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Eight Men Out

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Original title

Eight Men Out

Year

1988

Running time

120 min.

Country

United States

Director

John Sayles

Screenwriter

John Sayles. Book: Eliot Asinof

Cast

Music

Mason Daring

Cinematography

Robert Richardson

Producer

Orion Pictures

Genre

Drama | Based on a true story. Sports. Baseball

Synopsis

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. The result was a human tragedy for players like "Shoeless" Joe Jackson.

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Awards: 1996: Satellite Awards: Nominatd for Best Drama Film & Original Screenplay

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Critics' reviews

"Perhaps the saddest chapter in the annals of professional American sports is recounted in absorbing fashion in 'Eight Men Out'."

Variety Staff: Variety
"It's a masterpiece of exposition and compression. An allegorical examination of a transitional period in U.S. history."

The Globe and Mail
"For anyone who appreciates artistic integrity and is interested in genuinely independent films, the prolific and highly personal work of John Sayles is essential viewing."

Angie Errigo: Empire

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