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Eight Men Out. 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 ...
- $6.1 million
- September 2, 1988 (United States)
- Sarah Pillsbury
- Mason Daring
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.
- John Sayles
- 104
- 2 min
Watchlist. 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 ...
- (517)
- John Sayles
- PG
- John Cusack
Cast (in credits order) verified as complete. Jace Alexander. ... Dickie Kerr. John Cusack. ... Buck Weaver. Gordon Clapp.
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 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.
