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The Natural [Includes Digital Copy] [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray] [1984]
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Format:4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
: Program Type:Movie
: Product Name:The Natural [Includes Digital Copy] [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray] [1984]
: Studio:Sony Pictures
: Product Tags:Includes Digital Copy
The film version of The Natural pulls off the neat trick of conveying the spirit of the Bernard Malamud novel upon which it is based, even while changing both the outcome and the meaning of Malamud's closing chapters. In his first film appearance in four years, Robert Redford plays Roy Hobbs, a farm boy with a hankering to be a great baseball player. With his faithful homemade bat ""Wonderboy"" in hand, Roy heads to the big city. En route, he arouses the fascination of the mysterious Harriet Bird (Barbara Hershey). Luring the boy to a hotel room, Harriet asks Roy what he wants out of life. Roy brashly responds he wants to be ""the best there is,"" whereupon Harriet whips out a gun and shoots Roy down. Sixteen years later, a humbler Roy Hobbs emerges from the bush leagues to become a 35-year-old ""rookie"" on the 1939 lineup of the New York Knights. He soon becomes the team's star player, and in so doing once more attracts enigmatic woman Memo Paris (Kim Basinger), the glamorous niece of the Knights' manager Pop Fisher (Wilford Brimley) and the mistress of Rothstein-like gambler Gus Sands (a curiously unbilled Darren McGavin). Roy's fascination with Memo compromises his ability to play, but this time he finds salvation in the form the angelic Iris Gaines (Glenn Close), his childhood sweetheart. From this point forward, the script for The Natural bears very little resemblance to the Malamud original. Without giving anything away, it can be said that Roy Hobbs is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to compensate for the mistakes of his youth, despite the demonic intrusion of inexplicably spiteful sports writer Max Mercy (Robert Duvall). The Natural elevates the art of slow-motion photography to new heights; while this technique would become precious and boring in later baseball films, it works beautifully here, as does the decision by director Barry Levinson and cinematographer Caleb Deschanel to convey the symbolism inherent in the story in purely visual rather than blatantly verbal terms. (If the characters told you that the story was a retelling of the Camelot legend in baseball terms, would you have watched?) Another plus is the pastoral theme music by Randy Newman, which has been well utilized on sports broadcasts and ""human interest"" TV documentaries ever since. The baseball scenes in The Natural were staged at War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo, New York.~Hal Erickson
Name : Robert Redford: Role : Roy Hobbs
Name : Robert Duvall: Role : Max Mercy
Name : Glenn Close: Role : Iris Gaines
Name : Kim Basinger: Role : Memo Paris
Name : Wilford Brimley: Role : Pop Fisher
Name : Barbara Hershey: Role : Harriet Bird
Name : Robert Prosky: Role : The Judge
Name : Richard Farnsworth: Role : Red Blow
Name : Joe Don Baker: Role : The Whammer
Name : John Finnegan: Role : Sam Simpson
Name : Barry Levinson: Role : Director
Name : Roger Towne: Role : Producer
Name : Phil Dusenberry: Role : Screenwriter
Name : Roger Towne: Role : Screenwriter
Name : Caleb Deschanel: Role : Cinematographer
Name : Jack Hayes: Role : Musical Arrangement
Name : Jeff Wexler: Role : Musical Direction/Supervision
Name : Randy Newman: Role : Composer (Music Score)
Name : Stu Linder: Role : Editor
Name : Angelo P. [!Program Type:Movie!] [!Product Name:The Natural [Includes Digital Copy] [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray] [1984!]] [!Studio:Sony Pictures!] [!Product Tags:Includes Digital Copy!] [!Robert Redford:Roy Hobbs!] [!Robert Duvall:Max Mercy!] [!Glenn Close:Iris Gaines!] [!Kim Basinger:Memo Paris!] [!Wilford Brimley:Pop Fisher!] [!Barbara Hershey:Harriet Bird!] [!Robert Prosky:The Judge!] [!Richard Farnsworth:Red Blow!] [!Joe Don Baker:The Whammer!] [!John Finnegan:Sam Simpson!] [!Barry Levinson:Director!] [!Roger Towne:Producer!] [!Phil Dusenberry:Screenwriter!] [!Roger Towne:Screenwriter!] [!Caleb Deschanel:Cinematographer!] [!Jack Hayes:Musical Arrangement!] [!Jeff Wexler:Musical Direction/Supervision!] [!Randy Newman:Composer (Music Score)!] [!Stu Linder:Editor!] [!Angelo P. Graham:Production Designer!]
