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Eight Men Out (1988)

Unlike other nostalgic baseball films (THE NATURAL, FIELD OF DREAMS), director John Sayles's EIGHT MEN OUT explores one of the darkest moments in the history of the sport--1919's infamous Black Sox scandal, when eight players on the heavily favored Chicago White Sox agreed to throw the World Series. Based on Eliot Asinof's 1963 book of the same name, the film investigates why the players--including the great Shoeless Joe Jackson, who many believe belongs in the Hall of Fame--would purposely lose the most important game of their lives. Set in the same time period as Sayles's MATEWAN, EIGHT MEN OUT shows how money and exploitative labor conditions destroy the purity of the game. Even though the film has no star parts and ends on a bleak note, EIGHT MEN OUT was the second Sayles film to receive financing from a major studio. Studs Terkel appears as the famous journalist Hugh Fullerton, who exposes the scandal, while Asinof and Sayles also have small roles.

Rating ; PG
Running Time : 2 hrs.
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Cast

Barbara Garrick,Bert Hatch,Bill Irwin,Bill Jennings,Bill Raymond,Brad Armacost,Brad Garrett,Brad Griffith,Bruce Schumacher,Charles Siebert,Charles Yankoglu,Charlie Sheen,Christopher Lloyd,Clifton James,Clyde Bassett,D. B. Sweeney,D.B. Sweeney,Dana Roi,Danton Stone,David Carpenter,David Hinman,David Rice,David Strathairn,Dick Cusack,Don Harvey,Eaton Randles,Eliot Asinof,Garry Williams,Gordon Clapp,J. Dennis Newman,Jack George,James Read,Jayce Alexander,Jerry Brent,Jesse Vincent,Jim Desmond,Jim Martindale,Jim Stark,John Anderson,John Cusack,John Greismer,John Mahoney,John Sayles,John D. Craig,Josh Thompson,Julie Whitney,Ken Berry,Kevin Tighe,Leigh Harris,Maggie Renzi,Matthew Harrington,Max Chiddester,Merrill Holtzman,Michael Harris,Michael Laskin,Michael Lerner,Michael Mantell,Michael Preston,Michael Rooker,Nancy Travis,Patrick Brown,Patrick Grant,Perry Lang,Philip Murphy,Randle Mell,Rich Komenich,Richard Edson,Richard Lynch,Robert Motz,Robert V. Walsh,Stephen Mendillo,Steve Salge,Studs Terkel,Tay Strathairn,Tim Laughter,Tom Ledcke,Tom Marshall,Tom Surber,Wendy Makkena

Director

John Sayles

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