Eight men out
By: MGM ; an Orion Pictures release ; a Sanford/Pillsbury production ; executive producers, Barbara Boyle, Jerry Offsay ; produced by Sarah Pillsbury, Midge Sanford ; written for the screen and directed by John Sayles
Contributors: Cusack, John, 1966- actor; James, Clifton, 1920-2017, actor; Lerner, Michael, 1941- actor; Lloyd, Christopher, 1938- actor; Mahoney, John, 1940-2018, actor; Sheen, Charlie, actor; Strathairn, David, actor; Sweeney, D. B. (Daniel Bernard), 1961- actor; Rooker, Michael, 1955- actor; Harvey, Don, II (Donald Patrick), actor; Read, James, 1952- actor; Lang, Perry, 1959- actor; Clapp, Gordon, 1948- actor; Alexander, Jace, actor; Irwin, Bill, 1950- actor; Edson, Richard, actor; Tighe, Kevin, 1944- actor; Mantell, Michael, actor; Anderson, John, 1922-1992, actor; Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008, actor; Daring, Mason, composer (expression); Flynt, Cynthia, costume designer; Tintori, John, film editor; Chavooshian, Nora, production designer; Richardson, Robert, 1955- director of photography; Asinof, Eliot, 1919-2008; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Orion Pictures; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Edition: 20th anniversary edition.
Series: MGM 90th anniversary series
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 120
Subjects: Drama; World Series (Baseball) (1919); Baseball; Chicago White Sox (Baseball team); Film adaptations; History; Corrupt practices; Sports
Description: 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.
Notes: Edition statement from disc label.

Based on the book by Eliot Asinof.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1988.

Special features: Audio commentary from director John Sayles; Two-part retrospective documentary; The story behind the movie (36 min. featurette); DB, the bat & the 2005 World Series (3 min. featurette).

Music, Mason Daring ; costume designer, Cynthia Flynt ; editor, John Tintori ; production designer, Nora Chavooshian ; director of photography, Robert Richardson.

John Cusack, Clifton James, Michael Lerner, Christopher Lloyd, John Mahoney, Charlie Sheen, David Strathairn, D.B. Sweeney, Michael Rooker, Don Harvey, James Read, Perry Lang, Gordon Clapp, Jace Alexander, Bill Irwin, Richard Edson, Kevin Tighe, Michael Mantell, John Anderson, Studs Terkel.

Rating: G CHV rating: PG.

DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital mono., dual layer, NTSC.

Dialogue in English, French or Spanish with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed captioned.