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Why did “The Natural” have to be turned into idolatry on behalf of Robert Redford? Why did a perfectly good story, filled with interesting people, have to be made into one man’s ascension to the godlike, especially when no effort is made to give that ascension meaning?
Parents need to know that The Natural is a 1984 movie in which Robert Redford plays a mysterious and gifted baseball player who emerges as a rookie in his mid-30s and turns his team's fortunes around. For lovers of baseball movies and sports films in general, this is one of the all-time classics.
- Barry Levinson
- Peter Albert
- Glenn Close, Robert Duvall, Robert Redford
I recommend The Natural for any Robert Redford fan, baseball fan - and anyone who just wants to see a neat, entertaining movie with a main character you can really root for. 75 out of 90 found this helpful.
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...
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- Barry Levinson
- PG
- Robert Redford
Mar 31, 2024 · Hands down the greatest baseball movie. The Natural is without question the greatest baseball movie their is. It tells a believable and emotional story and contains some of the greatest baseball scenes ever made. I have seen this movie three times the first time being when I was ten.
May 28, 2020 · The Natural is a classic baseball movie. But did you know the shocking true story that served as its source material? Murder, obsession, cheating and more!
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The Natural is a 1984 American sports film based on Bernard Malamud's 1952 novel of the same name, directed by Barry Levinson, and starring Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Barbara Hershey, Robert Prosky and Richard Farnsworth.