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The Natural

Name: The Natural
Genre: Drama
Released: 1984-05-11
Duration: 137 min
Rating: 6.93

★ 6,9 /10 (683 Votes)

1984 EN 137 min

Overview

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.

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Release date

11/05/1984

Votes

683

Popularity

7.1

He lived for a dream that wouldn't die.

Genres

Drama

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

137 min

Budget

$28,000,000

Revenue

$48,000,000

Robert Redford

Roy Hobbs

Robert Duvall

Max Mercy

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

Michael Madsen

Bump Bailey

John Finnegan

Sam Simpson

Alan Fudge

Ed Hobbs

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Ken Grassano

Al Fowler

Mike Starr

Boone

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Mickey Treanor

Doc Dizzy

Jon Van Ness

John Olsen

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Anthony J. Ferrara

Coach Wilson

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George Wilkosz

Bobby Savoy

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Paul Sullivan Jr

Young Roy

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Rachel Hall

Young Iris

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Sibby Sisti

Pirates Manager

Ralph Tabakin

Ali's Customer

Edward Walsh

Newsreel Presenter

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Robert Rich III

Ted Hobbs

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Philip Mankowski

Hank Benz

Danny Aiello III

Emil LaJong

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Joe Castellano

Allie Stubbs

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Eddie Cipot

Gabby Laslow

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Robert Kalaf

Cal Baker

Barry Kivel

Pat McGee

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Steven Kronovet

Tommy Hinkle

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James Meyer

Dutch Schultz

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Sam Green

Murphy

Martin Grey

Additional Knight

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Joseph Mosso

Additional Knight

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Richard Oliveri

Additional Knight

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Lawrence Couzens

Additional Knight

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Duke McGuire

Additional Knight

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Stephen Poliachik

Additional Knight

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Kevin Lester

Additional Knight

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Joseph Charboneau

Additional Knight

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Robert Rudnick

Additional Knight

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Ken Kamholz

Additional Knight

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Phillip D. Rosenberg

Pitcher Youngberry

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Christopher B. Rehbaum

Pitcher John Rhoades

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Nicholas Koleff

Umpire Augie

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Jerry Stockman

Umpire Babe

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James Quamo

Memorial Game Umpire

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Joe Strnad

Final Game Home Plate Umpire

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James Mohr

Ralph Tabakin

Al's Customer

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Dennis Gould

Carnival Boy

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Joshua Abbey

Home Plate Photographer

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Gayle Vance

Maid at Party

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George Scheitinger

League Official

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Peter Poth

Dr. Knobb

Bernie McInerney

Hospital Doctor

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Elizabeth Ann Klein

Stern Nurse

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Charles Sergis

Newsreel Narrator (voice)

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Carol Alaimo

Extra (uncredited)

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Bernie Arnesen

Wrigley Field Spectator (uncredited)

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Mark Atienza

Young Roy Hobbs (uncredited)

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Lori Berezin

Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)

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Sean Collins

Additional Knight (uncredited)

Darren W. Conrad

Teen on Railroad Track at Carnival (uncredited)

Mark Falvo

Baseball Fan (uncredited)

James K. Fulater

Baseball Crowd (uncredited)

Greg Hinaman

Fan in stands at War Memorial & All-High Stadium (uncredited)

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Diane H. Kelly

One of Gus' Girls (uncredited)

Darren McGavin

Gus Sands (uncredited)

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Bernard S. Misiura Jr.

Young Fan in Driving Cap (uncredited)

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Brian Reingold

Baseball Fan (uncredited)

Jack Scalia

Cubs Pitcher (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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The Wonder of Wonderboy. The Natural is directed by Barry Levinson and adapted to screenplay by Roger Towne & Phil Dusenberry from the novel written by Bernard Malamud. It stars Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Barbara Hershey, Robert Prosky and Richard Farnsworth. Music is by Randy Newman and cinematography by Caleb Deschanel. The Natural is a wistful sports movie, one that asks every person who views it to buy into the whimsy and mythologising on show. If able to do that then it's a film of beguiling beauty, awash with strength of the human spi…

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Many, many years ago when I was a bit of a sports fan, I remember reading stories about scouts who had seen athletes in the olden days like Roy Hobbs. Players who could hit a ball a mile or throw a hundred mile per hour fastball, but who never made it to the big league for some reason. But of course, this movie is based on a novel by Bernard Malamud, though there are hints of actual events here and there. It is an entertaining movie, presenting baseball as America’s game and therefore, ultimately, above corruption. It has an old timey feel, perhaps even older than the 1939 setting that is p…

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If you ever saw how Josef von Sternberg photographed Marlene Dietrich then you'll appreciate a similar style of camera adulation from Barry Levinson with Robert Redford in this touching adaptation of Bernard Malamud's complex and characterful novel. Every opportunity is taken to glisten the sunlight through his blond locks to create an almost halo-like effect as his "Hobbs" picks up a very special baseball bat and helps to guide a team that previously couldn't have beaten an egg to possible world series status. "Pop" (Wilford Brimley) is the sceptical coach who can't fathom why this thirty-som…

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