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Eight Men Out (1988)

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User Rating: 7.2/10 (6,953 votes)
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Overview

Director:
John Sayles
Writers (WGA):
Eliot Asinof (book)
John Sayles (screenplay)
Release Date:
2 September 1988 (USA) more view trailer
Genre:
Drama | History | Sport more
Tagline:
The Scandal That Rocked A Nation more
Plot:
A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series. full summary | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
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Cusack For President (From WENN. 31 January 2002)
User Comments:
My favorite baseball movie more

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 (Cast overview, first billed only)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
119 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Ken Berry, who plays a heckler and was the film's baseball coach, was an outfielder for the Chicago White Sox. He was called "The Bandit" because of his ability to take hits away from batters. more
Goofs:
Dickie Kerr who pitched game 3 of the world series is seen throwing right handed in the movie. But in actuality he was a left handed pitcher. more
Quotes:
[the owners are discussing the commissioner's job with Judge Landis]
Judge Friend: Well we're in search of someone uh...
Charles Comiskey: We feel that we need a commissioner who will clean up baseball and give a new face to the sport. We're prepared to grant you certain powers...
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis: Absolute powers
Charles Comiskey: Absolute powers?
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis: Won't work any other way. People won't believe it. Absolute powers
Charles Comiskey: Well we're prepared to give you a 5 year contract...
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis: Lifetime contract
Judge Friend: Lifetime?
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis: A man worried about his job is bound to play favorites. Now you gentlemen don't want that do you?
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "Married with Children: The Unnatural (#5.4)" (1990) more
Soundtrack:
After You've Gone more

FAQ

How does it end?
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10 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
My favorite baseball movie, 12 January 2001
10/10
Author: RickM41 from West Chester, Pa

Everything's right in this period piece on baseball's darkest moment. Film eschews standard Hollywood overkill and presents things as they actually happened [you won't see Shoeless Joe talking like a Harvard grad in this one]; also avoids taking sides between greedy players and greedy owner, and lets you decide who screwed who. Fantastic atmosphere. Cusack as Buck Weaver, on the fringes of the scandal, and David Strathairn, as ace pitcher Eddie Cicotte, lead a cast which is solid through the whole lineup.

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