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Bull Durham
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Bull Durham is a 1988 American romantic comedy sport film written and directed by Ron Shelton. The movie features Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, and Robert Wuhl in the cast. It was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and The Mount Company, with distribution handled by Orion Pictures and Netflix. The narrative is set in North Carolina, where filming also took place.
The film has a runtime of 108 minutes and explores themes of jealousy, love triangles, and sports within a stadium setting. Its tagline states, "Romance is a lot like baseball. It's not whether you win or lose. It's how you play the game." Michael Convertino composed the score, while Robert Leighton served as film editor and David Lubin as production designer.
Critical reception includes a review score of 97%, an 8/10 rating, and a 73/100 score. It holds a 7.0 rating on IMDb and a 6.624 average vote on TMDb. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. It grossed $50,888,000 against a budget of $7,000,000.
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6.6Veteran catcher Crash Davis is brought to the minor league Durham Bulls to help their up and coming pitching prospect, "Nuke" Laloosh. Their relationship gets off to a rocky start and is further complicated when baseball groupie Annie Savoy sets her sights on the two men.
Cast
- Kevin Costner as Crash Davis
- Susan Sarandon as Annie Savoy
- Tim Robbins as Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh
- Trey Wilson as Skip
- Robert Wuhl as Larry
- William O'Leary as Jimmy
Themes
- jealousy
- love triangle
- sports
- stadium
- age difference
- poem
- baseball
- trainer
- pitcher
- flirt
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Ron Shelton
- Screenwriter
- Ron Shelton
- Cast member
- William O'Leary
- Composer
- Michael Convertino
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Narrative location
- North Carolina
- Filming location
- North Carolina
- Duration
- 103
- FilmAffinity ID
- 135141
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Sport
- baseball
- Official website
- www.mgm.com/view/movie/292/Bull-Durham
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- publication date
- 1989-03-30
- film editor
- Robert Leighton
- title
- Bull Durham
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- David Lubin
- review score
- 73/100
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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