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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; font-style: italic;">The Natural</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Natural_(1984_film)_poster.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A man (Redford) standing in a field of waist high wheat, with a baseball ready to throw in one hand and a glove on the other"><img alt="A man (Redford) standing in a field of waist high wheat, with a baseball ready to throw in one hand and a glove on the other" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8c/The_Natural_%281984_film%29_poster.jpg" decoding="async" width="203" height="320" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="203" data-file-height="320" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Theatrical release poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Barry_Levinson" title="Barry Levinson">Barry Levinson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Screenplay by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Roger Towne</li><li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Dusenberry" title="Phil Dusenberry">Phil Dusenberry</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Based on</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Natural" title="The Natural">The Natural</a></i><br />1952 novel<br />by <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Malamud" title="Bernard Malamud">Bernard Malamud</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Johnson_(producer)" title="Mark Johnson (producer)">Mark Johnson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford">Robert Redford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Duvall" title="Robert Duvall">Robert Duvall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Close" title="Glenn Close">Glenn Close</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Basinger" title="Kim Basinger">Kim Basinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilford_Brimley" title="Wilford Brimley">Wilford Brimley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Hershey" title="Barbara Hershey">Barbara Hershey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Prosky" title="Robert Prosky">Robert Prosky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Farnsworth" title="Richard Farnsworth">Richard Farnsworth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Caleb_Deschanel" title="Caleb Deschanel">Caleb Deschanel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stu_Linder" title="Stu Linder">Stu Linder</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Randy_Newman" title="Randy Newman">Randy Newman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />company</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;">Delphi II Productions</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/TriStar_Pictures" title="TriStar Pictures">Tri-Star Pictures</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>May 11, 1984<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1984-05-11</span>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">138 minutes<br />144 minutes<br />(Director's Cut)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$28 million</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$48 million<sup id="cite_ref-american_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-american-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Natural</b></i> is a 1984 American <a href="/wiki/Sports_film" title="Sports film">sports film</a> based on <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Malamud" title="Bernard Malamud">Bernard Malamud</a>'s 1952 <a href="/wiki/The_Natural" title="The Natural">novel of the same name</a>, directed by <a href="/wiki/Barry_Levinson" title="Barry Levinson">Barry Levinson</a>, and starring <a href="/wiki/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford">Robert Redford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Duvall" title="Robert Duvall">Robert Duvall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Close" title="Glenn Close">Glenn Close</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kim_Basinger" title="Kim Basinger">Kim Basinger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wilford_Brimley" title="Wilford Brimley">Wilford Brimley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Hershey" title="Barbara Hershey">Barbara Hershey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Prosky" title="Robert Prosky">Robert Prosky</a> and <a href="/wiki/Richard_Farnsworth" title="Richard Farnsworth">Richard Farnsworth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sivaswrcl_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sivaswrcl-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sivhomyth_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sivhomyth-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like the novel, the film recounts the experiences of Roy Hobbs, an individual with great "natural" <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> talent, spanning the decades of Roy's career. In direct contrast to the novel, the film ends on a positive tone. It was the first film produced by <a href="/wiki/TriStar_Pictures" title="TriStar Pictures">TriStar Pictures</a>. </p><p>The film was nominated for four <a href="/wiki/57th_Academy_Awards" title="57th Academy Awards">Academy Awards</a>, including Best Supporting Actress (Close), and it was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress (Basinger). Many of the baseball scenes were filmed in 1983 at <a href="/wiki/War_Memorial_Stadium_(Buffalo)" class="mw-redirect" title="War Memorial Stadium (Buffalo)">War Memorial Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo, New York</a>, built in 1937 and demolished in 1988. <a href="/wiki/All-High_Stadium" title="All-High Stadium">All-High Stadium</a>, also in Buffalo, stood in for <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a> in a key scene. