What’s your favourite sports movie all time?

@Nhamp2000

5 күн бұрын

Bull Durham.

@ji8044

3 күн бұрын

It has to be Brian's Song.

@davidjackson2690

3 күн бұрын

Bang the Drum Slowly.

@wshrig

3 күн бұрын

the Replacements

@elichilton7031

3 күн бұрын

Vision Quest (85')

The dramatic music when Hobbs hits the home run into the lights gets me everytime.

@donwilson1307

2 күн бұрын

Yep, the Texas Rangers used that theme song after a ranger hit a home run. Gotta love it.

@greglee1465

Күн бұрын

One of my all time favorite moments in movies. I miss this version of Hollywood.

@ppmnox

Күн бұрын

we all do, kid. we all do.

@jacques42

7 сағат бұрын

This one? kzread.info/dash/bejne/m21ozsaAfrG5gZM.html

@blueknight5754

4 сағат бұрын

When you read the book you discover a different ending but the producers didn’t want people to complain so they decided to give it a happy ending. 🇺🇸

This film is pure magic from start to finish.

@ji8044

Күн бұрын

In the book, 19 year old Roy Hobbs is seduced by older woman Harriet Bird who then shoots him. In the movie the obviously 47 year old Robert Redford does the scene with the ten years younger Barbara Hershey to comedic effect because he is clearly a sexy, worldly, older man with a younger woman, standing the scene on its head.

I love this scene so much. He asks Hobbs everything as a viewer we would want him too. Explaining the bats history makes it real, not imaginary. It was built when he was a kid and he built it out of a tree struck by lightning. No fancy flashbacks, no call of bs from the coach. Just simple storytelling within a story.

@billlozier5551

48 минут бұрын

I'm probably the only guy who will say Redford is my favorite actor and he's good here. However I was disappointed in the film. I wanted a real baseball movie like Bull Durham, not a unexplainable story and far-fetch heroics. It was rather silly.

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?

@BudSchnelker

2 күн бұрын

Come on man, that's Lake Erie water! I live down in Dunkirk and I drink that stuff every day. It's good for you, puts hair on your chest.

@privateer0561

2 күн бұрын

Every drinking fountain which looks like that has horrid water.

@jmad627

Күн бұрын

@@BudSchnelkerwhat’s could be wrong sharing a little iron, zinc and other heavy metals amongst friends, I say.

@lukedavis4441

Күн бұрын

The manager literally brings up how bad the water is earlier in the movie when the team is losing but because he is only focused on Hobbs hitting batting practice he drinks it without noticing or complaint.

@adamwiech4874

3 сағат бұрын

I grew up in lasalle near love canal and im fine ,, I can remember them hiring extras to fill the stadium , my cousins were in it.

One of the best baseball movies ever

@ppmnox

Күн бұрын

"one of the best movies ever." fixed it for ya.

I love revisiting scenes from this brilliant film. “Well I sorta got sidetracked.” Hits hard.

@LesterMoore

4 күн бұрын

Max Mercy said he heard Hobbs was an acrobat in the circus!😄

@jaykay6387

4 күн бұрын

Story of my life.

@johncasamassa462

Күн бұрын

Don't we all. 😢 Paul Newman in "The Young Philadelphians" has a great line at the end, "I'm not as good as I hoped I'd be, but I'm not as bad as I thought I was."

@bobcole612

Күн бұрын

Iris: “I believe we have two lives.” Roy: “What do you mean?” Iris: “I believe we have two lives. The one we learn with, and the one we have to live after that.”

There is a reason Redford is a legend. Movies like this showcase that reason!

I like that scene where Hobbs comes in from the outfield and throws a pitch

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 KZread algorithm.

I never noticed the color of the water when he gets a drink until now.

@Rosarymeds

4 күн бұрын

I guess they didn't care about rusty lead pipes back then

@jayhouston7054

4 күн бұрын

If I recall Pops complains about how bad the water is and usually spits it out, but is so shocked that Roy can hit that good doesn't even notice it that time.

@jeepliving1

4 күн бұрын

@@jayhouston7054 "Wouldn't you think that I could get a fresh drink of water after all the years I spent in this game? Red, did you talk to that bastard partner of mine about the drinking fountain?"

@ssmith7074

3 күн бұрын

@@Rosarymeds I'm not sure how you expect lead pipes to develop rust.

@Gumshoe88

3 күн бұрын

@@jayhouston7054notice he never takes his focus off hobbs

Not only is Robert Redford’s Roy Hobbs batting left handed and wearing No. 9, his swing is identical to one of the all time greatest hitters Ted Williams.

