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- Audio: Dolby Digital Mono (French, German, English, Spanish)
- Running Time: 114 mins
- Region Code: 2
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen
- Subtitles: Dutch, English for the hearing impaired, French, Romanian, Swedish
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Okay - I admit it. I bought this solely because Cusack was in it. I have compiled his back catalogue which has lead me to watching a number of films I would not have even considered normally - but luckily even his early Brat-Pack-esque offerings are surprisingly watchable (I'm choosing to gloss over 'One Crazy Summer' because Demi Moore's presence in many films of that genre is an unfortunate fact of life)and so I came to watch 'Eight Men Out'. This is not a film that will change your life, but it does do what any film should which is ENTERTAIN. It does so intelligently, basing the plot on an account of the 1919 Chicago White Sox scandal (baseballers were fixing matches long before cricket cottoned on to the idea, it seems)- but you do not have to care much about turn of the century Chicago or (American) obsession with baseball to enjoy this film. The characters are diverse, well-rounded and believable, and the fact that they conform to the movie writing-by-numbers scheme of having the savvy jock, the meathead, the family man, the loner, the quiet conscientious but hinting at still-waters-running-very deep one as well as that hardy perennial the grasping avaricious inhuman boss, does NOT detract from a fine ensemble piece with the actors convincingly conveying their various characters' motives and moral considerations in participating in what was a watershed moment in American sporting history.
Still unconvinced? It's a baseball film NOT starring Kevin Costner. Can there be a more ringing endorsement than that?
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'Eight Men Out' (1987) is an American sports film directed by John Sayles. The film tracks the Black Sox scandal (1919) during the World Series when eight members of the Chicago White Sox agreed to conspire with gamblers in order to lose the game that would gaurantee them the World Series - for financial gain because their owner, Charles Comiskey (Clifton James), is unwilling to reward his team players when they produce results and win games. Arnold Rothstein (Michael Lerner) is part of a gambling sydicate who is told that the White Sox players are not happy with their pay. The team's star player is Shoeless Joe Jackson (D.B. Sweeney), aparently not very bright and easily manipulated. Other players quickly go along with the conspiracy, such as Chick Gandil (Michael Rooker), Swede Risberg (Don Harvey), and Lefty Williams (James Read). One player included in the conspiracy, Buck Weaver (John Cusack), does not want anything to do with it. Eddie Cicotte (David Strathairn), Williams, and Happy Felsch (Charlie Sheen) are the first to throw games so that the fix is then in motion, but Ring Lardner (John Sayles) and Hugh Fullerton (two journalists) start to become suspicious - the mistakes are too obvious. The game continues and later an investigation. I won't throw in any spoilers for those who have not yet seen this film.
'Eight Men Out' is based upon a true story about (arguably) the best team in baseball history. It is well written, directed and acted, with stand-out performances from Strathairn and Cusack, and very good performances from Sheen, Kevin Tighe, Sweeney, and Rooker. Nancy Travis has an early role as Lyra Williams. This film is recommended for all sport movie fans from 'Major League' to 'Moneyball'.
Main Cast (in credits order):
John Cusack - George 'Buck' Weaver
Clifton James - Charles 'Commie' Comiskey
Michael Lerner - Arnold Rothstein
Christopher Lloyd - 'Sleepy' Bill Burns
Charlie Sheen - Oscar 'Hap' Felsch
David Strathairn - Eddie Cicotte
D.B. Sweeney - Joseph 'Shoeless Joe' Jackson
Michael Rooker - Arnold 'Chick' Gandil
Don Harvey - Charles 'Swede' Risberg
James Read - Claude 'Lefty' Williams
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'Eight Men Out' is based upon a true story about (arguably) the best team in baseball history. It is well written, directed and acted, with stand-out performances from Strathairn and Cusack, and very good performances from Sheen, Kevin Tighe, Sweeney, and Rooker. Nancy Travis has an early role as Lyra Williams. This film is recommended for all sport movie fans from 'Major League' to 'Moneyball'.
Main Cast (in credits order):
John Cusack - George 'Buck' Weaver
Clifton James - Charles 'Commie' Comiskey
Michael Lerner - Arnold Rothstein
Christopher Lloyd - 'Sleepy' Bill Burns
Charlie Sheen - Oscar 'Hap' Felsch
David Strathairn - Eddie Cicotte
D.B. Sweeney - Joseph 'Shoeless Joe' Jackson
Michael Rooker - Arnold 'Chick' Gandil
Don Harvey - Charles 'Swede' Risberg
James Read - Claude 'Lefty' Williams
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Major League
Major League 2 & Major League 3 [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
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The Karate Kid/The Karate Kid Part 2/The Karate Kid Part 3 [DVD]
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