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Eight Men Out is a 1988 film based on the Black Sox Scandal, when eight Chicago White Sox players conspired to lose the 1919 World Series. The film depicts the events leading up to and during the fix, as well as the aftermath for the players and the game.
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.
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),...
Mar 22, 2022 · Watch the official trailer of the movie Eight Men Out, based on the book by Eliot Asinof, about the 1919 Black Sox scandal. The film stars John Cusack, Charlie Sheen, David Strathairn and more.
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.
A movie about the 1919 Chicago White Sox scandal, in which some players took bribes to lose the World Series. Roger Ebert criticizes the film for being unfocused, confusing and hard to follow for non-baseball fans.
Eight Men Out. Overview. 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.
