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11 May 1984 (USA)
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Plot:
An average baseball player comes out of seemingly nowhere to become a legendary player with almost divine talent. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 4 Oscars.
Another 1 win
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4 nominations
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Roger Corman, Anjelica Huston, Sally Kellerman: Governors Awards 2009
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Yankees Vs. Phillies In The World Series? Give Me The Best Fictional Baseball Teams In Movie History!
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Yankees Vs. Phillies In The World Series? Give Me The Best Fictional Baseball Teams In Movie History!
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It's for all time; a baseball mythos
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Robert Redford | ... | Roy Hobbs |
 | Glenn Close | ... | Iris Gaines |
 | Kim Basinger | ... | Memo Paris |
 | Wilford Brimley | ... | Pop Fisher |
 | Barbara Hershey | ... | Harriet Bird |
| Robert Prosky | ... | The Judge |
 | Richard Farnsworth | ... | Red Blow |
| Joe Don Baker | ... | The Whammer |
 | John Finnegan | ... | Sam Simpson |
 | Alan Fudge | ... | Ed Hobbs |
| Paul Sullivan Jr. | ... | Young Roy |
| Rachel Hall | ... | Young Iris |
 | Robert Rich III | ... | Ted Hobbs |
 | Michael Madsen | ... | Bartholomew 'Bump' Bailey |
 | Jon Van Ness | ... | John Olsen |
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134 min | USA:144 min (Director's Cut)
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Norway:12 |
Iceland:L |
Argentina:Atp |
Chile:TE |
Finland:S |
Sweden:7 |
UK:PG |
USA:PG |
West Germany:6 |
Australia:PG |
Singapore:PG
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Borrows from the true story of the bizarre shooting of former Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Ed Waitkus by Ruth Ann Steinhagen in Chicago's Edgewater Beach Hotel on the night of June 14th, 1949.
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Continuity: During the game in which Roy Hobbs bats for the first time and knocks the cover off the ball, there are two different home-plate umpires: The ump who comes to the dugout to talk to Pop Fisher is not the same ump who later calls a strike on Hobbs and then stares him down.
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Referenced in "Jeopardy!: (#22.10)" (2005)
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STAR SPANGLED BANNER
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Is this based on a book?What was up with the woman shooting Roy? Why did she do that?
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Whenever "The Natural" is on TV, I stop what I'm doing and watch it. I don't know why, exactly. I have been a baseball fan since I was a little kid and love the tradition. There is no other sport that has as much history. It's because one can isolate moments in time. Situations develop. Every announcer says things like, "Bottom of the third, men on first and third, Turley on the mound, Simpson is up, he's two for four today. The wind is blowing out to right field, etc." We can make words visual. In this wonderful movie, a man wants a piece of that tradition. He makes a horrible mistake along the way to the big leagues, and now is given one last chance. This is mythical. This is not realistic. To criticize it on the basis of its credibility is unfair. Even to compare it to the book is unfair. They are totally different. What one does with a camera should not be compared to the printed page. Malamud did his thing and now Barry Levinson is doing his. The cinematography is without peer. It is magical all the way through. The lighting as Glenn Close stands up in the stands is mesmerizing. This is more Greek myth than baseball story, but it is a baseball story, with the Ruth like gods and the day-to-day players. Roy Hobbs is like all of us in some ways and we love him for his endurance, patience, and drive. Redford brings him to life with that rugged face moving away from lost youth. It's a fine film.