From The Natural in which nineteen-year-old pitching prospect Roy Hobbs strikes out the Babe Ruthian professional baseball star, The Whammer, at a county fair on three pitches.
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@stevensmith74323 күн бұрын
The score and editing in this film are just magic, as is the entire film. I still recall seeing it in the theater with my mother upon first release. One of my fondest memories with her. At one time, Hollywood often made genuine art. Now they do live action comic books. What a sad tragedy.
@imandan196618 күн бұрын
Cry me a river, there's still plenty of great films being made
@abehambino17 күн бұрын
@@imandan1966no there aren’t. There are a few, and they are far between.
@-Primer-13 күн бұрын
Infected by Wokeness and DEI. The days of Shawshank Redemption, The Good -Bad-Ugly, Field of Dreams, and Forest Gump are gone.
@WernerVonWeener9 күн бұрын
@@imandan1966go watch another superhero movie 😂
@VideoHostSite3 күн бұрын
Oh, shut up, grandad.
@KidFreshie Жыл бұрын
I love the smell of strikeouts in the morning.
@paulsimmons572610 ай бұрын
Oh, that’s classic! Completely CLASSIC!
@KidFreshie10 ай бұрын
@@paulsimmons5726 You get it. 😉
@bensisko46513 ай бұрын
Smells like.......Victory!!!!
@KidFreshie3 ай бұрын
@@bensisko4651 ...some day this ballgame's gonna end.
@bensisko46513 ай бұрын
@@KidFreshie that's true, but CHARLIE DON'T SURF!!!
@CrossOfBayonne Жыл бұрын
The locomotive is this clip is GTW 4070. She was sent to Dayton NY for the filming of this movie and is being restored to run again.
@pdpandion493121 күн бұрын
Barbara Hershey’s character refocusing her gaze is the best part of that scene.
@patrickpower399221 күн бұрын
The reason I posted this. It was such a brilliant moment of filmmaking.
@Crumphorn2 жыл бұрын
The score for this is some of the greatest film music ever
@hehhehhuhhuh70149 күн бұрын
@Crumphorn: Yep. Randy Newman - what a genius. He is also the one who wrote and sang the song "SHORT PEOPLE".
@seanyuke32494 күн бұрын
Along with Silverado. Agree.
@reubination10 ай бұрын
How they found someone who so closely resembles Babe Ruth is cool.
@Eadweard7622 күн бұрын
Is a long time character actor, he's been in a lot of films and tv shows.
@Dagger-Deep18 күн бұрын
@@Eadweard76 Fletch 👍
@chrisbernardo550011 күн бұрын
Cape Fear Walking Tall
@Luckyrider19586 күн бұрын
@@chrisbernardo5500 Joe Don Baker
@scottthomas69373 күн бұрын
@@Luckyrider1958 MITCHELL!!!!
@bethfiori47089 күн бұрын
You can tell Redford loves the game, loves getting his hands on the bat, loves planning a pitch. He's a good actor, but here he was channeling long-held personal passions, too.
@kckcmctcrc10 ай бұрын
There goes Roy Hobbs, the best there ever was.
@unprofound23 күн бұрын
Such an uplifting score at the strikeout betraying Barbara Hershey's shift in focus, sealing Roy's fate...
@Ronsolo7672 жыл бұрын
I just like this scene for the insults that flew back and forth. "red nose", "green horn", "rum pot". Scary to think what the insults would be nowadays.
@Hyperbole775 ай бұрын
Probably something along the lines of snowflake or Trumpy
@tomace48982 ай бұрын
"You watch your mouth, mister!"
@christopherfoote464322 күн бұрын
I don't think it was rum pot.
@jameskeathley75548 күн бұрын
@@christopherfoote4643 it was definitely rumpot. It means a drunk.
@robshell53676 күн бұрын
Most likely nothing.
@Wilcox32 жыл бұрын
One of the absolute best baseball movies ever made.
@kenchristie92142 жыл бұрын
If there is a better baseball movie, I haven't seen it. I've even seen Rhubarb!