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Natural_(film)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1910s <a href="/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska</a>, a young Roy Hobbs learns to play baseball from his father. After Hobbs Sr. suffers an early, fatal <a href="/wiki/Heart_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Heart attack">heart attack</a>, lightning strikes the large tree next to where he died. Hobbs makes a <a href="/wiki/Baseball_bat" title="Baseball bat">baseball bat</a> from the tree's splintered wood, burning a lightning bolt and the legend “Wonderboy” into the barrel of the new bat. </p><p>Now 19 years old, Hobbs heads to Chicago for a tryout with the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>, leaving behind his girlfriend, Iris. While on the train, he meets legendary ballplayer "The Whammer" (based on <a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</a>), sportswriter Max Mercy, and Harriet Bird, a mysterious woman who is following The Whammer. At a <a href="/wiki/Carnival" title="Carnival">carnival</a> during a stopover, Hobbs wins a bet that he can <a href="/wiki/Strike_out" class="mw-redirect" title="Strike out">strike out</a> The Whammer with just three pitches and easily does so. Hobbs later meets Harriet in Chicago, and she asks if his boast that he can be "the best there ever was," is true. Hobbs answers yes, and Harriet shoots him in the abdomen, then <a href="/wiki/Suicide" title="Suicide">kills herself</a>. </p><p>Sixteen years later, in 1939, Hobbs is signed as a rookie to the New York Knights, a struggling ball club in last place. Manager Pop Fisher is furious that Hobbs was signed without his approval, believing him too old, making him suspect of an ulterior motive by the team's owner. He refuses to play Hobbs at first, but he later relents, electing him to <a href="/wiki/Pinch_hit" class="mw-redirect" title="Pinch hit">pinch hit</a>, after which Hobbs literally knocks the cover off the baseball. Hobbs becomes a baseball sensation, and the Knights' fortunes begin to turn around. Max Mercy finds Hobbs vaguely familiar but fails to place him. </p><p>Assistant manager Red Blow tells Hobbs that if Pop loses the pennant this year, his Knights ownership share will revert to the Judge, the team's shady majority owner. The Judge offers Hobbs $5,000 (equivalent to $110,000 in 2023) to throw the season. Hobbs, unlike Bump Bailey, refuses the bribe. While watching Hobbs pitch during a practice session, Mercy suddenly remembers him and introduces Hobbs to Gus Sands, a gambler who has been placing large bets against Hobbs. He also meets Pop's beautiful niece, Memo Paris, who was Bump's girlfriend. Their budding new romance causes a distracted Hobbs' game to badly slump, all part of the Judge's new plan. </p><p>Hobbs' slump continues until during a game, he sees a woman dressed in all-white, backlit by the afternoon sun after she stands up, after which he hits a home run, dramatically shattering the scoreboard clock. The woman is Iris, and they later meet at a diner. She tells Hobbs she has a teenage son whose father "lives in New York." Their reunion restores Hobbs' hitting prowess, and the Knights surge into first place and within one win of the <a href="/wiki/National_League_pennant" class="mw-redirect" title="National League pennant">National League pennant</a>. However, Memo (who has been colluding with the Judge and Sands) poisons Hobbs at a team party, causing him to collapse. He awakens in the hospital and learns that an old <a href="/wiki/Silver_bullet" title="Silver bullet">silver bullet</a>, removed from his stomach, has caused him long-term damage. The doctor warns him it could prove fatal if Hobbs continues playing baseball without giving the surgery time to completely heal. </p><p>With Hobbs hospitalized, the Knights lose three games in a row, setting up a <a href="/wiki/One-game_playoff" title="One-game playoff">one-game playoff</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>. The Judge comes to the hospital and offers Hobbs an even bigger bribe to throw the game, threatening to expose to the press Hobbs' involvement with Harriet Bird. Memo visits Hobbs and urges him to accept the Judge's offer and to come away with her. Later, Iris also visits and assures Hobbs that he will always be remembered as a great ballplayer. </p><p>Still recovering, Hobbs rejects the bribe and returns to the team. Watching from the stands, Iris sends a note to Hobbs in the dugout, saying she has brought their son to the game. In the bottom half of the 9th inning, the Knights are trailing. The Pirates bring in a young, hard-throwing pitcher, who, exploiting Hobbs' condition, throws inside pitches to harm him. Hobbs hits a foul ball that splits his lightning-forged bat, "Wonderboy," in two. Batboy Bobby Savoy brings him his own bat, the "Savoy Special", which Hobbs had helped him to make. Now down to his last strike, his wound bleeding through his team jersey, Hobbs smashes the baseball high into the upper stadium seats, shattering the game's night lights, for a home run, <a href="/wiki/Walk-off_home_run" title="Walk-off home run">winning the game</a> and the pennant. The victory secures Pop's share of the team and his long-held dream of winning the pennant, while also defeating the dark forces that conspired against Hobbs. As Hobbs' baseball appears to sail beyond Knights Stadium, the location fades to Nebraska. Iris looks on, smiling, as Hobbs catches that baseball, thrown to him by their son in the very same field where Hobbs and his father once played. