Hobbs Proves His Worth At Batting Practice | The Natural (Wilford Brimley, Robert Redford)
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š¬The Natural (1984): On the way to a tryout with the Chicago Cubs, young baseball phenom Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford) is shot by the unstable Harriet Bird (Barbara Hershey). After 16 years, Hobbs returns to pro baseball as a rookie for the last-place New York Knights. Despite early arguments with his manager, Pop Fisher (Wilford Brimley), Hobbs becomes one of the best players in the league, and the Knights start winning. But this upsets the Judge (Robert Prosky), their owner, who wants Hobbs to lose games, not win.
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All Comments (21)
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Whatās your favourite sports movie all time?
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There arenāt many perfect movies, maybe a few dozen in my opinion, but this is certainly one of them. Perfect script. Perfect casting. Perfect musical scoring. I canāt think of a single thing Iād change about this film. Itās timeless.
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This film is pure magic from start to finish.
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The dramatic music when Hobbs hits the home run into the lights gets me everytime.
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One of the greatest movies of all time, and so obscure now. Just magic from start to finish. So pleased to see it pop up randomly in my YouTube algorithm.
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I love revisiting scenes from this brilliant film. āWell I sorta got sidetracked.ā Hits hard.
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One of the greatest movies of all time, sport-related or otherwise.
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I like that scene where Hobbs comes in from the outfield and throws a pitch
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Every single reaction from these characters watching him hit is absolutely perfect. The wink to the batboy is icing.
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There is a reason Redford is a legend. Movies like this showcase that reason!
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I never noticed the color of the water when he gets a drink until now.
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This movie is deep, it's working on multiple levels, lots of symbolism. The whole movie has Greek/Arthurian symbology. The name of the team is the Knights, the bat represents Excalibur, the Judge likes the dark (Hades), the journalist Max Mercy represents Vulcan as he is able to make and break men. Hobbs' whole journey to get back to baseball is like the Odyssey, Iris Gaines is like the Lady in the Water and the woman on the train/Memo Paris are like the Sirens, keeping him from his true destiny, retuning home (baseball/greatness). The gambler, Gus Sands, is Psychlops, in fact, in one scene he covers an eye as he tries to guess how much money is in Hobbs' pocket. Pop Fischer is the Fischer King, both the protector and embodiment of the game of baseball. This true masterpiece is filled with great feats by Roy Hobbs, mythical accomplishments: knocking the cover off a baseball, making a bat from a true struck by lightning, hitting four homers in one game, hitting a ball through the clock and, of course, the finale where he creates an early light show my crushing a ball into the stadium lights....one of the greatest moments ion cinema.
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Buffalo's War Memorial Stadium. They were lucky to still have it to film this. From the right angles and close-ups it could have passed for the Polo Grounds. By the way how many others noticed how horrid that water is coming out of the drinking fountain?
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I absolutely LOVE the sound of a bat hitting a ball. I go to Triple-A games in Tacoma, WA just to hear that sound!
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Tears when watch with my son. Best damn hitter i ever seen. Peace āļø 2024
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I could watch this film 3 times in a day. Perfection.
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One of the best baseball movies ever
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Beautifully shot film with a great story. Love this film.
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"Well you're better than anyone I ever had. And you're the best GD hitter I ever saw.......suit up."
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At start of BP he was called āgrandpa.ā By the end he was called ākid.ā