@digiprez772 жыл бұрын
Wrong, one of the best movies period...
@neo75662 жыл бұрын
Yep! Field of dreams is second.
@shelbyseelbach95682 жыл бұрын
What about Major League Back To The Minors? What about Angels In The Outfield? What about The Bad News Bears Go To Japan? What about Airbud: Seventh Inning Stretch? What about Ed? You have seriously got to watch more baseball movies! Live a little, FFS!
@kenchristie92142 жыл бұрын
@@shelbyseelbach9568 What about the movies you mentioned. I can guarantee you are referring to Angels In The Outfield made in 1994 and not the original made in 1951. The better baseball movies are the bio-pics, Cobb, The Babe, Don't Look Back: The Satchel Paige Story and Eight Men Out. You can also back to vintage movies with Pride Of the Yankees, The Stratton Story and Rhubarb. You do not have a very good taste in baseball movies. Get a life FFS.
@MrDuds1984 Жыл бұрын
This is movie making at its absolute best
@robertjohnson89382 жыл бұрын
Can’t get any better than this
@slycer200211 ай бұрын
That cold, empty stare when it shifts from the Whammer to Roy. Still gives me chills nearly 40 years later…
@samanthab192310 ай бұрын
Right? Evil incarnate
@jkrasney18 ай бұрын
Whammer is saved, but The Black Widow gets her tentacles into Roy's heart.
@rgr447511 күн бұрын
Was thinking the same thing. The actress did a great job there. Very believable.
@MatthewKearney697 күн бұрын
So true. She was watching whammer from a distance on the train then rode w him. And a mention before this scene of another athlete killed by silver bullet. She was shooting athletes. Then later scene yrs later w old pic of Hobbs laid out shot and she was dead in the street. ☹️
@leonarddobens607023 күн бұрын
I believe we have two lives. The life we learn with and the life we live with after that.
@patrickpower399223 күн бұрын
This is one of the few quotes from a film that I have put to memory.
@incarnateTheGreat2 жыл бұрын
I think what I love so much about this scene is how it was shot. The beautiful sunset bathing everyone in the glow, playing ball in an open field. No matter how big the game can get, it always boils down to the beauty of it all.
@aliendroneservices66212 жыл бұрын
Difficult to impossible to time the filming of a scene with the real sun. It takes all day to film a scene like this. The "sun" was probably faked with powerful lights.
@incarnateTheGreat2 жыл бұрын
@@aliendroneservices6621 perhaps, but boy did it look nice.
@bigassdummy462 жыл бұрын
And Then you realize baseball sucks
@jayclark50342 жыл бұрын
@@bigassdummy46 Feel bad for you. It's a thing of beauty, the suspense, the skills... it's unique in how it highlights those things
@knightandfog2 жыл бұрын
Well said.
@elizabethlinsay91932 жыл бұрын
You can tell this is a warm summer night, with the moths flying around, and the ferris wheel in the background, and the men wearing buttoned up shirts, even in the heat. Beautiful cinematography.
@banjowoodsman76752 жыл бұрын
With their shirt tails tucked in.
@NOWOKEXYZ Жыл бұрын
One of my ALL TIME Favorite movies!
@wambathewisefool2893 Жыл бұрын
One of the Best movies ever, in my opinion. When I was about 14ish, I watched it on VHS everyday after school for at least a month straight. Those movie rental late fees I paid where outrageous.
@kurtlikesoldmilwaukee9087 Жыл бұрын
I got a couple of those late fees to from pornos. 😁
@dikmugget2 жыл бұрын
2:48: Barbera Hershey's character Harriet Bird looks (and moves her attention) from The Whammer, to Roy. PERFECTION.
@alanrogs399024 күн бұрын
Leech
@kristfallon99892 жыл бұрын
Greatest baseball movie ever! Sad thing is it will never be this innocent & pure again.
@robertsullivan47732 жыл бұрын
TV big corporations money 💰 have ruined all sports.
@seanjones2456 Жыл бұрын
Soto turned down 440 million. Let that sink in. Happy Friday!