@ji8044

4 күн бұрын

LMFAO,. He was 47 years old, and the only sport he had ever played in his life was tennis. It was just absurd.

@waynenoll1967

3 күн бұрын

And Redford was about as unathletic as anyone. His skinny legs give away any chance to look like a power hitter, where most of the energy comes from the hips and legs. And before anyone mentions Ruth , he had a big fat ass on top of his skinny legs. All in all it was a good movie though.

@robertaustin2355

3 күн бұрын

It’s real good balanced swing. It’s bat speed that determines power

I could watch this film 3 times in a day. Perfection.

@ji8044

4 күн бұрын

He was way too old for the part and looked like anything but a "natural" as a baseball player. It was terrible casting.

@rhyshilders

4 күн бұрын

@@ji8044 you’re kidding yourself. He was perfectly cast. Brilliantly acted, you can believe him in the role. Yes he was mid to late 40s, but that was the point, he was sign sight unseen on the basis that he was beat up and old for a baseball player.

@ji8044

3 күн бұрын

@@rhyshilders Nope, in the book he's 35, but Redford was a ludicrous 47 years old. Plus Redford was a tennis player who never spent a single day on the diamond in his life. They had to cast very old looking actors around him, like Wilford Brimley and Richard Farnworth in an effort to make him look younger by comparison.

@civlyzed

3 күн бұрын

@@ji8044 And yet millions of us love it. To each his own. Cheers and Happy Independence Day!

@rhyshilders

3 күн бұрын

@@ji8044 nah again I disagree. Couldn’t care less what was in the book. Hobbs is a person who is beaten down from life’s trials, of an age he shouldn’t be playing baseball, and Robert Redford played it perfectly. You are entitled to not like it, but it’s a beloved movie classic for a reason, and a big chunk of that is people loving Redford in the role.

"Well you're better than anyone I ever had. And you're the best GD hitter I ever saw.......suit up."

@TheGreatWhiteScout

3 күн бұрын

My favorite scene in the movie.

@jasonkilley

Күн бұрын

Love that so much

@Stevesautopartsify

Күн бұрын

🎯 gets me everytime!

It's still shocking to me that Robert Redford was only two years younger than Wilford Brimley.

@don0612

5 күн бұрын

Diabetus

@LesterMoore

4 күн бұрын

​@@don0612And wine, booze, women and song?🤔

@deepee1452

4 күн бұрын

Wow “The diabetus”

@ksrmk

4 күн бұрын

​@@don0612😂

@bgmcc907

4 күн бұрын

The Face.

At start of BP he was called ‘grandpa.’ By the end he was called ‘kid.’

@marcd1981

2 күн бұрын

Two different people used those terms. The player called him grandpa because he was older then all of the players, the batting coach called him kid because he was older than Hobbs.

Beautifully shot film with a great story. Love this film.

On of the best movies ever

Brimley was great in that role!

@danielfinn9460

Күн бұрын

Pop: "When I was young, Red, my mother urged me to get out of this game. When I was a kid, she pleaded with me. And I meant to, y'know, but she died." Red: "Tough." Pop: "I should'a got outa' this game, and I should'a been a *farmer* . I love chickens, and ducks, and pigs. Kinda' fond of nanny-goats, I am. Aw, C'mon Fowler, throw *STRIKES* !" Red: "Fowler's killin' worms, Pop."

Love this film. Absolutely love it. Redford’s dress sense, leather jacket, shirt, tie and fedora are the dog’s bollocks.

One of my favorite scenes in movie history

"Hobbs!" Then "Roy!" Love that

@prism8289

4 күн бұрын

Better yet, calling him kid.

@shanekilpatrick3378

4 күн бұрын

Yeah 👍🏻 😊

Wilfred Brimley was 25 when they filmed this.

@calcio23

Сағат бұрын

🤣

I forget how much I LOVE baseball until I see these highlights and it reminds me why it's special.

I think Caleb Deschanel should have won an Oscar for his cinematography of this film. I remember watching a video of the making of this film, and Mr. Deschanel waited for quite some time for the right light for that shot of Glenn Close in that hat. He also, nearly choked to death Mr. Redford and Ms. Hershey when they were filming in the dining car.

@deathrowtodisneyworld5030

Күн бұрын

Beautifully shot❤

My favorite sports movie ever

Best baseball movie ever .