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Natural_(film)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;min-width: min(25em, 100%);"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford">Robert Redford</a> as Roy Hobbs <ul><li>Paul Sullivan Jr. as Young Roy Hobbs</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Duvall" title="Robert Duvall">Robert Duvall</a> as Max Mercy</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Close" title="Glenn Close">Glenn Close</a> as Iris Gaines <ul><li>Rachel Hall as Young Iris Gaines</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Basinger" title="Kim Basinger">Kim Basinger</a> as Memo Paris</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilford_Brimley" title="Wilford Brimley">Wilford Brimley</a> as Populus "Pop" Fisher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Hershey" title="Barbara Hershey">Barbara Hershey</a> as Harriet Bird</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Prosky" title="Robert Prosky">Robert Prosky</a> as The Judge</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Farnsworth" title="Richard Farnsworth">Richard Farnsworth</a> as "Red" Blow</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Don_Baker" title="Joe Don Baker">Joe Don Baker</a> as "The Whammer"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darren_McGavin" title="Darren McGavin">Darren McGavin</a> as Gus Sands (uncredited)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Madsen" title="Michael Madsen">Michael Madsen</a> as Bartholomew "Bump" Bailey</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Finnegan_(actor)" title="John Finnegan (actor)">John Finnegan</a> as Sam Simpson</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Fudge" title="Alan Fudge">Alan Fudge</a> as Ed Hobbs</li> <li>Ken Grassano as Al Fowler</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Starr_(actor)" title="Mike Starr (actor)">Mike Starr</a> as Boone</li> <li>Mickey Treanor as "Doc" Dizzy</li> <li>Jon Van Ness as John Olsen</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Ferrara" title="Tony Ferrara">Anthony J. Ferrara</a> as Coach Wilson</li> <li>George Wilkosz as Bobby Savoy</li> <li>Robert Rich III as Ted Hobbs</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sibby_Sisti" title="Sibby Sisti">Sibby Sisti</a> as Pirates Manager</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Natural_(film)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Malcolm Kahn and Robert Bean acquired the rights to <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Malamud" title="Bernard Malamud">Bernard Malamud</a>'s 1952 novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Natural" title="The Natural">The Natural</a></i> in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-AFI_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFI-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Phil_Dusenberry" title="Phil Dusenberry">Phil Dusenberry</a> wrote the first adaptation.<sup id="cite_ref-AFI_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFI-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 1981, Roger Towne, a <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Pictures" title="Columbia Pictures">Columbia Pictures</a> story editor and brother of <a href="/wiki/Robert_Towne" title="Robert Towne">Robert Towne</a>, quit to produce and write the screenplay, with Bean set to direct and Kahn co-producing.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AFI_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFI-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1983, newly formed <a href="/wiki/Tri-Star_Pictures" class="mw-redirect" title="Tri-Star Pictures">Tri-Star Pictures</a> acquired the rights to the film adaptation, its first production.<sup id="cite_ref-AFI_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFI-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was <a href="/wiki/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford">Robert Redford</a>'s first acting role in three years.<sup id="cite_ref-AFI_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFI-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The film's producers stated in the DVD extras that the film was not intended to be a literal adaptation of the novel, but was merely "based on" the novel. Malamud's daughter said on one of the DVD extras that her father had seen the film, and his take on it was that it had "legitimized him as a writer."<sup id="cite_ref-DVD-lightning-JMS_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DVD-lightning-JMS-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Darren_McGavin" title="Darren McGavin">Darren McGavin</a> was cast late in the process as gambler Gus Sands and was uncredited in the film. Due to a disagreement, he chose not to be credited, though Levinson later wanted to credit him and McGavin said no.<sup id="cite_ref-DVD-lightning-bl_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DVD-lightning-bl-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Levinson stated on the DVD extras for the 2007 edition that because there had been too little time during post-production to find a professional announcer willing and able to provide <a href="/wiki/Voice-over" title="Voice-over">voice-over</a> services, Levinson recorded that part of the audio track himself.<sup id="cite_ref-DVD-lightning-bl_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DVD-lightning-bl-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two-thirds of the scenes were filmed in <a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo, New York</a>, mostly at <a href="/wiki/War_Memorial_Stadium_(Buffalo)" class="mw-redirect" title="War Memorial Stadium (Buffalo)">War Memorial Stadium</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> built in 1937 and demolished a few years after the film was produced. Buffalo's <a href="/wiki/All-High_Stadium" title="All-High Stadium">All-High Stadium</a>, with post-production alterations, stood in for Chicago's <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a> in a key scene in the film.