@grisslebear Жыл бұрын
Maybe after the next big comet strike resets the planet again, it can be that way for a little while.
@pattystephens8129 Жыл бұрын
Tin Cup was a better baseball movie and it was about golf.
@RickW-HGWT Жыл бұрын
One of the best soundtracks as well.
@ouyardbird51725 ай бұрын
"you watch your mouth mister!" love Roy
@paulsummers26402 жыл бұрын
My life didn't turn out the way I expected.
@warrenermish14542 жыл бұрын
Cinematography, diesel score, this movie had it all, one of your time great movies
@seanlavelle1032 жыл бұрын
Great movie, I remember seeing this with my Dad
@andys.40132 жыл бұрын
beautiful cinematography
@thequadzillaking2 жыл бұрын
I’ve always loved this Film.
@fernandochavez43122 жыл бұрын
Great film. One of my favorites. Thanks.
@kcjazzcat782222 күн бұрын
"I believe we live 2 lives, the one we learn with, the one we live with after that"
@Porrohman72 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely love this movie. Saw it in the theater when I was a kid. A classic!
@samanthab192310 ай бұрын
Yup, me too. Remember being struck by the music
@nysguy072 жыл бұрын
Great score by the incomparable Randy Newman.
@gammarotor2 жыл бұрын
Nephew of Alfred Newman the film score composer
@michaeljordan60082 жыл бұрын
That Barbara Hershey scared the heck out of me with that emotionless face in search of prey.
@kimmorrison91692 жыл бұрын
she was gettin ready to do some shootin!
@at19702 жыл бұрын
Hot even while crazy.
@at19702 жыл бұрын
@Hagmire84 Check the bed before just jumping in.
@kimmorrison91692 жыл бұрын
@Hagmire84 yeah, but Amber ain’t acting!
@lakeozarkrei37672 жыл бұрын
@Hagmire84 😅🤣👍
@RayLRiv2 жыл бұрын
GREAT Movie. GREAT musical score!
@jim242 Жыл бұрын
One of the best feel good movies of all time
@timw43692 жыл бұрын
Just love the way this is shot with the sun and the shadows. Amazing. We don't see that kind of movie making these days.
@jogman2622 жыл бұрын
Watching the Academy Awards I kept thinking the same thing. Where have all the big stars gone?
@tomshea83822 жыл бұрын
LOL yes we fucking do.
@brettdeadrick5242 жыл бұрын
You sound like old Abe Simpson lol. Plenty of gorgeous cinematography out there today if you actually watch films.
@terryhancockroc65602 жыл бұрын
It's the editing for me. The pacing is completely different. There are very good cinematographers still but the editing back then could allow a scene to breathe. They aren't like that now. It's rapid-paced. Everything's cut like a music video or an advertisement commercial. It's a mess.
@souperstar70502 жыл бұрын
In big budget movies the shadows are CGI.
@Rockhound61652 жыл бұрын
The look on Harriet's face when she shifted from Whammer to Hobbs was very telling. Hobbs saved Whammer and changed his own life on those 3 pitches and he didn't even know it.
@LambeauLeeeper2 жыл бұрын
Never thought about it like that. Saved his life.
@BMG19FUNNYDIE2 жыл бұрын
Today a Marvel film would pander to the stupid and have character express this via unnecessary dialogue speech. In 1984 you could do it visually with just a look.
@JACKnJESUS Жыл бұрын
Perhaps...perhaps she was never going to harm the Whammer. She still loved him...she saw Hobbs as a threat...to b eliminated.
@Rockhound6165 Жыл бұрын
@@JACKnJESUS it was revealed that she's a serial killer and she was most definitely going to kill Whammer.
@JACKnJESUS Жыл бұрын
@@Rockhound6165 Oh...okay...a bit of pertinent information...thank you. Now it makes sense.
@marstondavis Жыл бұрын
The Natural has a great story and a very good cast. For me though, I really loved the cinematography. The sets, costumes and the shadows and light really set this film apart. It's like it wrapped you up and took you back to an era and said, 'Here, look at this beautiful dream.'
