The Lady in White - The Natural (5/8) Movie CLIP (1984) HD

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CLIP DESCRIPTION:
With Iris (Glenn Close) in the stands at Wrigley Field, Roy (Robert Redford) breaks out of his slump with a towering home run that crashes through the score board clock.
FILM DESCRIPTION:
The film version of The Natural pulls off the neat trick of conveying the spirit of the Bernard Malamud novel upon which it is based, even while changing both the outcome and the meaning of Malamud's closing chapters. In his first film appearance in four years, Robert Redford plays Roy Hobbs, a farm boy with a hankering to be a great baseball player. With his faithful homemade bat "Wonderboy" in hand, Roy heads to the big city. En route, he arouses the fascination of the mysterious Harriet Bird (Barbara Hershey). Luring the boy to a hotel room, Harriet asks Roy what he wants out of life. Roy brashly responds he wants to be "the best there is," whereupon Harriet whips out a gun and shoots Roy down. Sixteen years later, a humbler Roy Hobbs emerges from the bush leagues to become a 35-year-old "rookie" on the 1939 lineup of the New York Knights. He soon becomes the team's star player, and in so doing once more attracts enigmatic woman Memo Paris (Kim Basinger), the glamorous niece of the Knights' manager Pop Fisher (Wilford Brimley) and the mistress of Rothstein-like gambler Gus Sands (a curiously unbilled Darren McGavin). Roy's fascination with Memo compromises his ability to play, but this time he finds salvation in the form the angelic Iris Gaines (Glenn Close), his childhood sweetheart. From this point forward, the script for The Natural bears very little resemblance to the Malamud original. Without giving anything away, it can be said that Roy Hobbs is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to compensate for the mistakes of his youth, despite the demonic intrusion of inexplicably spiteful sports writer Max Mercy (Robert Duvall). The Natural elevates the art of slow-motion photography to new heights; while this technique would become precious and boring in later baseball films, it works beautifully here, as does the decision by director Barry Levinson and cinematographer Caleb Deschanel to convey the symbolism inherent in the story in purely visual rather than blatantly verbal terms. (If the characters told you that the story was a retelling of the Camelot legend in baseball terms, would you have watched?) Another plus is the pastoral theme music by Randy Newman, which has been well utilized on sports broadcasts and "human interest" TV documentaries ever since. The baseball scenes in The Natural were staged at War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo, New York.
CREDITS:
TM & © Sony (1984)
Cast: Wilford Brimley, Richard Farnsworth, Robert Redford, George Wilkosz, Glenn Close
Director: Barry Levinson
Producers: Philip M. Breen, Robert F. Colesberry, Mark Johnson, Roger Towne
Screenwriters: Bernard Malamud, Roger Towne, Phil Dusenberry
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[@txlonghorn82]

The symbolism in this scene is overpowering. Her hat catching sunlight around her head like a halo. Additionally she's in white, symbolizing all that is still good in him. He has fallen into a slump due to some poor choices, but now he is reminded of where he came from and that still dwells in him. The infusion of the good, the light is so strong (like the energy stored in a stretched elastic band) when released in the last last swing it overcomes all that that is dark and all the time that has passed. And of all things, what does it smash...a clock, a symbol of the time passed and that is also defeated.

[@astralplainer]

Great observations! It's also the third strike, as in he 'rises' again after his slump!

[@HipsterDoofus100]

Yea we all watched the movie

[@steven.events]

The ball sails through the number 6.

[@mikecotto1167]

Whoa, I never put the significance of him striking the clock with his slump and his return to form afterwards. Good eye on that.

[@hanzo2657]

Thank you for sharing your insight. You are no doubt correct concerning whiteness, goodness, potentiality, and time. We say that (actively), clocks stike (and determine). But this is a scene of them being sticken, spoiling the dark spell of determination, and by a human, assuming, or regaining, some control over time with the help of goodness (like txlonghorn82 says). If you watch more of the movie, you will see it is old love which still believes in the some remaining goodness in the loved. Wasn't she the mother of Roy's son who still loved him as the unknown father of her son?

[@zacbryant7344]

Roy Hobbs weakness: fast and loose attractive women. Roy Hobbs strength: people that actually love and respect him.

