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Eight Men Out
Eight Men Out — When the cheering stopped, there were... Eight Men Out.
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Eight Men Out

1988 7 11.7K PG views saved
Eight Men Out

Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players and treats them with disdain. And when gamblers and hustlers discover that Comiskey's demoralized players are ripe for a money-making scheme, one by one the team members agree to throw the World Series. But when the White Sox are defeated, a couple of sports writers smell a fix and a national scandal explodes, ripping the cover off America's favorite pastime.

Countries: US
Languages: English
Content Rating: PG
Runtime: 2hrs
Status: Released
Release date: 1988-09-02
Release format: Streaming — Jun 15, 2004
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Spiritualized Kaos
@spiritualized-kaos 1 year ago

The 1919 scandal over the sale of a baseball game.

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Spiritualized Kaos
@spiritualized-kaos 1 year ago

The 1919 scandal over the sale of a baseball game.

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Josh
@jjauga 3 years ago

Ken Burns brought more life to the Black Sox scandal than this Hollywood attempt.
Story: 7...could've dug deeper into the motivation for the players and the bigger issue of ownership and exploitation of talent
Script: 5
Performances: 5...Cusack best of the bunch, all over-acting
Misc.: 4
Influence: 5...doesn't even crack the top ten best baseball movoes
Overall: 5

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Tim Kretschmann
@tkpnpodcast 1 year ago

Excellent writing. Beautiful cinematography. Gives the feel of its 1919 time period. Sports movie doesn't show much sports since the real story is behind the scenes. [spoiler]It's the story of three men, as I see it. "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, who loves the game but looks the other way for his team. Eddie Cicotte, who feels wronged by Comiskey for his shoddy pay for the players. Buck Weaver who complied by not speaking up. There was no right decision as everyone involved got the same punishment; it was just a sad day for baseball.[/spoiler]

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