: Program Type:Movie
: Product Name:The Natural [Includes Digital Copy] [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray] [1984]
: Studio:Sony Pictures
: Product Tags:Includes Digital Copy
The film version of The Natural pulls off the neat trick of conveying the spirit of the Bernard Malamud novel upon which it is based, even while changing both the outcome and the meaning of Malamud's closing chapters. In his first film appearance in four years, Robert Redford plays Roy Hobbs, a farm boy with a hankering to be a great baseball player. With his faithful homemade bat ""Wonderboy"" in hand, Roy heads to the big city. En route, he arouses the fascination of the mysterious Harriet Bird (Barbara Hershey). Luring the boy to a hotel room, Harriet asks Roy what he wants out of life. Roy brashly responds he wants to be ""the best there is,"" whereupon Harriet whips out a gun and shoots Roy down. Sixteen years later, a humbler Roy Hobbs emerges from the bush leagues to become a 35-year-old ""rookie"" on the 1939 lineup of the New York Knights. He soon becomes the team's star player, and in so doing once more attracts enigmatic woman Memo Paris (Kim Basinger), the glamorous niece of the Knights' manager Pop Fisher (Wilford Brimley) and the mistress of Rothstein-like gambler Gus Sands (a curiously unbilled Darren McGavin). Roy's fascination with Memo compromises his ability to play, but this time he finds salvation in the form the angelic Iris Gaines (Glenn Close), his childhood sweetheart. From this point forward, the script for The Natural bears very little resemblance to the Malamud original. Without giving anything away, it can be said that Roy Hobbs is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to compensate for the mistakes of his youth, despite the demonic intrusion of inexplicably spiteful sports writer Max Mercy (Robert Duvall). The Natural elevates the art of slow-motion photography to new heights; while this technique would become precious and boring in later baseball films, it works beautifully here, as does the decision by director Barry Levinson and cinematographer Caleb Deschanel to convey the symbolism inherent in the story in purely visual rather than blatantly verbal terms. (If the characters told you that the story was a retelling of the Camelot legend in baseball terms, would you have watched?) Another plus is the pastoral theme music by Randy Newman, which has been well utilized on sports broadcasts and ""human interest"" TV documentaries ever since. The baseball scenes in The Natural were staged at War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo, New York.~Hal Erickson
Name : Robert Redford: Role : Roy Hobbs
Name : Robert Duvall: Role : Max Mercy
Name : Glenn Close: Role : Iris Gaines
Name : Kim Basinger: Role : Memo Paris
Name : Wilford Brimley: Role : Pop Fisher
Name : Barbara Hershey: Role : Harriet Bird
Name : Robert Prosky: Role : The Judge
Name : Richard Farnsworth: Role : Red Blow
Name : Joe Don Baker: Role : The Whammer
Name : John Finnegan: Role : Sam Simpson
Name : Barry Levinson: Role : Director
Name : Roger Towne: Role : Producer
Name : Phil Dusenberry: Role : Screenwriter
Name : Roger Towne: Role : Screenwriter
Name : Caleb Deschanel: Role : Cinematographer
Name : Jack Hayes: Role : Musical Arrangement
Name : Jeff Wexler: Role : Musical Direction/Supervision
Name : Randy Newman: Role : Composer (Music Score)
Name : Stu Linder: Role : Editor
Name : Angelo P. [!Program Type:Movie!] [!Product Name:The Natural [Includes Digital Copy] [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray] [1984!]] [!Studio:Sony Pictures!] [!Product Tags:Includes Digital Copy!] [!Robert Redford:Roy Hobbs!] [!Robert Duvall:Max Mercy!] [!Glenn Close:Iris Gaines!] [!Kim Basinger:Memo Paris!] [!Wilford Brimley:Pop Fisher!] [!Barbara Hershey:Harriet Bird!] [!Robert Prosky:The Judge!] [!Richard Farnsworth:Red Blow!] [!Joe Don Baker:The Whammer!] [!John Finnegan:Sam Simpson!] [!Barry Levinson:Director!] [!Roger Towne:Producer!] [!Phil Dusenberry:Screenwriter!] [!Roger Towne:Screenwriter!] [!Caleb Deschanel:Cinematographer!] [!Jack Hayes:Musical Arrangement!] [!Jeff Wexler:Musical Direction/Supervision!] [!Randy Newman:Composer (Music Score)!] [!Stu Linder:Editor!] [!Angelo P. Graham:Production Designer!]