[@drby0788]

This movie has some of the best cinematography. Those shots of Glenn close in the crowd are awesome!.

[@99tubalcain]

Caleb Deschanel. Utter genius,

[@brooklyn-baby]

@MANCHESTER UNITED me when there are less than 200 countries in the world 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️

[@seamusgallagher6860]

Where does she keep the batteries in her chapeau?

[@mcat2317]

@M Soccer is the most accessible game. Just need a ball or some sphere type object. Baseball still the best game imo. The American game. Our game.

[@michaelmathis8803]

@M Just trying to imagine a soccer analogy to the scene above...perhaps the goalies watch gets broken as our hero slams one in with the ball bouncing off the goalie's arm and into the net...! Nope just doesn't do it for me!

[@markdagostino9666]

thirty-nine years later… this scene still brings tears to my eyes. I never was a baseball player but I have always loved the game. This movie just… is a classic.

[@fredf1912]

Between this scene and the ending homer...yeah, goosebumps and tears in my eyes every time. The music, the fireworks...as uplifting a moment (or moments) as any in film history.

[@stevenclark4176]

Yes. Tears.

[@mattlapKarting]

same 100%

[@Bugnetblue]

Some things are just beautiful and this is one of them.

[@DanWint]

One of the greatest movies ever made, wish we had some now.

[@centralscrutinizer6108]

That music that plays whenever Hobbs does something otherworldly has always tugged at me since I was a kid watching this movie. Best baseball movie ever made.

[@jonathanshumpert9549]

This and Field of Dreams are my two favorite baseball movies. As I write this, it has been 2 days since James Earl Jones passed. His "baseball" speech in Field of Dreams is very moving.

[@johntucker9782]

Not even a half second after she stands ups, some guy yells "sit down!!"....lol, gets me every time.

[@heorap]

If this had been Yankee Stadium she'd have had batteries thrown at her. She got off lucky.

[@Whyistomatoafruit]

One of my favorite scenes. I love how the old guys in the crowd are miming the trajectory of the ball with their hands, and shaking their heads in wonder. God I love this movie!

[@ericcrabtree6245]

The guys from Major League were saying ‘too high’ at the crack of the bat.

[@robertfulton7556]

The crack of that bat, with that swell of the music, and then the smashing of the clock as that fanfare starts - and I fall in love with baseball for the 10,000th time. What an affair. :) Fantastic movie!

[@cws6493]

Couldn't have put it any better my friend

[@mikecotto1167]

If only baseball was played like that today. For the love of the game. It’s pretty much lost now in almost every sport these days.

[@magacop5180]

@@mikecotto1167 it was boring then and it is boring now.

[@littlerichie874]

Probably the best baseball movie ever.

[@jamesvarrone7062]

Not probably, definitely the best baseball movie ever!

[@Falconlibrary]

Father Time: The years wait for no one, Roy Hobbs. You're too old to hit home runs. Hobbs (shatters the clock): Not today, I'm not.

[@jkvs4448]

Just shows what a good woman can do.

[@cubswin3838]

gargouenzene Tears. Can't help it!

[@8fox261]

When I first started playing we still used wooden bats (aluminum bats SUCK!!!). There was no better feeling as a batter when 'getting all of the ball'. You don't even feel the ball go off the bat... and you KNOW it's going far. All of my extra-base hits were like that. The 'sweet spot' of the bat.

[@aaacomp1]

It feels exactly the same with aluminum. Like a hot knife through butter. Absolutely no resistance.

[@rickb.284]

Granted, she didn't play that huge of a part in the movie, but I personally think this was one of her better acting performances..she looks like an angel in white.

[@sidneyfrederickson3941]

That was the idea. Barry Levinson and Caleb Deschanel waited for the right day, the right time for the right angle for the sun to backlight Glenn Close. The hat was chosen so it glows in light, giving her the appearance of a guardian angel.

[@blacjackdaniels200]

Best part was Glenn Close's face when He hit the ball like "yupppp* I got it like that

[@Dloomis494]

The joy brought on from a single swing of the bat. All the problems beforehand: forgotten.

