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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.
May 11, 1984 · 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.
Summaries. A middle-aged unknown comes seemingly out of nowhere to become a legendary baseball player with almost supernatural talent. 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 in this magical sports fantasy.
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Redford plays Roy Hobbs, a middle-aged ballplayer making his comeback. It's the last out of the last inning of the crucial play-off game, and everything depends on him. He's been in a slump. Can his childhood sweetheart, Iris Gaines ( Glenn Close ), snap him out of it? She sends him a note revealing that her child is his son.
Using a bat carved from a lightning-struck tree, a mysterious middle-aged player comes out of nowhere to become a big-time baseball slugger. With Glenn Close, Kim Basinger. 3,604 IMDb 7.4 2 h 17 min 1984. X-Ray HDR UHD 13+. Drama · Sports · Ambitious · Heartwarming.
A film adaptation, The Natural, starring Robert Redford as Roy Hobbs, was released in 1984. Plot. Nineteen-year-old Roy Hobbs is traveling by train to Chicago with his manager Sam to try out for the Chicago Cubs.
