Eight Men Out [Blu-ray]

Director: John Sayles John Sayles

Overview

Writer/director John Sayles' dramatization of the most infamous episode in professional sports -- the fix of the 1919 World Series -- is considered by many to be among his best films and arguably the best baseball movie ever made. This adaptation of Eliot Asinof's definitive study of the scandal shows how athletes of another era were a different breed from the well-paid stars of later years. The Chicago White Sox owner, Charlie Comiskey (Clifton James), is portrayed as a skinflint with little inclination to reward his team for their spectacular season. When a gambling syndicate led by Arnold Rothstein (Michael Lerner) gets wind of the players' discontent, it offers a select group of stars -- including pitcher Eddie Cicotte (Sayles regular David Strathairn), infielder Buck Weaver (John Cusack), and outfielder "Shoeless" Joe Jackson (D.B. Sweeney) -- more money to play badly than they would have earned to try to win the Series against the Cincinnati Reds. Sayles cast the story with actors who look and perform like real jocks, and added a colorful supporting cast that includes Studs Terkel as reporter Hugh Fullerton and Sayles himself as Ring Lardner.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/23/2024
UPC:	0810134948662
Original Release:	1988
Rating:	PG
Source:	Mgm Mod
Language:	English
Time:	1:59:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

John Cusack	Buck Weaver,Judge Friend
Charlie Sheen	Hap Felsch
D.B. Sweeney	Shoeless Joe Jackson
Christopher Lloyd	Bill Burns
Jace Alexander	Dickie Kerr
Gordon Clapp	Ray Schalk
Bill Irwin	Eddie Collins
Don Harvey	Swede Risberg
Perry Lang	Fred McMullin
John Mahoney	Kid Gleason
James Read	Lefty Williams
Michael Rooker	Chick Gandil
David Strathairn	Eddie Cicotte,Bucky
John Sayles	Ring Lardner
Studs Terkel	Hugh Fullerton
James Desmond	Smitty,Smitty
Michael Lerner	Arnold Rothstein
Kevin Tighe	Sport Sullivan
Richard Edson	Billy Maharg
Michael Mantell	Abe Attell
Eliot Asinof	Heydler
Clyde Bassett	Ban Johnson
Clifton James	Charles Comiskey
John Craig	Rothstein's Lawyer
Michael Laskin	Austrian
Randle Mell	Ahearn
Robert Motz	D.A.
Bill Raymond	Ben Short
Barbara Garrick	Helen Weaver
Wendy Makkena	Kate Jackson
Maggie Renzi	Rose Cicotte
Nancy Travis	Lyria Williams
Brad Garrett	PeeWee
Lee Harris	Singer,Singer,Writer
Jesse Vincent	Scooter
Ken Berry	Heckler
David Rice	Enemy Fan
Tom Marshall	Browns Umpire
Merrill Holtzman	Grabiner
Josh Thompson	Winslow
Philip Murphy	Jimmy
Stephen Mendillo	Monk
J. Dennis Newman	Reds Player
Charles Siebert II	Reds Catcher
Jim Martindale	Cincinnati Umpire
Michael Preston	New Jersey Fans,New Jersey Fan
Bill Jennings	Chicago Umpire
David Hinman	Announcer
B.J. Davis	Enemy Fan
Danton Stone	Hired Killer
Patrick Grant	Irish Tenor
Tim Laughter	Betting Man
Brad Armacost	Attendant
John Anderson	Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Eaton Randles	Clerk
Max Chiddester	Nash
Rich Komenich	Jury Foreman
John E. Blazier	Newspaper Reporter
Jack George	Fan
Tom Surber	Fan
Tom Ledcke	Fan
David Carpenter	Fan
Bert Hatch	Fan
Jerry Brent	Writer
Bruce Schumacher	Writer
Robert Walsh	Writer
Matthew Harrington	Writer
Richard Lynch	Writer
Garry Williams	Writer
Julie Whitney	Woman in Bar
Dana Roi	Woman in Bar
Jim Stark	Reporter
Brad Griffith	Reporter
Steve Salge	Reporter
Patrick Brown	New Jersey Fan
John Greisemer	New Jersey Fan
Charles Yankoglu	New Jersey Fan
Mason Daring	Composer

Technical Credits

John Sayles

John Sayles	Director,Screenwriter
Barbara Boyle	Executive Producer,Producer
Jerry Offsay	Executive Producer,Producer
Sarah Pillsbury	Producer
Midge Sanford	Producer
David Brownlow	Sound/Sound Designer