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Eight men out / Orion Pictures ; director and screenplay, John Sayles ; producers, Sarah Pillsbury, Midge Sanford.
LIBRA DVD 002 169
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Contemporary classics (MGM Home Entertainment Inc.)
- Contemporary classics
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Asinof, Eliot, 1919-2008--Film adaptations.
- Asinof, Eliot.
- Asinof, Eliot, 1919-2008.
- Chicago White Sox (Baseball team)--Drama.
- Chicago White Sox (Baseball team).
- World Series (Baseball) (1919)--Drama.
- World Series (Baseball).
- Baseball--Drama.
- Baseball.
- Genre:
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Feature films.
- Sports films.
- Film adaptations.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen format.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : MGM/UA Home Entertainment, [2001]
- Language Note:
- In English, French, Spanish with French and Spanish subtitles.
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby Digital
- digital
- optical
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Based on the real-life scandal of the 1919 World Series, the film tells the story of eight baseball players who plan to throw games for money, and the scorn and anger the scheme earned them.
- Participant:
- John Cusack, Clifton James, Michael Lerner, Christopher Lloyd, Charlie Sheen, David Strathairn, D. B. Sweeney.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Robert Richardson ; editor, John Tintori ; music, Mason Daring.
- Notes:
- Based on a book by Eliot Asinof.
- Videodisc release of a 1988 motion picture.
- Includes original theatrical trailer and scene selections.
- OCLC:
- 47248593
- Publisher Number:
- 027616860972
- 1001827 MGM/UA Home Entertainment
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