Eight men out

DVD 2008

Film about the infamous 1919 Chicago White Sox scandal. The young, idealistic White Sox players who, despite being pennant winners, are treated with disdain by their penny-pinching owner/manager. Ripe for a money-making scheme, the demoralized team agrees to throw the World Series. But when they're defeated, a couple of sports writers smell a fix and a national scandal explodes.

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Asinof, Eliot, 1919-2008 Film and video adaptations

Baseball Illinois Drama

Chicago White Sox (Baseball team) History Drama

Sports Corrupt practices Illinois Drama

World Series (Baseball) (1919) Drama

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Edition:

Twentieth anniversary edition

Description:

1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm
polychrome
digital
optical
mixed
Dolby digital 5.1
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Ontario Film Review Board Rating: PG

Other Title:

8 men out
MGM DVD

Notes:

Based on the book by Eliot Asinof
Home use only. Public performance rights NOT included
Originally released as a motion picture in 1988
Special features: Audio commentary by director John Sayles; Two-part retrospective documentary; "The story behind the movie" featurette; "DB, the bat & the 2005 World Series" featurette
Title from container
Director of photography, Robert Richardson ; editor, John Tintori ; music, Mason Daring ; production designer, Nora Chavooshian
John Cusack, Clifton James, Michael Lerner, Christopher Lloyd, Charlie Sheen, David Strathairn, D.B. Sweeney
Closed-captioned
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital mono., dual layer, NTSC
English (5.1 Dolby surround, mono.), dubbed Spanish (mono.) or dubbed French (mono.) dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles

Control Number:

3149908

UPC:

883904102953

Other Authors:

Asinof, Eliot, 1919-2008. Eight men out
Cusack, John, 1966- actor
James, Clifton, 1920-2017 actor
Lerner, Michael, 1941-2023 actor
Lloyd, Christopher, 1938- actor
Orion Pictures
Pillsbury, Sarah producer
Sanford, Midge producer
Sayles, John, 1950- director
Sheen, Charlie actor
Strathairn, David actor
Sweeney, D. B. (Daniel Bernard), 1961- actor
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc

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