@evansjohnc2 жыл бұрын
Robert Redford actually had good throwing and batting form.
@jogman2622 жыл бұрын
He earned a baseball scholarship at the University of Colorado.
@cacproductions88432 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest movies. Spendid cast, production elements, score, script. All of it. One of Redfords best movies. Don't make movies like this a anymore.
@mickfunny41852 жыл бұрын
@@christopherfoote4643 @cac productions the 1952 novel The Natural has a very dark ending, where Roy strikes out after having taken the Judge’s bribe to throw the game. No way Hollywood would have Robert Redford end up like that.
@Hairyskinback2 жыл бұрын
Redford has a habit of being in and making good movies.
@butchie27522 жыл бұрын
Teenagers wouldn’t be interested.
@bebo55582 жыл бұрын
@@christopherfoote4643 Remember they are trying to sell the movie, not copy a book that's already been written, when the public puts down money to see a movie, they want a happy ending!
@bebo55582 жыл бұрын
@@christopherfoote4643 Maybe Max was supposed to be the shadow of the devil, always using muses to temp you to the darkside, while he(Max) sits in the shadows, like the dark office at the ballpark??
@Stevesautopartsify20 күн бұрын
The music 🎶 absolutely makes this film iconic!
@ryanparker4378 Жыл бұрын
This is scene is an instant classic 👌 👏 🙌 😂 🤣
@edithbannerman411 ай бұрын
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
@DougHanson27692 жыл бұрын
“You watch your mouth mister” love it! Listen to the music
@unprofound23 күн бұрын
F'n Roy Hobbs! I love him! Even though he'd set me and my potty mouth straight! 😅
@stephenlamb39292 жыл бұрын
Great movie! Love the way you can tell Barbra Hershey is a little phyco just by hers eyes!
@erikstacklie45512 жыл бұрын
Hobbs possibly saved the Whammers life
@Retiredstatecop10 ай бұрын
Maybe, but she was still a gorgeous woman. Loved her in Hoosiers.
@JVTrickypants2 жыл бұрын
"That ball is as dry as your granddaddy's skull." One of my favorite lines lol.
@jwil49052 жыл бұрын
My son and I still laugh about that line and use it when we can.
@GeneralBuckNaked2 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure he said Scalp
@doctorcXanthophyll2 жыл бұрын
@@GeneralBuckNaked .... I've always said "skull" but you may be right.
@doctorcXanthophyll2 жыл бұрын
What does he say right before that? "In a pig's poop" or something like that...?
I love how honest yet shocked Max is. “Strike 3…you’re out?” *shrugs*
@PattyBandAidz2 жыл бұрын
How good is Robert Duvall tho, this guy is in absolutely EVERYTHING ...
@patrickpower39922 жыл бұрын
And he tends to be great in everything.
@slatsgrobneck7515 Жыл бұрын
Lonesome DOve!
@trruthawareness10 ай бұрын
Tender Mercies! @@slatsgrobneck7515
@ericcrabtree62452 жыл бұрын
First pitch hits the catcher’s mitt pocket without him moving an inch. ‘He looks wild to me.’ 😄
@wexwuthor17762 жыл бұрын
How you catch or ump with no mask is beyond me. Foul tips are always possible
@matismf2 жыл бұрын
@@wexwuthor1776 Well they didn't look like hockey players!
@squigglyline28132 жыл бұрын
Yea, plus he's like 20 feet away, lol
@TheBatugan772 жыл бұрын
@@wexwuthor1776 They're playing in suits, vests, and ties, Wex. You new at this?
@larryfisher70562 жыл бұрын
@@wexwuthor1776 I was doing that once in little league practice and a foul tip caught me on the eyebrow and opened up a nice cut that bled into my eye and ended that practice session for me.......60 years ago now.
@crumbdav10 ай бұрын
This scene was filmed in my hometown of South Dayton, NY. I remember news broadcasts looking for background characters. A classmate had a speaking role in the next scene (train chase scene) that boy is 51 yo now.
@patrickpower399210 ай бұрын
How cool!
