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The natural

Towne, Roger. (Added Author). Dusenberry, Phil. (Added Author). Johnson, Mark, 1945- (Added Author). Levinson, Barry. (Added Author). Redford, Robert. (Added Author). Duvall, Robert. (Added Author). Close, Glenn, 1947- (Added Author). Basinger, Kim, 1953- (Added Author). Brimley, Wilford, 1934-2020 (Added Author). Hershey, Barbara, 1948- (Added Author). Prosky, Robert, 1930-2008 (Added Author). Farnsworth, Richard, 1920-2000 (Added Author). Malamud, Bernard. Natural. (Added Author). Tri-Star Pictures. (Added Author). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Barbara Hershey, Robert Prosky, Richard Farnsworth. (Cast).

A once-promising baseball player on his way to stardom in the big leagues, finds his dreams shattered when a mysterious woman and a silver bullet end his career prematurely. Sixteen years later, armed with his childhood bat "Wonderboy," comes back to baseball, joins the roster of the lowly New York Knights to see if he can overcome physical pain and the nefarious forces around him and lead his team to the pennant.

DVD  - 2007
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Subject
Malamud, Bernard > Film and video adaptations.
Baseball players > Drama.
Baseball injuries > Physiological aspects > Drama.
Baseball injuries > Psychological aspects > Drama.
Baseball teams > Competitions > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Genre
Feature films.
Sports films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Drama.
  • ISBN: 1424850703
  • ISBN: 9781424850709
  • Physical Description 2 videodiscs (approximately 144 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition Director's cut.
  • Publisher Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2007]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the novel by Bernard Malamud.
For the 'director's cut', some scenes have been re-edited and approx. 15 minutes of new footage added; film only runs 6 minutes longer than original release cut.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1984.
Special features: disc. 1: video introduction by Barry Levinson. disc 2: When lightning strikes: creating The natural [pre-game: a novelist steps up to the plate, the line-up: assembling the moviemaking team, let's play ball: filming the show]; Extra innings; Clubhouse conversations; A natural gunned down: the stalking of Eddie Waitkus; Knights in shining armor: the mythology of The natural; The Heart of The natural; with optional Japanese or Portuguese subtitles.
GMD: videodisc.
Formatted Contents Note:
Disc 1. Feature film -- disc. 2. Special features.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Caleb Deschanel ; music, Randy Newman ; production designer, Mel Bourne ; editor, Stu Linder.
Participant or Performer Note:
Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Barbara Hershey, Robert Prosky, Richard Farnsworth.
Target Audience Note:
PG.
System Details Note:
DVD, NTSC; region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, mastered in high definition.
Language Note:
English, dubbed Japanese and dubbed Portuguese dialogue, optional English, French, Japanese, or Portuguese subtitles; closed-captioned.