@mjcruiser4238

4 күн бұрын

Kinda a toss up with Field of Dreams and Bull Durham

@WilliamLevin916

4 күн бұрын

@@mjcruiser4238 Don't forget For The Love Of The Game

@mjcruiser4238

4 күн бұрын

Not for me

@mjcruiser4238

3 күн бұрын

Actually there is another on on my list “Bang the Drum Slowly”

@nicholasmuro1742

2 күн бұрын

Bad News Bears and The Sandlot

I love that scene when the third baseman wasn't paying attention and gets squared off in the nuts... I crack up every time during that scene... Losing is a disease... Lol 😝

Great movie with an old type story, no fancy crap etc, just straight forward from beginning to end

@stevejanowiak1982

5 күн бұрын

“Fancy crap!” 😂 Love it. And I agree w you 100%!

Might be my favorite baseball movie.

I love baseball movies and The Natural is a fav

Best baseball movie ever made

SUCH a good movie!!

Tremendous film

2:30Was that water coming from the fountain brown?😂

One of the best 😮

Man, I talk about my favorite Baseball movies, but I’ve legit never seen this whole movie. May have to queue it up in the near future, see if my list needs updating!

On my top all time movies list!

Glad he was a true athlete and knew how to swing a bat, unlike many of the other actors in this movie.

@coweez8224

2 күн бұрын

You mean like shoeless Joe hitting right handed?? Drives me crazy.

@twil2389

2 күн бұрын

@@coweez8224 I know, me too. And the actor who plays Ray Kinsella as a catcher can’t throw! Last scene of that movie always bugs me

Don Drysdale (LA Dodgers) said that Robert might have been able to play in the big leagues. They were teammates at Van Nuys High School in So Cal. Robert (or Bobby) played second base.

@therealbs2000

Күн бұрын

Amazing, he played the pivot as a left handed thrower? Or did he just learn to throw lefty for the movie? Either way i would be amazed!!!

@ji8044

Күн бұрын

No he never said any such thing. Redford was a tennis player. LOL

@asmukler

Күн бұрын

Yeah I read about that recently. It's kind of unclear how much Robert Redford actually played but Don Drysdale did like him.

Great movie, one of my favorites! I can't think of a better baseball movie.

@ji8044

Күн бұрын

Eight Men Out, by john Sayles is 1000% better.

@cblanton42

Күн бұрын

@@ji8044 I fell asleep twice watching that movie. Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one.😂

I've never seen chocolate milk come out of a drinking fountain.

@timpatrick564

4 күн бұрын

Just live by Homer Simpson water rules. If its brown, drink it down... If its black, send it back.

Really a good movie.

It is so interesting that if you listen you can hear a radial aircraft engine in the background right as Hobbs was about to enter the batting cage. This would have been period for this time in history.

Such a good movie

Great movie!

My favourite movie as a kid

This simply a great story with great actors, great cinematography, great direction. It’s amazing that you don’t need CGI to make a great film.

"Not bad kid" hahahahahahahaha!

Best sports movie ever made.

I did not appreciate the supporting cast when this was released, it so much talent.

Best baseball movie ever...

Very good

Redford went to Van Nuys High School and played on the baseball team, where his teammate was future pitching legend, Don Drysdale.

How many know the heroic, romantic movie ending is NOT what is in the book?

@user-fc7lb8nb9h

Күн бұрын

He took the $$

"Hobbs, you're givin me so much crap, my Diabeetus is actin up!"

I saw Redford's batting jacket for The Natural in a display case. It's tiny. My girlfriend asked, "Guess the film makes him look big?"

Underrated film!! Love it.

@atticstattic

3 күн бұрын

Underated? How?

my favorite scene is the one where he hits a home run.

Even though director Barry Levinson changed the outcome of Bernard Malamud’s novel, the film is the best baseball movie of all time. Perfectly cast and beautifully filmed, it captures the innocence of baseball in America, the relentlessness of greed, and restless spirit of the underdog.

@ji8044

Күн бұрын

You couldn't find a less athletic and less age appropriate group of actors if you tried.

They should've tested him with another bat. :p Not to mention, even if the bat wasn't regulation, he connected with every pitch.

I was an extra in this movie I was a little kid and I remember I had to get notes from my dad to say I was late for school because I was filming in the morning.... and the women who worked in the attendance office would frame them and put them up... I had no idea who Robert Redford was and I got to play baseball and catch with him..... I remember he had a lot of makeup on and his face look purple.... he was talking to Glenn Close and I didn't know who she was either, so I went over and I started tugginh on his sleeve asking him if I could get a picture with him.... he looked at me and said what? And I asked can I get a picture with him and he agreed.... and I pushed Glenn Close out of the picture because I didn't want her in it..... my dad freaked out when he saw the photograph.. I see myself in the movie several times and it's funny to look back at that.. it was an incredible experience that I wish I had when I was older so I could have appreciated it more

Zack Hample should have been in the movie.