@BudSchnelker18 күн бұрын
Three years later the train station scene in "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" would be filmed in the same location. If you're ever in South Dayton, make sure to stop by the supermarket across the street from the old train stop and pick up some donuts. Best you'll ever have.
@TSimo1132 жыл бұрын
Iconic Scene
@Mr.56Goldtop Жыл бұрын
This is such a classic sports movie, right up there with Hoosiers and Rudy. It's interesting that the music here is very similar to the music in Hoosiers.
@donmorton45972 жыл бұрын
Another gem from the 80s
@robertcampbell80272 жыл бұрын
Two of my all time favorite films are Redford films: The Natural and Jeremiah Johnson.
@slatsgrobneck7515 Жыл бұрын
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid!
@jogman26210 ай бұрын
'Electric Horseman'.
@tvdinner325 Жыл бұрын
One of my all time favourite movies.
@tonyroid12 жыл бұрын
The best sports film ever in my opinion. It was pure, beautiful.
@Mark-Haddow2 жыл бұрын
Chariots Of Fire
@tonyroid12 жыл бұрын
@@Mark-Haddow ..Definitely a good 1.
@jayclark50342 жыл бұрын
Too idealized for my liking. Not that I didn't watch & enjoy, just not my favorite. I saw Eddie Brinkman for the Tigers hit a two-run homer opening day 1972 (first in-person pro game I ever saw) for the win against the Red Sox, stadium went nuts as Brinkman was aging and not expected to be the hitting hero (great, dependable shortstop, hitting not so much) Still one of the best sports moments I've ever seen. Of course I was a Tigers fan, that helped!
@wordsmith6812 жыл бұрын
Great scene in a terrific movie! I love how this scene, in the bright sunny part of the day, foreshadows the climactic ending with Hobbs batting against a young phenom at night with a storm approaching. Brilliant.
@goofe.washington9532 жыл бұрын
Excellent comment……great observation on your part.
@patrickpower39922 жыл бұрын
And a left-handed farm boy at that.
@billbirchman3622 жыл бұрын
sun going down 2:04, wasn't bright sunny, like the sunsetting on whammers career.
@foxbodyblues67092 жыл бұрын
@@patrickpower3992 I always thought that’s who was pitching to Roy in the finale. The kid he threw the ball to.
@johnnyguitar6639 Жыл бұрын
Don't watch the directors cut. 'It's a bit disappointing,and messes up the flow
@erickjason90922 жыл бұрын
I always loved that movie.
@pgrand8888 Жыл бұрын
Loved this movie my whole life
@brianfischer26592 жыл бұрын
We sure could use more movies like this, something for everyone and a great story ending
@jamesrawlins7352 жыл бұрын
I love everything about the Natural except the ending. In the original novel (one of the best sports novel ever), Hobbs is a much more flawed character. In fact, he strikes out (the reason he decided to play was because Iris is pregnant with his child so he needed to be able to support them). In the end Muncie (the reporter) discovers that Hobbs was paid to throw the game. The novel is as much about the loss of innocence, something that was basically ignored in the movie. While I appreciate the movie for bringing out what we love about the game, I wish it had been a little more realistic - like The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence.
@drfunk19862 жыл бұрын
@@jamesrawlins735 I appreciate your opinion, however I think with this film both instances could work. In this case, I really really enjoy this ending. It's not like typical you win it and everyone runs over and does their whole speech about how they knew, rather its majestic with the lights burning out, everyone cheering and its still not the championship game. So they could still have gone on to lose. All they do is secure a bid into the World Series and pop keeps the team. I also love the fact that when it does flash forward, he's out enjoying his time with his family and his son who he's rekindled a relationship with.
@demgaming14802 жыл бұрын
@@drfunk1986 I think as well the movie does show Hobbs as a flawed character, the difference being that he overcomes those flaws in the end compared to the book. The whole middle of the movie is about showing Roy Hobbs' flaws. I really don't see anything wrong with that. There's places for downer endings I suppose, but if a movie chooses to have a happy and hopeful ending I'm not going to fault it. There's enough things wrong with the world, we don't need fantasy and fiction bringing us down too, especially when it's the only thing we can guarantee to lift our spirits.
