Eight men out [videorecording] / Orion Pictures Corporation ; producers, Sarah Pillsbury, Midge Sanford and Peggy Rajski ; director/screenplay, John Sayles.
Other Titles: Eight men out.
Edition: Widescreen.
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, c2001.
ISBN: 0792849477
Description: 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Series: MGM contemporary classics
Subject(s): Baseball Drama.
Sports films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Credits: Director of photography, Robert Richardson ; editor, John Tintori ; music, Mason Daring.
Performers: John Cusack, Clifton James, Michael Lerner, Christopher Lloyd, Charlie Sheen, David Strathairn, D.B. Sweeney.
Target Audience: Rated PG.
Notes: Closed-captioned; soundtracks in English, French, Spanish; subtitles in French and Spanish.
Videocassette release of the 1988 motion picture.
Based on the book by Eliot Asinof.
Special features: Original theatrical trailer.
Summary: Based on the real-life scandal of 1919, 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.
