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Eight Men Out

Eight Men Out

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 2, 1988

Runtime

2h 0m

Genres

Drama, History

User Score

69%

Original Title

Eight Men Out

Production Companies

Orion Pictures, Sanford/Pillsbury Productions

Director

John Sayles

Budget

$6,100,000

Revenue

$5,700,000

Description

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.