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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.
Jun 29, 1989 · A drama based on the true story of the 1919 Chicago White Sox who threw the World Series for money. See the cast, crew, reviews, trivia, awards and more on IMDb.
Eight Men Out. 87% Tomatometer 55 Reviews 79% Audience Score 10,000+ Ratings The Chicago White Sox, who are set to play the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series of 1919, are at odds with their...
Mar 22, 2022 · Amazon MGM Studios. 1.24M subscribers. Subscribed. 280. 36K views 2 years ago #MGM #EightMenOut. A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes...
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.
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.
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.