[@carlosamselle9786]

I'm an actor and just worked with Glenn Close. She really does raise your Game 🎬💪

[@simpleagain1]

One of the best ever!

[@mdarrenu]

I always admired her work and thought she must be a lovely person all around.

[@travisspenser4918]

Unless she boils your bunny rabbit Fatal Attraction

[@DerValkuure]

I'll never forget this scene. The way the sunlight hits Glenn's hat and illuminates it, makes her so angelic it is surreal. Such a well done movie.

[@inlandindieP35]

Radiant. She never looked better.

[@Kedbuka]

I love the way they caught the pitcher's head as it spins around after the ball is struck. Perfectly done. Beautiful scene.

[@DavedBenefield]

The movie was just filled with beautiful scenes.

[@WickedScott]

I never thaought about the symbolism of the clock before. Her presence transcended time and brought him back to what mattered, and he smashes the clock as if to say even time can't hold him back.

[@peterp2153]

Roy Hobbs is like a superhero. Once he starts hanging out with the bad lady everything goes bad for him. Then when his old, very pure girlfriend shows up he gets all his power back.

[@chrispmis]

Fast forward to 2019: "If you or a loved one was injured or killed by falling glass from the Wrigley Field clock, you may be entitled to a large cash settlement. Please call the law offices of Howard, Fine, and Howard."

[@mikejohnson9118]

Sir, I believe that the Law Offices of Dewey Cheatum & Howe can get them a larger lump sum award!

[@jdschrunk4900]

@@mikejohnson9118 What about the law offices of Haggin and Daz lol

[@benjaminperez7328]

Stephen P. New Stephen P. New Stephen P. New…….

[@adriamaral300]

Redeem The Time.

[@absolutman8927]

Still one of the all-time greatest baseball movies ever made.

[@danielstoddart]

Pro tip: "The Natural" isn't a baseball movie. It's a redemption movie.

[@Scribe31us]

I don't even know anything about baseball but I love this movie.

[@mallarysangel]

I recommend good headphones if you have them. The audio when the ball hits the glass is not original, but it sounds way cool.

[@stevemccart9109]

if any thing the soundtrack should have won an Oscar..god I love baseball

[@discoverspam1]

Best scene in the movie

[@DonOfPC]

The crack of the bat with the music always gives me chills.

[@Ferruccio_Guicciardi]

The final home run scene always make the hairs of my back stand up. Very emotional ending. It also shows how having a good woman at your side gives you luck and how having the wrong one makes everything go downhill. Strange and mysterious spiritual mechanics of that thing people call karma or luck or whatever name you want to call it. I get same sensation when I pick my forex trades successfully and the end up with a profit by end of business day.

[@nitramsonjack4741]

The Natural and Field of Dreams. Best baseball movies of all time!!

[@tobyhines7587]

For the Love of the Game aswell.

[@rhone733]

Major League?

[@870Rem12gauge]

There was enough corn in this film to film a Nebraska grain bin. But it worked!

[@Ferruccio_Guicciardi]

1:20 Goosebumps ... unforgettable movie ! classic !

[@mca1218]

So many wonderful nuances in this scene: Glenn Close's white brim illuminated by the sunlight at 0:05 practically gives her a halo; her instinctive decision to stand up before Redford finally hits (as someone noted before, one wonders if Roy actually saw Iris before he hit the ball- he looks into the stands with slight confusion both before and after the hit; and, of course, the smash of the clock, and his slump is over...a film with a bit of magic.

[@jkvs4448]

The time on the clock is 4:41 when it is hit. Some spiritualists regard 441 as an angelic number. Goes along with the appearance of Iris in this scene.

[@perseus-tx3zq]

Not being American never played baseball in my life. Still a wonderful film just the same. Absolutely magical.

[@perseus-tx3zq]

True and the only movie they ever made about it was Escape to Victory, which was absolute crap.

[@evansjohnc]

@M In America we invent exceptional sports and send men to the moon.

[@hazelwood55]

This reminds me of the time Greg Luzinski hit a ball off the jumbotron in right center of Veteran's Stadium so hard that the thing started smoking and malfunctioning.

[@GumbysClay53]

I was at that game!

