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Eight Men Out

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Eight Men Out
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PG,2hrs 1min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 1, 1988
Director:
John Sayles
Distributor:
Orion Pictures
Starring:
John Cusack, Clifton James, David Strathairn  ...more
Synopsis: Writer/director John Sayles' dramatization of the most infamous episode in professional sports -- the fix of the 1919 World Series -- is considered by many to be among his best films and arguably the best baseball movie ever made. This adaptation of Eliot Asinof's definitive study of the scandal shows how athletes of another era were a different breed from the well-paid stars of later years. The Chicago White Sox owner, Charlie Comiskey (Clifton James), is portrayed as a skinflint with little inclination ... Full Synopsis
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Tom Wiener, AMG Review
John Sayles once again does wonders with a large cast and a modest budget, convincingly re-creating 1919 Chicago and smartly offering a historical movie occupied by flesh-and-blood humans rather than historical icons. Matewan, his previous film, also told a story of labor woes, but the lines of sympathy in that film were clearer: the strikers were being abused, the strikebreakers were being used, and ... Full Review
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John Cusack
Buck Weaver
Clifton James
Charles Comiskey
David Strathairn
Eddie Cicotte
D.B. Sweeney
"Shoeless" Joe Jackson
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