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- Despite criticism over Levinson changing the book's ending to be more upbeat, critics and audiences fell in love with The Natural, with many considering it one of the best sports movies of all time.
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May 29, 2021 · Despite criticism over Levinson changing the book's ending to be more upbeat, critics and audiences fell in love with The Natural, with many considering it one of the best sports movies of all time. One of Levinson's more visual movies, many audience members fondly recall the breaking-of-the-scoreboard scene accompanied by Randy Newman's iconic ...
- RAIN MAN (1988) Writer: Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow. Starring Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino. Levinson won the Oscar for Best Director and the film itself took home Best Picture as well as Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor for Dustin Hoffman.
- DINER (1982) Writer: Barry Levinson. Starring Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon. “Diner” was Levinson’s first film as a director. It tells the tales of a bunch of friends navigating their post-high school life in Baltimore.
- THE NATURAL (1984) Writers: Roger Towne, Phil Dusenberry. Starring Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close. Levinson mixed the supernatural and baseball in this lushly photographed story of a talented baseball player who disappears and then returns years later to try and regain his place in the sport.
- GOOD MORNING, VIETMAN (1987) Writer: Mitch Markowitz. Starring Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Bruno Kirby. . Robin Williams earned his first Oscar nomination for this film about a comic D-Jay whose radio show entertains the troops in Vietnam.
Natural, The (1984): Barry Levinson’s Oscar Nominated Sports Drama, Starring Robert Redford, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, and Barbara Hershey. Barry Levinson proves to be the wrong director for turning Bernard Malamud’s first, wry, ironic novel, “The Natural,” into a faithful and satisfying big-screen entertainment.
The Natural: Directed by Barry Levinson. With Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger. A middle-aged unknown comes seemingly out of nowhere to become a legendary baseball player with almost supernatural talent.
- (53K)
- Drama, Sport
- Barry Levinson
- 1984-05-11
Directed by Barry Levinson (this was his sophomore theatrical feature following Diner), the film is quite moving. Redford delivers a great, soft-spoken, naturalistic performance and he's paired with a solid all-star cast. Randy Newman's score is absolutely terrific, too. One of the best he's ever done.
On the way to a tryout with the Chicago Cubs, young baseball phenom Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford) is shot by the unstable Harriet Bird (Barbara Hershey). After 16 years, Hobbs returns to pro baseball...
- (47)
- Drama
- PG
Sep 10, 2012 · Director: Barry Levinson; Screenwriter: Phil Dusenberry, Roger Towne; Cast: Robert Duvall; Wilford Brimley; Glenn Close; Michael Madsen; Joe Don Baker; Robert Prosky; Barbara Hershey; Richard...
