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Dominican Rep. The Natural
- Original title
- The Natural
- Year
- 1984
- Running time
- 134 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Robert Redford
Kim Basinger
Glenn Close
Robert Duvall
Wilford Brimley
Alan Fudge
Joe Don Baker
Barbara Hershey
Richard Farnsworth
Robert Prosky
J. P. Finnegan
Michael Madsen- Paul Sullivan
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Sports. Baseball. 1930s
- Synopsis
- Farm boy Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford) is the best baseball player anyone has ever seen. His bat, handmade from the wood of a tree felled by lightning following the death of his father, is magic in his hands. But before his career can start, the mysterious Harriet Bird (Barbara Hershey) inexplicably shoots him, sidelining him for more than a decade. Fifteen years later, Hobbs returns to play for the New York Knights, whose coach, Pop Fisher (Wilfred Brimley), begrudgingly accepts the aging rookie as a member of the team. Pop is as surprised as the rest of the team when Hobbs knocks the ball out of the park time and again and can still play a mean outfield as well. However, when the politics of the business side of the game get in the way, Hobbs has to make some life-changing decisions. Meanwhile, he becomes involved with Memo Paris (Kim Basinger), a sultry siren with her own agenda. Glenn Close plays Iris, the hometown girl whom Hobbs left behind but never forgot. Director Barry Levinson manages to re-create the excitement of old-time baseball while telling an all-American tale of success and failure, based on the novel by Bernard Malamud.
- Awards
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1984: 4 Nominations for Oscar: Supp, Actress (Close), OST, Art Direction, Cinematography1984: Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress (Kim Basinger)1984: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay1985: Premios de la Academia Japonesa: nominated to Best Foreign Language Film.
- Critics' reviews
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"There isn't a whisper of surprise in Redford's performance, and he's photographed looking like a wary, modest god, with enough backlighting and soft focus to make him incandescent even when he isn't doing a thing."
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"The Natural is an impeccably made, but quite strange, fable about success and failure in America"
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"The fairy-tale framework of the narrative is established so clearly and remains so cleverly sustained that the movie earns its right to romantic exaggerations."
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"Though entertaining in short stretches, The Natural has no recognizable character of its own."
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