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additional filming took place at the <a href="/wiki/New_York_and_Lake_Erie_Railroad" title="New York and Lake Erie Railroad">New York and Lake Erie Railroad</a> depot in <a href="/wiki/South_Dayton,_New_York" title="South Dayton, New York">South Dayton, New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Cece_Carlucci" title="Cece Carlucci">Cece Carlucci</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Umpire_(baseball)" title="Umpire (baseball)">umpire</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a>, manufactured the umpiring gear used in the film.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Natural_(film)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reception">Reception</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Natural_(film)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i> called it an "impeccably made ... fable about success and failure in America."<sup id="cite_ref-reviews_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reviews-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/James_Berardinelli" title="James Berardinelli">James Berardinelli</a> praised <i>The Natural</i> as "[a]rguably the best baseball movie ever made".<sup id="cite_ref-reviews_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reviews-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>'s Page 2 selected it as the 6th best sports movie of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sports writer <a href="/wiki/Bill_Simmons" title="Bill Simmons">Bill Simmons</a> has argued, "Any 'Best Sports Movies' list that doesn't feature either <i><a href="/wiki/Hoosiers_(film)" title="Hoosiers (film)">Hoosiers</a></i> or <i>The Natural</i> as the No. 1 pick shouldn't even count."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Director <a href="/wiki/Barry_Levinson" title="Barry Levinson">Barry Levinson</a> said on <a href="/wiki/MLB_Network" title="MLB Network">MLB Network</a>'s "Costas at the Movies" in 2013 that while the film is based in fantasy, "through the years, these things which are outlandish actually [happen] ... like <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Gibson" title="Kirk Gibson">Kirk Gibson</a> hitting <a href="/wiki/1988_World_Series#Game_1" title="1988 World Series">the home run</a> and limping around the bases ... <a href="/wiki/Curt_Schilling" title="Curt Schilling">Curt Schilling</a> with the <a href="/wiki/2004_American_League_Championship_Series#Game_6" title="2004 American League Championship Series">blood on the sock</a> in the World Series."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Maltin" title="Leonard Maltin">Leonard Maltin</a>'s 18th annual <i>Movie Guide</i> edition called it "too long and inconsistent." Dan Craft, longtime critic for the <a href="/wiki/Bloomington,_Illinois" title="Bloomington, Illinois">Bloomington, Illinois</a> paper, <i>The Pantagraph</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> wrote, "The storybook ending is so preposterous you don't know whether to cheer or jeer." In <i><a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Deford" title="Frank Deford">Frank Deford</a> had <a href="/wiki/Damn_with_faint_praise" class="mw-redirect" title="Damn with faint praise">faint praise</a> for it: "<i>The Natural</i> almost manages to be a <span class="nowrap">swell movie."<sup id="cite_ref-sivhomyth_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sivhomyth-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> <a href="/wiki/John_Simon_(critic)" title="John Simon (critic)">John Simon</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/National_Review" title="National Review">National Review</a></i> and Richard Schickel of <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> were disappointed with the adaptation. Simon contrasted Malamud's story about the "failure of American innocence" with Levinson's "fable of success ... [and] the ultimate triumph of semi-doltish purity," declaring "you have, not Malamud's novel, but a sorry illustration of its theme".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Schickel lamented that "Malamud's intricate ending (it is a victory that looks like a defeat) is vulgarized (the victory is now an unambiguous triumph, fireworks included)," and that "watching this movie is all too often like reading about <i>The Natural</i> in the <i>College Outline</i> <span class="nowrap">series."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Roger_Ebert" title="Roger Ebert">Roger Ebert</a> called it "idolatry on behalf of Robert Redford."<sup id="cite_ref-ebert_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ebert-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ebert's television collaborator <a href="/wiki/Gene_Siskel" title="Gene Siskel">Gene Siskel</a> praised it, giving it four stars, also putting down other critics that he suggested might have just recently read the novel for the <span class="nowrap">first time.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </p><p>In a lengthy article on baseball movies in <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Roger_Angell" title="Roger Angell">Roger Angell</a> pointed out that Malamud had intentionally treated Hobbs' story as a baseball version of the <a href="/wiki/King_Arthur" title="King Arthur">King Arthur</a> legend, which came across in the film as a bit heavy-handed, "portentous and stuffy," and that the book's ending should have been kept. He also cited several excellent visuals and funny bits, and noted that Robert Redford had prepared so carefully for the role, modeling his swing on that of <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a>, that "you want to sign <span class="nowrap">him up."