Eight Men Out
film by Sayles [1988]
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discussed in biography
- In John Sayles
…he would eventually direct as Eight Men Out (1988). His early screenwriting efforts—several of which were written for Roger Corman, including Piranha (1978) and Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)—were genre exercises that Sayles loaded with literary and cinematic references. Later for-hire screenwriting projects included The Howling (1981), The Quick and…
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role of Sheen
- In Charlie Sheen: Acting stardom in the 1980s and ’90s
…same year he appeared in Eight Men Out, a film about the Black Sox Scandal, in which members of the Chicago White Sox baseball team were indicted on charges, but later acquitted, of accepting bribes to throw the 1919 World Series. In 1989 Sheen had another baseball-themed film hit with…
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