Eight Men Out
Eight Men Out

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A semi-fictionalized account of the scandal surrounding the 1919 World Series, coined the Black Sox Scandal, is presented. The Chicago White Sox, considered the cream of the crop and one of the best major league teams ever, has just won the American League pennant, and are odds on favorites to win the World Series against the Reds. While team owner Charles A. Comiskey publicly crows about the superiority of the team he has assembled especially in their cohesion, he is unaware... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Eight Men Out:

John Cusack
Clifton James
Michael Lerner
Christopher Lloyd
John Mahoney
Charlie Sheen

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A semi-fictionalized account of the scandal surrounding the 1919 World Series, coined the Black Sox Scandal, is presented. The Chicago White Sox, considered the cream of the crop and one of the best major league teams ever, has just won the American League pennant, and are odds on favorites to win the World Series against the Reds. While team owner Charles A. Comiskey publicly crows about the superiority of the team he has assembled especially in their cohesion, he is unaware that arguably the cohesion in the players' determination to win is matched only by their feeling of unappreciation by Comiskey, especially financially as he screws them over time and time again on promises made. Sensing an opportunity, professional gamblers begin to feel out who they believe may be sympathetic Chicago players to a game and/or series fixing scheme, especially lucrative seeing as the to the disparity between the two teams. There end up being eight players "in" to various degrees, from being the "all in" negotiators between the gamblers and the players, to those somewhat unaware of what is happening, to those just in the know but remain silent. Things quickly go off the rails as each individual and group is looking out solely for his own interest, from the disparate groups of players, to the gamblers, to the scheme financiers, to the team owners - Comiskey and others - as closely watching sports journalists can see that some of the Sox players are not playing as hard or as well as they can.

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The Spectator - 10/10 by Hilary MantelAlthough Eight Men Out is a serious, sober effort... I found it neither clumsy nor doctrinaire.
Miami Herald - 10/10 by Ron RapoportAs he spins his mesmerizing story of the fixing of the 1919 World Series, John Sayles moves to a new level of dexterity as a writer-director.
The New York Times - 10/10 by Janet MaslinFor Mr. Sayles, whose idealism has never been more affecting or apparent than it is in this story of boyish enthusiasm gone bad in an all too grown-up world, Eight Men Out represents a home run.
United Press International - 10/10 by Judy WatsonAside from its moving study of greed, corruption and loss, the film provides a wonderful glimpse at life inthe post-World War I era.
Washington Post - 9/10 by Rita KempleyIt's wage earners versus employers, his same old pitch. No curveballs, no spitballs, no surprises.
Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 9/10 by Dennis SchwartzDoes a fine job in getting to the details of the baseball scandal.
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) - 8/10 by Bob BloomOne of the best baseball films ever made; an intelligent tragedy.
TIME Magazine - 8/10 by Richard SchickelEight Men Out lacks either the spacious simplicity of legend or the patient detailing of realism. And Sayles often seems like a man who, trying to stretch a single, gets caught between bases and is desperately trying to evade the rundown.
Christian Science Monitor - 8/10 by David SterrittThe story is lumpy in spots, but fine performances and expressive camera work carry the day.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel - 8/10 by John DolenSayles deftly re-creates the forces that drove men at top of their class on the diamond to take bribes: big-time crime in Chicago and heartless management in the head office.

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