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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:
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A 20th Century Fairy Tale more (132 total)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)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:
Revealing mistakes: One of the newspaper clippings shown has is headlined "Knights on a Hot Streak" but the surrounding text, while sports-related, makes no mention whatsoever of the Knights. moreSoundtrack:
STAR SPANGLED BANNER moreFAQ
Is this based on a book?What was up with the woman shooting Roy? Why did she do that?
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That's how I personally summed up this movie when I first saw it. And what better place to couch a fairy tale than in a milieu with real legends like Ruth and DiMaggio and Mantle ... or fabulous ones like "The Whammer" and Roy Hobbs. The story of a man playing the game they way it SHOULD be played, wishing while injured that his father could have seen him, and coming through in the clutch for his father, his lady, and his son. Beautifully shot by Caleb Deschanel, this isn't just a movie, this is ARTWORK.
And who could forget the soundtrack written by Randy Newman, which has found its way into virtually every sports show on the tube at one time or another. Without a doubt, his best handiwork.