Eight Men Out Movie Poster
INDIANAPOLIS -
69 years after it happened, director John Sayles brought to life the scandal that rocked the baseball landscape in Chicago for decades after it happened in 1919.
To do so, Sayles made his way three hours south to Indianapolis, using venues throughout the city to tell the story of the 1919 White Sox, who conspired with gamblers throw the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds.
Bush Stadium became Comiskey Park, a meeting room in the Indiana Medical Museum was used as a lawyers office, and the downtown Atheneum was used for just about everything to tell the tale of the doomed eight players that were eventually thrown out of baseball.
"The initial interest was hearing the story and wondering how eight men could throw the world series," said Sayles in 1989 to Dick Johnson in his book "Interview with John Sayles. "It wasn't simply that these were bad guys and this is how they did it. It was why they did it."
To tell the stories, Sayles pulled extras from town to go alongside stars like Charlie Sheen, D.B Sweeney, and John Cusack, especially in the crowd at Bush Stadium. It was shot during the fall of 1987 and then released in the summer of 1988 in theaters and frequently appears on television to this day.
Watch Wes Woodward's tour of the "Eight Men Out" filming sites in Indianapolis by clicking on the movie link above.
To do so, Sayles made his way three hours south to Indianapolis, using venues throughout the city to tell the story of the 1919 White Sox, who conspired with gamblers throw the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds.
Bush Stadium became Comiskey Park, a meeting room in the Indiana Medical Museum was used as a lawyers office, and the downtown Atheneum was used for just about everything to tell the tale of the doomed eight players that were eventually thrown out of baseball.
"The initial interest was hearing the story and wondering how eight men could throw the world series," said Sayles in 1989 to Dick Johnson in his book "Interview with John Sayles. "It wasn't simply that these were bad guys and this is how they did it. It was why they did it."
To tell the stories, Sayles pulled extras from town to go alongside stars like Charlie Sheen, D.B Sweeney, and John Cusack, especially in the crowd at Bush Stadium. It was shot during the fall of 1987 and then released in the summer of 1988 in theaters and frequently appears on television to this day.
Watch Wes Woodward's tour of the "Eight Men Out" filming sites in Indianapolis by clicking on the movie link above.
