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Eight Men Out (1988)
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The Scandal That Rocked A Nation morePlot:
A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Great account of baseball's troubled past. moreCast
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119 minCountry:
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It took well over a decade for John Sayles' script to be turned into a movie. Initially Sayles had envisioned giving himself a minor role in the film as a member of the Chicago White Sox, but by the time filming got underway, he deemed himself "too old" to convincingly portray a ballplayer. Instead, he cast himself as sportswriter Ring Lardner. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: Dickie Kerr tells Kid Gleason that the first ball game he ever went to was the one in which Gleason pitched a no-hitter to beat Cy Young. The real Kid Gleason never threw a no-hitter. moreQuotes:
Buck Weaver: You get out there, and the stands are full and everybody's cheerin'. It's like everybody in the world come to see you. And inside of that there's the players, they're yakkin' it up. The pitcher throws and you look for that pill... suddenly there's nothing else in the ballpark but you and it... moreSoundtrack:
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We were a young,innocent nation in 1919,though we did have our troubles. Luckily,we had a relatively new game of baseball to take us away from those troubles.Surely,nothing bad could happen to such a great game,or so we thought.It seems that eight players took bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series,and we did not take it very well.How could they?How could they betray our trust and our fanship this way? This film,which incidentally never has gotten the full credit it has deserved over the years,brilliantly brings to life this scandal which gave our nation one big black eye.It is a must see for any true fan of baseball. Baseball indeed has a mostly colorful history,but there was a time when that color was black.Over the years,the wounds have healed,but the scars remain.A truly brilliant and underrated film.