@tomshea83822 жыл бұрын
@@demgaming1480 This movie is almost 40 years old.
@demgaming14802 жыл бұрын
@@tomshea8382 What does that have to do with what I said?
@8040titan2 жыл бұрын
The look on Duvall's face when that 1st one goes pass cracks me up every time.
@jogman2622 жыл бұрын
A rare movie were he plays kind of a jerk.
@anthonylicari77762 жыл бұрын
And after he strikes out the best hitter on 3 pitches it still takes Duvall half the movie to figure out Hobbs is the same guy?
@jogman2622 жыл бұрын
@Anthony Licari Well 20 plus years had gone by. After two years of mask restrictions I can’t remember half my family either.
@dlchambers2 жыл бұрын
Duvall's always great. A little expression, a word of two - always perfect
@scootergeorge70892 жыл бұрын
@@jogman262 - Duval is not playing the "Babe Ruth" wannabe. His Col Kilgore was something of a jerk. Certainly bizarre.
@Edro19732 жыл бұрын
I must of watched this movie 100 times when I was growing up.
@scottprice19432 жыл бұрын
One of my favourites beautiful movie and robert redfords legacy movie - forever roy hobbs!
@noellecox39522 жыл бұрын
I really love this film by Barry levinsion he got a fantastic cast in the script was beautiful written also Robert redford was a fine thing in this movie also glenn close and kim basinger they were beautiful in this movie as well robert duvall was brilliant as the sports writer as well
@bobcole612 Жыл бұрын
And this was only Levinson’s second film. Amazing work.
@jogman2622 жыл бұрын
“You've got a gift Roy, but it's not enough -you've got to develop yourself. If you rely too much on your own gift then you'll fail.” Ed Hobbs (Roy’s father)
@patrickpower39922 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure that "You've got a gift, Roy, but it's not enough" is echoed several times throughout the film, by Pop, The Judge, Max Mercy, and maybe Iris.
@mcat23172 жыл бұрын
“Wasted Talent” - Bronx Tale
@zorkmid10832 жыл бұрын
That applies to more than just baseball.
@dougcronkhite2113 Жыл бұрын
My favorite sports movie ever!
@sumerbc74092 жыл бұрын
What a epic movie. This is really one of those special ones
@bbryant94552 жыл бұрын
I always love the moment when Robert Duvall realizes he remembers Hobbs from many years earlier. Time does that sometimes. He's trying and trying and just can't put a finger on where he remembers this guy then it hits him.
@christopherfoote46432 жыл бұрын
Actually I thought that was a little hokey. Certainly he would remember but maybe since it was sixteen years later he might have compartmentalized it. The whole jist of this sequence I think is lost in the subplot of Hobbs regaining his status. The Whammer said he would hit it to the Moon. It was meant to impress the lady figure who eventually cut Hobbs down to size. Hobbs took initiative into something he thought he should have seen coming but was too enraptured with the spectacle of it all. The ending really doesn't fit within the plotline. Probably what ought to have happened irrespective of what they presented was Hobbs at his peak. Striking out to a Whammer figure equally so enraptured. They kind of touched upon it. They just didn't follow through. Hobbs hitting a home run was ridiculous in that scenario because he was already corrupted. Am I the only one to notice it? He was already caught up in it.
@stephennewcombe4522 жыл бұрын
They come & they go
@markturner16722 жыл бұрын
Max Mercy.
@christopherfoote46432 жыл бұрын
@@markturner1672 Mind your own business rednose and let's play ball
@dionwarr77082 жыл бұрын
@@christopherfoote4643 The novel takes more of the approach to which you allude, but then Hobbs is much more of a doomed and flawed figure in the book than he is portrayed in the movie. In the book, Hobbs’ ambition to be the best ever to the exclusion of other people and sensibilities is a tragic flaw that not only haunts his early life but continues to vex him to the end.
@vdimasteremeritus2 жыл бұрын
Just imagine how different his life would have been if Whammer had hit the ball…
@jogman262 Жыл бұрын
Read the book. Whole different ending than in the movie.
