Black Sox Scandal , in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox conspired with gamblers to ...
Jun 29, 1989 · A drama based on the true story of the 1919 Chicago White Sox who threw the World Series for money. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more.
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- Drama, History, Sport
- John Sayles
- 1989-06-29
Eight Men Out (1988) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The Black Sox Scandal was a Major League Baseball game-fixing scandal in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox were accused of losing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds on purpose in exchange for money from a gambling syndicate led by organized crime figure Arnold Rothstein.
Roger Ebert criticizes the film for being too unfocused and confusing for the general audience. He praises the actors and the historical details, but complains that the story is hard to follow and the characters are not well introduced.
A 1988 drama based on the true story of the 1919 Chicago White Sox who were accused of throwing the World Series for money. See the cast, crew, ratings, reviews, clips, and more on Rotten Tomatoes.
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- John Sayles
- PG
- John Cusack
A movie about the 1919 Black Sox scandal, when the Chicago White Sox players were bribed to lose the World Series. The plot follows the players' motivations, the gamblers' schemes, and the consequences of the fix.