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </p><p>The film <a href="/wiki/Review_aggregator" title="Review aggregator">review aggregator</a> website <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a> retrospectively compiled reviews from 46 critics to give the film a score of 83%, with an average rating of 7.1/10. The website's consensus reads: "Though heavy with sentiment, <i>The Natural</i> is an irresistible classic, and a sincere testament to America's <span class="nowrap">national pastime."<sup id="cite_ref-reviews_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reviews-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> The film received a Metacritic score of 61 based on 19 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Natural_(film)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Awards"></span><span class="anchor" id="Accolades"></span> <i>The Natural</i> was nominated for four <a href="/wiki/57th_Academy_Awards" title="57th Academy Awards">Academy Awards</a>: Actress in a Supporting Role (<a href="/wiki/Glenn_Close" title="Glenn Close">Glenn Close</a>), Cinematography (<a href="/wiki/Caleb_Deschanel" title="Caleb Deschanel">Caleb Deschanel</a>), Art Direction (<a href="/wiki/Mel_Bourne" title="Mel Bourne">Mel Bourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Angelo_P._Graham" title="Angelo P. Graham">Angelo P. Graham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Weintraub" title="Bruce Weintraub">Bruce Weintraub</a>), and Music (<a href="/wiki/Randy_Newman" title="Randy Newman">Randy Newman</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kim_Basinger" title="Kim Basinger">Kim Basinger</a> was also nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.<sup id="cite_ref-NY_Times_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NY_Times-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Home_media">Home media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Natural_(film)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Home media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="DVD"></span><span class="anchor" id="Home_media"></span> The initial DVD edition, with copyright year on the box reading "2001", contained the theatrical version of the film, along with a few specials and commentaries. </p><p>The "director's cut" was released on April 3, 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-monstersandcritics1_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-monstersandcritics1-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A two-disc edition, it contains the featurette "The Heart of the Natural," a 44-minute documentary featuring comments from <a href="/wiki/Cal_Ripken_Jr." title="Cal Ripken Jr.">Cal Ripken Jr.</a> and Levinson; it is the only extra released originally with the 2001 DVD. Sony added a number of other extras, however, including: "When Lightning Strikes: Creating <i>The Natural</i>," a 50-minute documentary discussing the origins of the original novel and the production of the film; "Knights in Shining Armor," which addresses the mythological parallels between <i>The Natural</i>, King Arthur and the <i><a href="/wiki/Odyssey" title="Odyssey">Odyssey</a></i>; and "A Natural Gunned Down" which tells the story of <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Waitkus" title="Eddie Waitkus">Eddie Waitkus</a>, a baseball player who was shot by <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Ann_Steinhagen" title="Ruth Ann Steinhagen">Ruth Ann Steinhagen</a>, a female stalker, in an incident which inspired the fictionalized shooting of Roy Hobbs.<sup id="cite_ref-monstersandcritics2_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-monstersandcritics2-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film itself has been re-edited, restoring deleted footage to the early chapters of the story. These scenes expand on the sadness of Hobbs, focusing on his visits to his childhood home as an adult and his childhood memories.<sup id="cite_ref-monstersandcritics2_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-monstersandcritics2-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The "gift set" version of the release also included some souvenirs: a baseball "signed" by Roy Hobbs; some baseball cards of Hobbs and teammates; and a New York Knights cap. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Soundtrack">Soundtrack</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Natural_(film)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Soundtrack"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Film_score" title="Film score">film score</a> of <i>The Natural</i> was composed and conducted by <a href="/wiki/Randy_Newman" title="Randy Newman">Randy Newman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The score has often been compared to the style of <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Copland" title="Aaron Copland">Aaron Copland</a> and sometimes <a href="/wiki/Elmer_Bernstein" title="Elmer Bernstein">Elmer Bernstein</a>. Scott Montgomery, writing for <i><a href="/wiki/Goldmine_(magazine)" title="Goldmine (magazine)">Goldmine</a></i> music magazine, referenced the influence, and <a href="/wiki/David_Ansen" title="David Ansen">David Ansen</a>, reviewing the film for <i><a href="/wiki/Newsweek" title="Newsweek">Newsweek</a></i>, called the score "Coplandesque."<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The score also has certain Wagnerian features of orchestration and use of <a href="/wiki/Leitmotif" title="Leitmotif">leitmotif</a>. Adnan Tezer of <i>Monsters and Critics</i> noted the theme is often played for film and television previews and in "baseball stadiums when introducing home teams and players."<sup id="cite_ref-monstersandcritics2_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-monstersandcritics2-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Levinson also described to <a href="/wiki/Bob_Costas" title="Bob Costas">Bob Costas</a> in <a href="/wiki/MLB_Network" title="MLB Network">MLB Network</a>'s "Costas at the Movies" how he heard Newman develop the movie's iconic theme: "We were racing to try to get this movie out in time and we were in one room and then there was a wall and Randy's in the other room. One of the great thrilling moments is I heard him figuring out that theme...You could hear it through the wall as he was working out that theme and I'll never forget that." </p><p>The soundtrack album was released May 11 on the <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros.