This Oscar-Nominated Sports Drama Turns Robert Redford Into a Baseball Hero
The best sports movies usually have very little to do with the actual competition. The game being examined is used as a metaphor for the hardships of life and how we get up after being knocked down. 1984's The Natural, directed by Barry Levinson, is based on Bernard Malamud's 1952 novel of the same name and is the quintessential example of a movie about sports that ostensibly comes across as a movie about life choices. Robert Redford leads a stellar ensemble cast, including Glenn Close, Robert Duvall, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Barbara Hershey, and Richard Farnsworth.
- 6/23/2024
- by Jeffrey Speicher
- Collider.com
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