"The Natural"

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Barry Levinson driected this 1984 baseball as myth movie. It stars Robert Redford, Glenn Close, Barbara Hershey, Willard Brimley, Richard Farnsworth, and Robert Duvall. It borrows a lot from the Sir Percival legend and from Greek mythology. It is very predictable and simplistic and the baseball scenes seem contrived (both errors and miracle plays are overdone). And what to make of the ending, where Redford/Hobbs is bleeding to death and then seen romping with his girl dnd their son. Malamud fans complained bitterly when the movie makers changed the tone of the story to make it more uplifting. The DVD contains some neat observations by a very articulate Cal Ripken, Jr.

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Topic - "The Natural" - rico 10:10:42 08/25/06 (1)

I like it a lot, although I freely admit being prejudiced by my love of baseball - padreken 15:47:43 08/30/06 (0)

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