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Sep 2, 1988 · ''Eight Men Out'' is the story of the 1919 World Series-fixing scheme that shattered the faith of this boy and so many others. As such, it's much more than a film about baseball.
- John Sayles
“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.
10 hours ago · Here are four hints for the groupings in today's Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest, yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group. Yellow group hint: Cinema accessories ...
Sep 2, 1988 · “Eight Men Out” (citywide) is the very devil of a story to tell with either urgency or clarity; it’s a tragedy in farce tempo with Damon Runyon characters and an O. Henry kicker. Yet Sayles...
Jun 29, 1989 · 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. 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...
- (55)
- History, Drama
- PG
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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.
