Eight Men Out

Movie

1988

2h 0m

English

Drama, History

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Eight Men Out

Movie

1988

2h 0m

English

Drama, History

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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. And when gamblers and hustlers discover that Comiskey's demoralized players are ripe for a money-making scheme, one by one the team members agree to throw the World Series. But when the White Sox are defeated, a couple of sports writers smell a fix and a national scandal explodes, ripping the cover off America's favorite pastime.

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Cast

Buck Weaver

Charles Comiskey

Arnold Rothstein

Bill Burns

Kid Gleason

Hap Felsch

Eddie Cicotte

'Shoeless' Joe Jackson

Swede Risberg

Chick Gandil

Fred McMullin

Lefty Williams

Dickie Kerr

Ray Schalk

Billy Maharg

Eddie Collins

Abe Attell

Sport Sullivan

Hugh Fullerton

Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Smitty

Ring Lardner

Heydler

Ban Johnson

Rothstein's Lawyer

Directed By: John Sayles

Written By: John Sayles, Eliot Asinof (Novel)

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randomacd4 says...

8 years ago

Eight Men Out avoids the sports drama clichés but it doesn't really make the impact it should with the interesting true story subject matter. The cast is fairly good with John Cusack standing out and getting the most attention but the movie feels all 29 years of its age. I'm sure baseball fans will enjoy it but if you aren't aware of the story I'd avoid this one.

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TKPNPodcast says...

one year ago

Excellent writing. Beautiful cinematography. Gives the feel of its 1919 time period. Sports movie doesn't show much sports since the real story is behind the scenes. [spoiler]It's the story of three men, as I see it. "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, who loves the game but looks the other way for his team. Eddie Cicotte, who feels wronged by Comiskey for his shoddy pay for the players. Buck Weaver who complied by not speaking up. There was no right decision as everyone involved got the same punishment; it was just a sad day for baseball.[/spoiler]

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Spiritualized Kaos says...

one year ago

The 1919 scandal over the sale of a baseball game.

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jjauga says...

3 years ago

Ken Burns brought more life to the Black Sox scandal than this Hollywood attempt. Story: 7...could've dug deeper into the motivation for the players and the bigger issue of ownership and exploitation of talent Script: 5 Performances: 5...Cusack best of the bunch, all over-acting Misc.: 4 Influence: 5...doesn't even crack the top ten best baseball movoes Overall: 5

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GenerationofSwine

2 years ago

Out the door, I don't think they treated Buck Weaver fairly in this...not that they made him into a villain like a lot of biopics do, but more that it didn't seem to be the story that I grew up with, being raised in the area where this was legend. Weaver wasn't really as innocent or as guilty as the More

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