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11 May 1984 (USA) moreTagline:
The best there was! morePlot:
An average baseball player comes out of seemingly nowhere to become a legendary player with almost divine talent. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 1 win & 4 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(13 articles)
Streep Nom #7-8: The Abundant Riches of 1987-88 (From FilmExperience. 5 July 2009, 3:00 PM, PDT)
Review: My Sister's Keeper
(From Cinematical. 26 June 2009, 7:02 AM, PDT)
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A delightful fable pulled off believably and moreCast
(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)Country:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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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:PGFun Stuff
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Frank Giroux, not Buffalo mayor Jimmy Griffin, briefly appears as an opposing team coach in the scene where Roy knocks the cover off the ball. moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: In the scene depicting the team on a passenger train streaking across country as the Knights make their "run" at the pennant, the drumhead on the observation car says "Super Chief". This would make it a Santa Fe high-speed train running daily between Chicago and Los Angeles. Since the movie is set in 1939, they would not be riding that train because there were no major league baseball teams west of St. Louis in those days. moreSoundtrack:
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I really enjoyed watching this movie. It seems like the very embodiment of the Hollywood cliche - a noble hero overcoming difficulty to achieve his dream...but somehow, The Natural manages to pull it off in a very un-glamorized way. Take the hero - he's 35 years old! It just seems refreshing not to always have a dashing young fellow of twenty as the main character. And then - an ulcerated stomach? What kind of an obstacle is that? Not a Hollywood one, I'll tell you that. This hero is actually believable - and Robert Redford plays him handsomely. He makes Roy Hobbs a real person, and a gentleman. I recommend The Natural for any Robert Redford fan, baseball fan - and anyone who just wants to see a neat, entertaining movie with a main character you can really root for.