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Eight Men Out is a 1988 American sports drama film based on Eliot Asinof's 1963 book Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series. It was written and directed by John Sayles . The film is a dramatization of Major League Baseball 's Black Sox Scandal , in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox conspired with gamblers to ...
Video Vixens (also known as Black Socks) is a 1975 sex comedy film written by Joel Gross and directed by Ron Sullivan under the pseudonym Henri Pachard. The crew features many of the cast from the 1972 horror film The Last House on the Left, with Sandra Peabody and Steve Miner working as the script supervisor and assistant editor for the film.
In the 1988 film Eight Men Out, about the Black Sox scandal, Cicotte is portrayed by actor David Strathairn. He was portrayed by actor Steve Eastin in the 1989 film Field of Dreams. Cicotte's grandnephew Al Cicotte (1929–1982) later pitched in the major leagues, compiling a lifetime 10–13 record with six teams between 1957 and 1962.
The eight "Chicago Black Sox" The Black Sox Scandal was a game-fixing scandal in Major League Baseball (MLB) in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox were accused of intentionally losing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for payment from a gambling syndicate, possibly led by organized crime figure Arnold Rothstein.
The movie expertly tackles white privilege, the Black Lives Matter movement, police brutality and conflicts within the Black community. Watch on Prime Video 25.
The movie's working title was Black Stockings. [3] It was filmed on location in the small Utah city of Kanab; [4] the lodge in the film is the real-life Parry Lodge in Kanab, which had often served to house movie crews filming in the area. [5] Filming also took place at Three Lakes and the Moqui Cave in Utah as well as Fredonia, Arizona. [5]
The movie’s clunky prologue plunges us into his world, as Argylle (Henry Cavill) dances with and then pursues a slinky target (Dua Lipa, whose few minutes in the film may be its best).
In the years since the film's release, the iconic scene featuring Cruise's character sliding across the floor, dancing in just his pink shirt, socks, and white briefs to Bob Seger's rendition of "Old Time Rock and Roll" has been recreated in episodes of many television series, as well as in films, parodies, and advertisements.