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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 · Roy Hobbs, a mysterious and talented baseball player, joins a 1930s team and faces a mysterious past and a villainous woman. The film is based on Bernard Malamud's novel and features Glenn Close, Kim Basinger and Robert Duvall.
- (53K)
- Drama, Sport
- Barry Levinson
- 1984-05-11
In Theaters At Home TV Shows. 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...
- (46)
- Barry Levinson
- PG
- Robert Redford
A baseball fantasy film about Roy Hobbs, a mysterious player with a magical bat and a dark past. He joins the New York Knights in 1930s and leads them to glory, while facing enemies, romance and a mysterious woman.
The Natural is a 1952 novel about baseball by Bernard Malamud, and is his debut novel. The story follows Roy Hobbs, a baseball prodigy whose career is sidetracked after being shot by a woman whose motivation remains mysterious.
Roger Ebert criticizes the film for turning Robert Redford into a god-like hero and ignoring the other characters and the realism of baseball. He finds the ending cheap and phony, and the plot gimmicky and manipulative.
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. 3,587 IMDb 7.4 2 h 17 min 1984. X-Ray HDR UHD 13+. Drama · Sports · Ambitious · Heartwarming.
