Eight Men Out Summary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Sayles
Genres: Drama
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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 to reward his team for their spectacular season. When a gambling syndicate led by Arnold Rothstein (Michael_Lerner) gets wind of the players' discontent, it offers a select group of stars -- including pitcher Eddie Cicotte (Sayles regular David_Strathairn), infielder Buck Weaver (John_Cusack), and outfielder "Shoeless" Joe Jackson (D.B. Sweeney) -- more money to play badly than they would have earned to try to win the Series against the Cincinnati_Reds. Sayles cast the story with actors who look and perform like real jocks, and added a colorful supporting cast that includes Studs_Terkel as reporter Hugh Fullerton and Sayles himself as Ring Lardner. Tom Wiener, Rovi
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