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The Natural
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.
1984 · Directed by Barry Levinson · 137 min · Drama · 14 frames
Tagline
He lived for a dream that wouldn't die.
Crew
- Screenplay: Phil Dusenberry, Roger Towne
- Cinematography: Caleb Deschanel
- Edited by: Stu Linder, Christopher Holmes
- Music: Randy Newman
- Production design: Angelo P. Graham, Mel Bourne
- Produced by: Mark Johnson
Cast
- Robert Redford as Roy Hobbs
- Robert Duvall as Max Mercy
- Glenn Close as Iris Gaines
- Kim Basinger as Memo Paris
- Wilford Brimley as Pop Fisher
- Barbara Hershey as Harriet Bird
- Robert Prosky as The Judge
- Richard Farnsworth as Red Blow
- Joe Don Baker as The Whammer
- Michael Madsen as Bump Bailey
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: TriStar Pictures, Delphi II Productions
- Budget: $28,000,000
- Box office: $48,000,000
- Themes: corruption, sports, baseball, attempted murder, talent, redemption, child prodigy, femme fatale, lightning bolt, hdd
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