[@gurujr]

I can remember 4 Cubs hitting the ball out of Wrigley Field then hitting the apartment buildings across the street directly with no sidewalk bounce. Dave Kingman, Glen Allen Hill, Sammy Sosa, and Karl Schwarber. I'm sure all those hits are on youtube.

[@hazelwood55]

@@gurujr I think it was the one Kingman hit that was comical. It hits the door of an old apartment building, a few seconds pass and an old woman comes out with an angry scowl on her face like, "Are you kids hitting my house with that damn ball again?"

[@hazelwood55]

@@GumbysClay53 I bet you'll never forget that.

[@Friarjohn1971]

Such a classic baseball movie. Nostalgic larger than life and epic. I love this movie. In this scene Roy even surprised himself posing in the box admiring his own power!!!

[@cubswin3838]

Tears. Love is a powerful thing! Oh, what a great moment!

[@johnnyvegass16]

Why do I tear up every time and i use to pitch and I am 43 years old?

[@stevethompson1421]

Combination of what the scene actually represents and THAT score, especially when it hits the clock. Very moving moment and I'm not a baseball fan.

[@Zapp__Brannigan]

You're not the only one. I loved this scene from when I first saw it in the theater. I was eight.

[@johnnyvegass16]

@@Zapp__Brannigan I am here 5 years later and saw this comment after watching it last night wow! What a great moment in this movie.

[@johnnyvegass16]

I love it, and you.

[@glenncharles265]

The story is an allegory. Each character represents something religious. The owner is the devil--he lives in the deep dark room equals--when she stands up look at her she's an angel in white see how rg sun shines on her head--she has a halo. He is the person who had everything and then threw it all away to the woman in black in the beginning who was the devil in another form. It was written by Bernard Malamud--terrific allegory--Kim Bassinger works for the devil and lures him out at night and he starts losing again--in the end he gains hsi redemption with God's help.

[@elaineen1]

He is later treated at a hospital maternity ward, "Born again?"

[@pepsiguy52883]

That theme wow it just makes the movie

[@manuelalvarado6510]

The home run that shattered the scoreboard clock was a foreshadowing to the home run that obliterated the stadium lights.

[@CYCROFT]

Best scene of any baseball movie imo. Randy Newman's score, the thunderclap as the ball smashes the clock at Wrigley Field, Redford's pose after striking the ball...it's beautiful, it's miraculous. I think they reaction cuts could've been done differently for greater effect but the close-ups work well enough. Truly masterful filmmaking and it makes my hair stand on end every time.

[@WilliamPFord-kp6tf]

It's not Wrigley Field and Redford has no swing.

[@fredf1912]

@@WilliamPFord-kp6tf I've played a lot of ball in my life and hit some very long balls in my day...no, that was City Honors Field in Buffalo not Wrigley, but Redford's swing wasn't bad at all. Passable as a hitter.

[@diehard7153]

Underrated film

[@Snoopydad]

This comes up a lot in comments - but its consensus one of the greatest baseball movies of all time so I thing the underrated thing is overrated.

[@hoisonsauce]

I wish there was a Key and Peele type sketch about a baseball player who's great but keeps breaking things whenever he plays. Clocks, lighting, lamps, car windshields, people's glasses.

[@friotaiocht101]

What a great scene... one of if not the best baseball movie ever done...

[@michaelharkins4645]

Still gives me chills.

[@gurujr]

Who didn't have chills when Roy Hobbs broke the clock? A movie where every scene was a movie in itself.

[@Frank_Cohen]

Only time in my life I ever rooted against the Cubs :)

[@bluemoon95]

Frank Cohen lol

[@jeffreykalb9752]

Incredible American music... in the tradition of Aaron Copland.

[@hwyfan]

This scene was partly inspired by an incident involving Bama Rowell of the Boston Braves. In a game against the Brooklyn Dodgers on May 30, 1946 at Ebbets Field, Rowell hit a home run which broke the Bulova clock on the stadium's scoreboard, shattering the clock's glass. Bulova had a promotion at the time offering a nice watch to any player who managed to hit the clock with a hit ball. That was not followed through until 41 years later in 1987, when Bulova was pressured to finally follow through on the promise. The watch was presented to 71 year old Rowell on a day in his honor held by his hometown of Citronelle, Alabama.

