Mystical sports fable about a baseball natural who, having had his career cut short by a bizarre twist of fate as a youth, returns to the sport as an adult in order to realise his dreams., An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1920s baseball team to the top of the league in this magical sports fantasy. With the aid of a bat cut from a lightning struck tree, Hobbs lives the fame he should have had earlier when, as a rising pitcher, he is inexplicably shot by a young woman., Robert Redford in the Bernard Malamud saga of a baseball phenom with magic in his bat., Barry Levinson’s film stars Robert Redford as a baseball player with a god-given talent who, for emotional reasons that become apparent as the film progresses, seems to have lost the will to exercise his skill., The film version of The Natural pulls off the neat trick of conveying the spirit of the Bernard Malamud novel upon which it is based, even while changing both the outcome and the meaning of Malamud’s closing chapters. In his first film appearance in four years, Robert Redford plays Roy Hobbs, a farm boy with a hankering to be a great baseball player. With his faithful homemade bat “Wonderboy” in hand, Roy heads to the big city. En route, he arouses the fascination of the mysterious Harriet Bird (Barbara Hershey). Luring the boy to a hotel room, Harriet asks Roy what he wants out of life. Roy brashly responds he wants to be “the best there is,” whereupon Harriet whips out a gun and shoots Roy down. Sixteen years later, a humbler Roy Hobbs emerges from the bush leagues to become a 35-year-old “rookie” on the 1939 lineup of the New York Knights. He soon becomes the team’s star player, and in so doing once more attracts enigmatic woman Memo Paris (Kim Basinger), the glamorous niece of the Knights’ manager Pop Fisher (Wilford Brimley) and the mistress of Rothstein-like gambler Gus Sands (a curiously unbilled Darren McGavin). Roy’s fascination with Memo compromises his ability to play, but this time he finds salvation in the form the angelic Iris Gaines (Glenn Close), his childhood sweetheart. From this point forward, the script for The Natural bears very little resemblance to the Malamud original. Without giving anything away, it can be said that Roy Hobbs is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to compensate for the mistakes of his youth, despite the demonic intrusion of inexplicably spiteful sports writer Max Mercy (Robert Duvall). The Natural elevates the art of slow-motion photography to new heights; while this technique would become precious and boring in later baseball films, it works beautifully here, as does the decision by director Barry Levinson and cinematographer Caleb Deschanel to convey the symbolism inherent in the story in purely visual rather than blatantly verbal terms. (If the characters told you that the story was a retelling of the Camelot legend in baseball terms, would you have watched?) Another plus is the pastoral theme music by Randy Newman, which has been well utilized on sports broadcasts and “human interest” TV documentaries ever since. The baseball scenes in The Natural were staged at War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo, New York., Roy Hobbs looked like a baseball legend in the making, but a bullet from a woman in black stopped his career before it had started. Years later, he comes out of nowhere to take the Major League by storm., A middle-aged rookie takes the baseball world by storm with his self-made bat. He just might be able to use to his legendary talent to help the fictional New York Knights win the pennant. Adaptation of Bernard Malamud’s 1952 novel., A once promising young baseball player returns to the mainstage fifteen years later, in an attempt to restart his career after battling the demons of his past. But, it is the choices he makes with the women in his life that could lead to his downfall again., Robert Redford stars as Roy Hobbs in this inspiring fable that begins when 14-year-old Hobbs fashions a powerful bat from a fallen oak tree. He soon impresses major league scouts with his ability, fixing his extraordinary talent in the mind of sportswriter Max Mercy who eventually becomes instrumental in Hobb’s career. Years pass and an older Hobbs reappears as a rookie for the New York Knights. Overcoming physical pain and defying those who have a stake in seeing the Knights lose, Hobbs, with his boyhood bat, has his chance to lead the Knights to the pennant and to finally fulfill his dream., Robert Redford in the Bernard Malamud saga of a baseball player with magic in his bat.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “The Natural ” ?
A: The main cast includes Robert Redford,Robert Duvall,Wilford Brimley,Glenn Close,Kim Basinger,Barbara Hershey,Robert Prosky,Richard Farnsworth,Joe Don Baker,John Finnegan,Alan Fudge,Paul Sullivan,Rachel Hall,Robert Rich III,Michael Madsen,Jon Van Ness,Danny Aiello,Mickey Treanor,George Wilkosz,Anthony J. Ferrera,Philip Mankowski,Danny Aiello III,Joe Castellano,Eddie Cipot,Ralph Tabakin,Ken Grassano,Gayle Vance,Robert Kalaf,Bernie McInerney,Barry Kivel,Steven Kronovet,James Meyer,Edward Walsh,Mike Starr,Sam Green,Martin Grey,Joseph Mosso,Richard Oliveri,Lawrence Couzens,Duke McGuire,Stephen Poliachik,Kevin Lester,Joseph Charboneau,Robert Rudnick,Ken Kamholz,Sibby Sisti,Phillip D. Rosenberg,Christopher B. Rehbaum,Nicholas Koleff,Jerry Stockman,James Quamo,Joseph Strand,Darren McGavin,Robert F. Colesberry,Jeff Wexler,Roger Towne,James Murakami,Angelo P. Graham,Chris McLaughlin,Gloria Gresham,Bruce Weintraub,Stu Linder,Caleb Deschanel,James J. Murakami,Speed Hopkins,Phil Dusenberry,Bernie Pollack,Philip M. Breen,Roger Hensen,Bruce Weintraub,Mel Bourne,Angelo Graham.
Q: When Did the “The Natural” Released?
A: The Movie “The Natural” originally aired on 2016-01-09 and released in the year of 1984.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “The Natural” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
Q: Where to watch “The Natural” ?
A: “The Natural” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.
