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Actors: John Cusack, Charlie Sheen, David Strathairn
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Eight Men Out |
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This is the story of the 1919 Chicago White Sox scandal. The team, a strong favorite to win the World Series, throws the championship on a bribe to show up their penny-pinching owner (Clifton James). However, not all the players want to go along with the plan, like Buck Weaver (John Cusack), but are unable to do anything as the rest of the team goes along with it. Sure enough, the Sox lose the series and the scandal is unconvered. The team is then found guilty and banned from baseball for life. This is a great drama to watch, and it is truly a sad story, for the careers of many great ballplayers were cut short, and some were denied a chance at the Hall of Fame (especially "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, played by D.B. Sweeney).
--Steve DiMatteo, Resident Scholar
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John Sayles presents a fine retelling of the 1919 Boston "Black Sox" scandal. Underpaid baseball players agree to "throw" the World Series for a cut of the gambling profits. John Cusack is stellar as a clean-cut player who refuses to go along and carries the team's awful secret on his back. Strathairn is a wonderfully aching pitcher, D.B. Sweeney the simple Shoeless Joe Jackson. Many other cameos light up this fine movie: Charlie Sheen as an outfielder, Christopher Lloyd and Michael Lerner as varied interested gamblers, Studs Terkel and Sayles himself as reporters.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Eight Men Out |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1900-1920's
Kind of sports story:
- baseball
Sports story?
Yes
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- athlete
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- athlete
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- gambler
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
- Midwest
Misc setting
- sports arena
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
- unhappy
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Is this movie based on a
- book
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