@mikeh.81552 жыл бұрын
great clip and great movie.
@paulfromdevon470711 ай бұрын
Joe Don Baker - great actor. Charley Varrick, Edge of Darkness and many more superb performances
@kckcmctcrc10 ай бұрын
He was good, but he was no Robert Shaw.
@butchie275210 ай бұрын
Buford Pusser-great real name, too.
@denali94492 жыл бұрын
Two guys; one a pitcher with a 3 inch diameter ball and the other a batter with a 34 inch long chunk of an ash tree - can it get any better? Only if I am there watching them with a dog in one hand, a scorecard in the other and a cold one in the armrest. "It's a great day, let's play two!" Thanks Ernie . . .
@svenjohansen72472 жыл бұрын
The moment at the end where the woman’s gaze shifts from the “whammer” to Roy (in hindsight) has to be the saddest point in the movie.
@rossprohaska62632 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the world of screenwriting. How to “shift” built up tension to move the story forwards…
@broughswenson6512 жыл бұрын
Part of why I hate Hollywood. In the book Roy strikes out at the end, but the folks in tinsel-town couldn’t have that so they changed it to him hitting a home run and busting all of the lights. It’s a much more emotional story the original way.
@Alvan812 жыл бұрын
@@broughswenson651 Shouldn't you hate the audiences for rejecting movies with those endings?
@jayclark50342 жыл бұрын
@@Alvan81 The dumbing down of Americans is a real thing. That's a part of it. People don't remember how scary WWII was, how uncertain it was and how much suffering happened for 15 + years
@jwil49052 жыл бұрын
@@jayclark5034 Enjoying a feel good movie with a happy ending doesn't make Americans "dumb". You despising it makes you a d-bag.
@richarddomanski11682 жыл бұрын
A Masterpiece!
@DavidmGoetz22 күн бұрын
I love that he's pitching from like 18 feet away.
@aliarshad30122 жыл бұрын
The algorithms brought me here. I ended up buying the video.
@philrees7785 Жыл бұрын
Really love this film 🎥
@jameskirchner265510 ай бұрын
Love this movie
@gnordt4 күн бұрын
From the way Barbara Hershey changed her focus from the hitter to Redford, the hitter striking out probably saved his life. She changed targets.
@leonskum770520 сағат бұрын
“Watch your mouth, Mister.” And I felt that.
@warrenholmes33114 күн бұрын
What I loved... what I really, REALLY loved, was that Redford was pitching from about 45 feet!
@TrayDyer382 жыл бұрын
Loved this movie when I Was a kid 11 yrs old and watched it back in 83 or 84 on HBO… played baseball as a kid and me and my friends took a magic marker and wrote “ wonder boy “ on our bats in hopes that we would hit a Homer.
@robertjutton60792 жыл бұрын
Prefer it over Field of Dreams
@Cincinnatus18692 жыл бұрын
Collective eye roll
@TrayDyer382 жыл бұрын
@@Cincinnatus1869 haha… yeah, I get it, it was a corny movie.
@michaelgamez4974 Жыл бұрын
One the best baseball movie of all time,in top five movies
@joesankowski15742 жыл бұрын
After reading the title of this video, I thought The Whammer was going to hit a home run. Boy was I wrong…
@patrickpower39922 жыл бұрын
Duly noted... I've added a bit more intrigue to the title.
@stevencooley71932 жыл бұрын
I had no idea Duvall was in this. Just came across an Outer Limits with a very young Duvall.
@jogman26210 ай бұрын
His first film role, 'To Kill A Mockingbird."
@thefrase78842 жыл бұрын
He struck out Mitchell !!! One of my fav baseball movies !!!!
@kanjoracer49142 жыл бұрын
M I T C H E L L
@MichaelJGauthier2 жыл бұрын
Who’s the puffy guy who’s a big blurry sex machine? Mitchell!