</a> label, with the logo for Tri-Star Pictures also appearing on the label to commemorate this as their first production.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Natural_(film)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bull_Durham" title="Bull Durham">Bull Durham</a></i>, a 1988 baseball film starring <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Costner" title="Kevin Costner">Kevin Costner</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Moneyball_(film)" title="Moneyball (film)">Moneyball</a></i>, a 2011 baseball film starring <a href="/wiki/Brad_Pitt" title="Brad Pitt">Brad Pitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_baseball_films" title="List of baseball films">List of baseball films</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Natural_(film)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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UMI Research Press. p. 190.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=American+film+distribution+%3A+the+changing+marketplace&rft.pages=190&rft.pub=UMI+Research+Press&rft.date=1987&rft.aulast=Donahue&rft.aufirst=Suzanne+Mary&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Famericanfilmdist0000dona%2Fpage%2F190%2Fmode%2F1up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Natural+%28film%29" class="Z3988"></span> Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sivaswrcl-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sivaswrcl_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFimrite1984" class="citation magazine cs1">Fimrite, Ron (May 7, 1984). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.si.com/vault/1984/05/07/626594/a-star-with-real-clout">"A star with real clout"</a>. <i>Sports Illustrated</i>. p. 92. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190403101049/https://www.si.com/vault/1984/05/07/626594/a-star-with-real-clout">Archived</a> from the original on April 3, 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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(Movies). p. 71. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190906042219/https://www.si.com/vault/1984/05/21/627371/the-natural-hit-or-myth">Archived</a> from the original on September 6, 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Diner_(1982_film)" title="Diner (1982 film)">Diner</a></i> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Natural</a></i> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Young_Sherlock_Holmes" title="Young Sherlock Holmes">Young Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Tin_Men" title="Tin Men">Tin Men</a></i> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Good_Morning,_Vietnam" title="Good Morning, Vietnam">Good Morning, Vietnam</a></i> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Rain_Man" title="Rain Man">Rain Man</a></i> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Avalon_(1990_film)" title="Avalon (1990 film)">Avalon</a></i> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Bugsy" title="Bugsy">Bugsy</a></i> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Toys_(film)" title="Toys (film)">Toys</a></i> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Hollywood" title="Jimmy Hollywood">Jimmy Hollywood</a></i> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Disclosure_(1994_film)" title="Disclosure (1994 film)">Disclosure</a></i> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Sleepers_(film)" title="Sleepers (film)">Sleepers</a></i> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Wag_the_Dog" title="Wag the Dog">Wag the Dog</a></i> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Sphere_(1998_film)" title="Sphere (1998 film)">Sphere</a></i> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Liberty_Heights" title="Liberty Heights">Liberty Heights</a></i> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/An_Everlasting_Piece" title="An Everlasting Piece">An Everlasting Piece</a></i> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Bandits_(2001_film)" title="Bandits (2001 film)">Bandits</a></i> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Envy_(2004_film)" title="Envy (2004 film)">Envy</a></i> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Man_of_the_Year_(2006_film)" title="Man of the Year (2006 film)">Man of the Year</a></i> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/What_Just_Happened_(2008_film)" title="What Just Happened (2008 film)">What Just Happened</a></i> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bay_(film)" title="The Bay (film)">The Bay</a></i> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Humbling_(film)" title="The Humbling (film)">The Humbling</a></i> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Rock_the_Kasbah_(film)" title="Rock the Kasbah (film)">Rock the Kasbah</a></i> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Survivor_(2021_film)" title="The Survivor (2021 film)">The Survivor</a></i> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Alto_Knights" title="Alto Knights">Alto Knights</a></i> (2025)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Documentary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/PoliWood" title="PoliWood">PoliWood</a></i> (2009)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Television</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Peeping_Times" title="Peeping Times">Peeping Times</a></i> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a 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