The Natural (Director’s Cut)
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Nothing will stop Roy Hobbs fulfill his boyhood dream of baseball superstar. Robert Redford stars in this inspiring fable that begins when 14-year-old Hobbs (Redford) fashion a bat from a mighty oak fell. He impressed scouts from major league ability, fixing his extraordinary talent in the spirit of the sportsman Max Mercy (Robert Duvall), who eventually becomesinstrumental in Hobb’s career. But an encounter with a mysterious woman shatters his dream. Years passand a more Hobbs reappears as a rookie New York Knights. Overcoming physical pain and defying those who have an interest in the Knights lose, Hobbs, with his staff of child abuse has its chanceto lead the Knights of the flame and finally make his heart dream.From the sun-dappled, a young man (Robert Redford, in soft lighting) emerges as maybe the best player in baseball that has ever seen. En route to the majors, he is interrupted by an enigmatic black widow (Barbara Hershey) and vanishes for many years. When he reappears, a silent mystery, he lands a spot with the New York team and begins tearing the league – it is always natural. Fans of the Bernard Malamud novel will be dismayed by the legendary Pure Hokum this film, but baseball fanatics have been known to watch and rewatch it, after all, it is built as a kind of sanctuary for the hobby National. Barry Levinson (Rain Man) directs the film with an unabashed devotion to the game, though the film could use more of the realities of chewing tobacco and pine tar. Redford is fine, and Kim Basinger and Oscar-nominated Glenn Close are effective as the women in his life. The worst part is the soaring, extraordinary music by Randy Newman, singer-songwriter, composer himself conducting. – Robert Horton director Barry Levinson mentions in his video introduction the 1984 movie was rushed into theaters and this 2007 DVD is the film, it was designed. The cut “administrator” adds about 15 minutes of footage and removes 5. It tightens the first third of the film, but any fan of the lyrical prologue set in perfect synchronization with a score by Randy Newman will be disappointed. Now, the beginning is told in flashback as the elder Hobbs returns home. (It’s also confusing to keep track of which Hobbs story you look when they are both on a train.) changes do not improve the story and nature-it packs just to know more before Hobbs dugout between the knight. After that, there are some new scenes and many extensions, most involving Memo (Kim Basinger) and Red (Richard Farnsworth). None of these additions are exceptional. Hopefully there is a easter egg with the remastered original edition. What about the second disc are above-average featurettes with interviews with the most talent. The best little ditties includes Newman’s playful “lyrics” at its theme music and Levinson’s disclosure that he is the man of the radio play-by-play. There is a good discussion on adapting (and changing) the novel, the allegorical myths, and inspirations from real life including a segment on Eddie Waitkus sincere, a baseball player who was shot by an obsessed fan. A 5.1 Dolby soundtrack is available now and an upgrade compliments excellent video. – Doug Thomas
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