@russellschroeder9902 жыл бұрын
I really love scenes in movies like this that show the silhouette and bugs flying
@patrickpower39922 жыл бұрын
The illuminated bugs are somewhat echoed in the home run scene in which the sparks are falling all around him as he circles the bases.
@jamesdonnelly7774 Жыл бұрын
Best...movie..ever...🍿
@TNO732 жыл бұрын
Never been a huge fan of baseball,but this is a FANTASTIC film.
@at19702 жыл бұрын
I’ve always been struck by how baseball makes for great movies and yet is the dullest game on earth. To play or watch.
@SilentKnight43 Жыл бұрын
@@at1970 Naw, that would be golf.
@at1970 Жыл бұрын
@@SilentKnight43 I disagree. Although golf is pretty bad, but at least you’re out walking around and interacting with your mates. It’s not exercise, and it’s not out in nature, but you’re not standing in a field picking your nose and scratching yourself either. I read a study once where they claimed the kids in the stands got more exercise than the kids playing.
@SilentKnight43 Жыл бұрын
@@at1970 I can sit and enjoy watching an entire baseball game. Golf, well..I'd sooner have a colonoscopy - dull AF.
@at1970 Жыл бұрын
@@SilentKnight43 Watching these things is another level of torture.
@xyPERSON2 жыл бұрын
This is just my opinion but a much younger actor should have been chosen to portray Roy Hobbs in this opening scene of the film. He is only supposed to be nineteen but Robert Redford was actually in his forties at the time and unconvincing as a nineteen-year old.
@ThePropertyHatsTeamatRNYRNJ2 жыл бұрын
Maybe Brad Pitt.
@xyPERSON2 жыл бұрын
@@ThePropertyHatsTeamatRNYRNJ Brad Pitt just might have been a good choice. I think he was only in his early twenties at the time this film was released.
@Corkfish12 жыл бұрын
They really don't make movies like this anymore
@snowman82352 жыл бұрын
Great Movie
@gregmccartney57802 жыл бұрын
Loved this movie..
@davidward52252 жыл бұрын
All time great film
@unlimited022 жыл бұрын
Classic movie!
@mkmcclure2 жыл бұрын
Well cast. Well directed. And a great soundtrack beautifully laid. Wrigley Field never looked better later in the film.
@mjollnir682 жыл бұрын
Never was filmed at Wrigley, film was done in Buffalo
@wmw36292 жыл бұрын
@@mjollnir68 The Rock Pile
@matthewwoelfle55332 жыл бұрын
And this scene was filmed in South Dayton, NY.
@flamingfrancis2 жыл бұрын
There are a few movies where Wrigley was used but this isn't one of them. You can be forgiven for thinking it was with those lights on top of the stands. I thought the same until I looked it up.
@cjs7553 Жыл бұрын
Good scene, but they missed on the editing. You see Max Mercy back way off before the 2nd pitch, but as it's being thrown, he's right behind the catcher.
@markseifried39592 жыл бұрын
Great Seen! The babe was a true beauty.
@blfun35352 жыл бұрын
Aww now I gotta find that movie to watch. Lol
@absolutman89273 жыл бұрын
Baseball is the best non-contact sport shown perfectly in this clip. It's the pitcher versus the batter one on one. No help from anyone. And the best man wins in front of everyone.
@patrickpower39923 жыл бұрын
A perfect example of this was the Tigers' Dave Bergman's At Bat against the Blue Jays' Roy Lee Jackson on 4 June 1984... I wish this video showed the At Bat in its entirety-without the choppy graphic insertions-as it takes out the tense drama of the moment, but... kzbin.info/www/bejne/rp-XZYWpo56Kors
@Widmerpool992 жыл бұрын
I think you'll find that's cricket.
@jogman2622 жыл бұрын
A sport were the defense is control of the ball.
@jriley-tv1on2 жыл бұрын
Bowling? You against the pins 😜
@vinniesikka61872 жыл бұрын
Track and field?
@markb86972 жыл бұрын
1:42 the OG "LETS GO!!" with refinement lol
@d1bigshifter7372 жыл бұрын
The turn of head and the look in her eyes when she realized she was chasing the wrong Bull...