The Natural

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Call Number: DVD Drama Natural
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Downtown 1st Floor 1-week checkout	DVD Drama Natural	1-week checkout	On Shelf

Originally released as a motion picture in 1984 by Tri-Star Pictures.
Special features: documentary starring Cal Ripken, Jr.; theatrical trailers; talent files; production notes; scene selections; interactive menus; original story source material.
Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Barbara Hershey, Robert Prosky, Richard Farnsworth.
Nothing was going to stop Roy Hobbs from fulfilling his boyhood dream of baseball stardom. As a 14-year old he fashions a baseball bat from an oak tree. He soon impresses major league scouts with his ability. His talent also catches the eye of a sportswriter who eventually becomes instrumental in Hobbs' career. The appearance of a mysterious woman, however, shatters his dream. Years later Hobbs reappears as a rookie for the New York Knights and has an opportunity to share in their race for the pennant.
DVD, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation.
Contents: Natural.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Great submitted by Lucy S on August 1, 2014, 7:06pm Really good baseball movie.

Great! submitted by manz on July 10, 2016, 9:20pm Goodbye Mr Spalding!

A really swell baseball film. A little long, but I enjoyed the storyline.

Homer at the Bat submitted by shira.pilarski on July 18, 2020, 10:56pm One of the greatest Simpsons episodes, Homer at the Bat, is full of references to this movie, which is one of the reasons I wanted to watch it. And it was...okay. Robert Redford is charming as a flawless "put some mustard on it" type baseball player. Wilford Brimley is perfect as the disgruntled manager. Glenn Close is loveable, and the romance is one you root for. But the villains are somehow simultaneously cut-and-paste AND over-the-top.

****(spoilers)**** And it suffers from the classic sports film problem of having a character be told that he will almost certainly die if he does a thing, and then he does it anyway, and then he survives.