One of Movie Worlds best ever movies that never really received the accolades it deserved.

Bob Nutting must sign this Hobbs guy pronto!! 🤣🤣🤣

Hard to believe, but Wilford Brimley was only 27 in this scene. Crazy

@KenOnStrength

3 күн бұрын

He aged like Sparky Anderson

@kwebster62

3 күн бұрын

Funny. For the uninformed, Brimley was 49 when this movie came out.

@KenOnStrength

3 күн бұрын

@@kwebster62 - Robert Redford was 46

@toeey14

3 күн бұрын

@@kwebster62 yes I know. It’s funny how he was able to play a senior citizen in cocoon the very next year. At 50

@d.t.eklund1148

2 күн бұрын

Wilford Brimley was 50 when he was born

Yaz!

Wow coach, imagine that brilliant move!! Actually watching someone swing a bat before giving them the ax!!

I always like brimley... but it's crazy to me that he was only 50 in this movie. He was able to play the senior citizen as a middle aged guy for decades :-)

May have to recruit him to the local cricket side.

Nobody else mentioned it so I will. The exchange in the dark tunnel where you can’t see either of their faces. Homer?

What color was the water coming out of that fountain?

Wilford Brimley was only 48 years of age when this was filmed.

Earlier in the movie Wilford Brimley gripes about not being able to get a good drink of water.

@VoxRox1

Күн бұрын

Diabeetus

One of the best baseball movies. Tied with Eight Men Out.

@iatsd

4 күн бұрын

For Love of the Game - fewer cliches, better cinematography & scripting IMO.

@werenotclowns3241

4 күн бұрын

I'd put Bull Durham in the conversation as well. But nothing tops The Natural. It was filmed in Buffalo, NY where I grew up. I used to go see the AAA Buffalo Bisons in that stadium...and a classmate was an extra in the movie. It came out when I was in 3rd grade. Such fond memories!

@johnchamberlin2077

2 күн бұрын

see a young Robert DeNiro in BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY

Never noticed before, but the water coming out of the fountain looks like it's brown.

@geraldpatterson3903

Күн бұрын

Doo doo water

Post Master General job is to get things done.

All gave some, but only Bump gave all.......may he rest in peace.

2:25 that water looks delicious

@Koulnis

4 күн бұрын

They recycle all the dip spit.

@asmukler

Күн бұрын

I always want to take a drink of water after that

The Rockpile was beautiful

It's a tossup for the best baseball movie: The Natural, Bull Durham or the original Angels in the Outfield (1951)

Ground design here

2:29 is He drinking out of a septic tank?

What do figure was coming out of that water fountain, bootleg whiskey?

I didn’t know the sheriff that got shot in misery was a baseball coach first. Crazy transition in life huh?

Why would a baseball coach be angry after seeing one of his players hit 3 home runs in a row during practice? 🤔

One of the best movies made, to bad Hollyweird can't make squat today.

Wilford Brimley is 25 in this movie.

We could use him In Detroit right now

Brimley is 49 years old here. Redford is 2 years younger

@kwebster62

3 күн бұрын

Back when 49 looked so much older.

Great scene, but i just noticed the COLOR OF THE WATER from the fountain!! Yikes!

@seeburgm100a

3 күн бұрын

Wilfred gonna get DIA BEET US from it.

I wish I had his jawline. 😂

If u love baseball u love this movie.

@cablezilla

Күн бұрын

Even if you don’t love baseball……

@anthonycruciani939

21 сағат бұрын

@@cablezilla Also true.

🌹🦋😇🦋🌹

Great movie. But the book waa great too, but, let's just say, had a different ending.

@mattrinck7503

5 күн бұрын

From what I've read, the author was fine with the change and said something like the book ending wouldn't work well for a movie.

@mkfd4571

3 күн бұрын

Yes! For sure! The movie is much better!! More inspirational than him striking out. 😝

And Pitching was his first talent. Imagine what could have been?!

1:35 surely they didn’t do batting practice without helmets…

@johnbertrand7185

3 күн бұрын

Movie takes place in 1939 (the patch on the uniform is one all teams wore that season to celebrate the 100th anniversary of baseball). Batting helmets didn't appear until the mid-1950's and weren't made mandatory until 1971.

What the hell was that sludge that came out of the water fountain?

@dangermartin69

3 күн бұрын

Rusty water.

Wore #9. Ted Williams number. Fitting

Poor Brimley got the beetus.