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- The movie was inspired by a real story. In 1949 a woman who was stalking one of the baseball players in Chicago, actually shot a player with a gun. This inspired Bernard Malamud to write a book about it in 1952.
- The woman who committed the crime disappeared. For many years, the woman who committed the crime of shooting the ball player seemed to disappear off the radar.
- Steinhagen was a teenager at the time. At the time of the shooting, Ruth Ann Steinhagen was only 19 years old. This seemed to be a senseless shooting, but as investigators dug a little deeper they discovered that she had developed a crush o teh first baseman Eddie Waitkus of the Chicago Cubs.
- Steinhagen invited the player to her hotel room. Ruth reserved a hotel room near Wrigley field and wrote a note to Waitkus telling him that she had something important to share with him.
The 1984 film The Natural was based on a true story of a crazed fan who shot Philadelphia Phillies player Eddie Waitkus in 1949. Waitkus survived the attack, but his career and health were...
Read what IMDb users think of The Natural, a 1984 film starring Robert Redford as a 35-year-old rookie baseball player. See ratings, spoilers, and comments on the movie's plot, cast, and themes.
The Natural is a mythic and mesmerizing movie about America’s national pastime and the heroism of a lonely individualist. The value-laden story tells of pride, love, suffering, initiation, and resurrection.
Find out who starred in the 1984 baseball film The Natural, directed by Barry Levinson and based on Bernard Malamud's novel. See the full cast and crew list, including Robert Redford, Glenn Close, Robert Duvall, and more.
Roger Ebert criticizes The Natural (1984) for turning Robert Redford into a god-like hero and ignoring his supporting cast. He finds the movie's baseball scenes unrealistic and its ending cheap and phony.
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The Natural is a 1984 sports film based on Bernard Malamud's novel, starring Robert Redford as Roy Hobbs, a baseball prodigy with a mysterious past. The film was directed by Barry Levinson and nominated for four Academy Awards.
