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Eight Men Out (1988)

Directed by John Sayles · Cinematography by Robert Richardson

PG119 min50 frames

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When the cheering stopped, there were... Eight Men Out.

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Eight Men Out (1988) movie still: wide — A vintage baseball field features a long outfield wall covered in historic advertisement signage. A catcher…Eight Men Out (1988) movie still: medium — A dimly lit passenger train car with dark fabric curtains and overhead light fixtures. Two men in…Eight Men Out (1988) movie still: medium — A baseball player stands inside a dugout with a large outfield scoreboard in distance. The player wears a…Eight Men Out (1988) movie still: establishing — A wide aerial view of an empty dirt and grass baseball field at dusk. A single man stands near the…Eight Men Out (1988) movie still: medium — A man in a suit sits behind a polished wooden witness stand in a courtroom. Elaborate marble…Eight Men Out (1988) movie still: medium — An outdoor baseball field with a treeline visible against a cloudy blue sky. A young man in a vintage…Eight Men Out (1988) movie still: medium — A dense crowd of men in hats sits in outdoor stadium bleachers. One man in the foreground cups his hands…Eight Men Out (1988) movie still: fullbody — A baseball player stands on a dirt infield wearing a period-appropriate uniform. Another player stands…Eight Men Out (1988) movie still: closeup — A baseball player in vintage pinstriped gear stands on a field during a game. A blurred crowd of…Eight Men Out (1988) movie still: medium — A man sits in a darkened space lit only by a single candle. He rests his hand over his eye while wearing…Eight Men Out (1988) movie still: closeup — An outdoor setting features an out-of-focus diagonal railing against a pale sky. A young man in a suit…Eight Men Out (1988) movie still: wide — A high-angle view shows a baseball dugout at the edge of a dirt field. A single player walks from the…Eight Men Out (1988) movie still: medium — An interior train carriage features dark wood paneling and decorative glass partition windows. A man in a…Eight Men Out (1988) movie still: closeup — A dimly lit dining establishment with other patrons blurred in the dark background. A middle-aged man…Eight Men Out (1988) movie still: wide — A group of baseball players in vintage uniforms stands and sits in rows. Behind them is a scoreboard and…Eight Men Out (1988) movie still: medium — A dimly lit passenger cabin with rows of seated people in formal attire. The man stands in the central…
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What is Eight Men Out about?

Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players and treats them with disdain. And when gamblers and hustlers discover that Comiskey's demoralized players are ripe for a money-making scheme, one by one the team members agree to throw the World Series. But when the White Sox are defeated, a couple of sports writers smell a fix and a national scandal explodes, ripping the cover off America's favorite pastime.

Eight Men Out is a 1988 American period 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 lose the 1919 World Series. Most of the movie was filmed at Bush Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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What does the cinematography of Eight Men Out look like?

Across 50 sampled frames, Eight Men Out builds its coverage from medium shots (62% of the sample), with wide compositions (18%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Robert Richardson keeps 54% of it in soft, low-key light. Daylight carries most of the picture. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 74% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1940s.

What is the color palette of Eight Men Out?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Eight Men Out (1988) are #332f2a, #565249, #49392e, #897b6b, #241d18, #16120f — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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