The Natural

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1984

2h 17m

English

Drama

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An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league.

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The Natural

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1984

2h 17m

English

Drama

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An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league.

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Cast

Roy Hobbs

Max Mercy

Iris Gaines

Memo Paris

Pop Fisher

Harriet Bird

The Judge (il giudice)

Richard Farnsworth

Red Blow

Joe Don Baker

The Whammer ("Il Martello")

Darren McGavin

Gus Sands (uncredited)

Michael Madsen

Bump Bailey

John P. Finnegan

Sam Simpson (as John Finnegan)

Ed Hobbs

Al Fowler

Boone

Doc Dizzy

John Olsen

Coach Wilson

Bobby Savoy

Young Roy

Young Iris

Pirates Manager

Directed By: Barry Levinson

Written By: Roger Towne (Screenplay), Bernard Malamud (Novel), + 1 more

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gahudnall-deleted-1490229630 says...

10 years ago

Great lesson on fidelity and loyalty. I loved the symbolic aspect of the entire movie - deep and academic almost.

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davysgrey says...

2 years ago

Adequate I guess, but a lot was changed from the book. People who haven't read it would be confused I think.

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Jim222001 says...

3 years ago

The most whimsical Baseball movie of all time. A true classic.

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farneyboy says...

5 years ago

One of my two favorite sports movies ever (along with "Hoosiers"). It's one of the few times I didn't feel that Hollywood changing the ending from the book made the story worse or robbed it in some way. Kids can enjoy it for the sports scenes alone, but it also has deeper emotional meanings that become evident the more times you watch it. IMO, Redford is perfectly cast for what Roy Hobbs is supposed to be in the movie's version of the story. You can imagine why he'd be tempted by Memo Paris (the young and beautiful Kim Basinger), but you also believe that Glenn Close's Iris would have his heart, even after all the years. Plus, you get Wilford Brimley AND Richard Farnsworth? Just a great movie.

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John Chard

4 years ago

The Wonder of Wonderboy.

The Natural is directed by Barry Levinson and adapted to screenplay by Roger Towne & Phil Dusenberry from the novel written by Bernard Malamud. It stars Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Barbara Hershey, Robert Prosky and Richard F More

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CONTAINS SPOILERS5/10 4 years ago

It's hard to make a good sports movie and I know this movie is based off a book and all but that dosen't mean I have to like the way everything goes in the movie. I mean this movie was just to out of the ordinary but with a tone that said it wanted to be simple. {SPOILERS} I mean the dude ge More

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Peter M

2 years ago

Many, many years ago when I was a bit of a sports fan, I remember reading stories about scouts who had seen athletes in the olden days like Roy Hobbs. Players who could hit a ball a mile or throw a hundred mile per hour fastball, but who never made it to the big league for some reason. But of course More

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