TY - GEN N2 - 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. AB - 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. T1 - Eight men out DA - [2008] CY - Beverly Hills, CA : AU - Pillsbury, Sarah. AU - Sanford, Midge. AU - Sayles, John, AU - Cusack, John, AU - James, Clifton, AU - Lerner, Michael, AU - Lloyd, Christopher, AU - Sheen, Charlie. AU - Strathairn, David. AU - Sweeney, D. B. AU - Asinof, Eliot, ET - 20th anniversary ed. CN - PN1997 CN - PN1997 PB - MGM DVD : PB - Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, PP - Beverly Hills, CA : LA - engfrespa LA - Dialogue in English or French, Spanish with English, French and Spanish subtitles; Closed captioned. PY - [2008] N1 - Title from container. N1 - Based on the book by Eliot Asinof. N1 - Originally released as a motion picture in 1988. N1 - 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. ID - 348126 KW - Baseball KW - Sports TI - Eight men out ER -