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6.9An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league.
Released: 1984-05-11137 minDir: Barry LevinsonDramaBudget: $28.0MBox office: $48.0M
Cast
- Robert Redford as Roy Hobbs
- Robert Duvall as Max Mercy
- Glenn Close as Iris Gaines
- Kim Basinger as Memo Paris
- Wilford Brimley as Pop Fisher
- Barbara Hershey as Harriet Bird
Themes
- corruption
- sports
- baseball
- attempted murder
- talent
- redemption
- child prodigy
- femme fatale
- lightning bolt
- hdd
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
57,173 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
83%
Metacritic
61/100
- Year
- 1984
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Genres
- Drama, Sport
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Nominated for 4 Oscars. 3 wins & 9 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Barry Levinson
- Composer
- Randy Newman
- Producer
- Mark Johnson
- Production company
- TriStar Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Caleb Deschanel
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Duration
- 134
- FilmAffinity ID
- 277435
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Sport
- baseball
- Image
- Baseball diamond marines.jpg
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- publication date
- 1984-10-12
- film editor
- Stu Linder
- title
- The Natural
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Score
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 61/100
- Commons category
- The Natural (film)
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Categories
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