[@davidjames7949]

great information, thanks a lot on behave of everybody who is a baseball fan!!!!

[@hippiecheezburger5457]

hwyfan I think a lot of stuff in this film is based on real life incidents in baseball and famous players

[@chandie5298]

Bulova should have been raked over the coals by the media for not honoring their own promotion. 41 years late.... what trash they are.

[@jeffreylombardo782]

As everyone has already said-the greatest Baseball Movie ever made. It encapsulates why Baseball is the greatest American sport. It's one man against one man.Hitter and Picher. It allows individualism which football does not. No other sport can evoke such emotion as Baseball does.

[@judsonkr]

No good movie could ever be made abut Cricket FFS. It is eclipsed only by soccer as the most ridiculous game ever.

[@ericolson2286]

Some great cinematography for sure throughout this movie, and some good scenes, but the baseball itself is pretty bad…Hobbs is just about always striking out on three pitches or hitting 500 foot home runs. Would’ve been nice if the writers showed just a little more creativity in Hobbs’ at bats. Maybe a pop up or a double play or two? A weak grounder?

[@pandersonnike]

Is it me, or is the glass sound much more emphasized in this clip? I don't remember the glass breaking being so prevalent.

[@alucard624]

It was remastered and redone for the HD Blu Ray release. I personally think the glass shattering sounded better in the original release.

[@TheMadMonk9]

From the time she stands up till he crosses home plate....29 scenes. Good film making is NOT easy.

[@pepsiguy52883]

The sound of the glass breaking was just awesome

[@jakewells9403]

Roy smashed that clock at twenty to five.

[@DougHanson2769]

Central Time

[@DougHanson2769]

Yes sir

[@dabaska787]

I cry every time I see this what wrong with me

[@NDR-hn3ue]

The beauty in this film is the subtlety in every scene.

[@buckeyechris21]

612 feet.

[@takaiharamoto1445]

RIP POP!

[@blahblah6725]

You have to be old to really get this.

[@1rewd133]

Thank you, Caleb Deschanel.

[@MM-fp2up]

The best feel good baseball movie ever made

[@myroastchicken]

has to be the greatest sports scene in cinema history

[@j20tower]

How can anyone give this a thumbs down?

[@sumerbc7409]

Man i watched this when I was 15 years old. What great sports movie without all the modern bs in it..

[@1sirgrandmastermrkingrober216]

Thanks.🔒

[@Gen-X-Memories]

I love earlier in this part of the movie when they briefly show the few Cubs fans watching the game from the rooftop of a neighboring building. The ultimate cheap seats!

[@daveconleyportfolio5192]

I always thought, "Wow, what a good-looking guy that Cubs pitcher is. And he really seems like a ballplayer." No wonder, because it was apparently a young Jack Scalia before he became a star on daytime TV. And he'd been a major league prospect.

[@willthetrill4849]

This is the version with the remixed sound mix for the DVD release

[@christianschneider6538]

1:23 Wtf are those photographers doing so close to the plate lol?

[@Gameburn7-ii7mh]

He stops time, hits the cover off a ball, puts the lights out.... and redeems himself and any almost-40-year-old who has never fulfilled his promise. A classic.

[@davidlarsen-tj4tn]

A great sports movie needs those “chills” scenes. For instance Rocky with training montage and the 14th round against Creed. This movie has a few of them including this one. The music is the key as well.

[@inlandindieP35]

I remember seeing this movie when I was 10 or 11 when it was on HBO. I loved the movie even though I never played baseball as a kid. My oldest turns 11 soon and he plays baseball (obsessed with the sport), and aside from some adult themes, I am looking forward to watching this with him later this year.

[@b3yourself91]

I’m surprised no one has talked about the music yet

[@nedmerrill6228]

Made today we would unfortunately have Will Smith as Roy Hobbs and movie would be ruined just like I am legend was.

[@hollywood25]

Lol I've watched this movie so many times andit just occurred to me that the Knights are the road team and the scene ended like it's a walkoff. The Cubs would still have a chance lol

[@raybon7939]

He was actually a good baseball player rob redford. He had a probationary baseball scholarship in university of Colorado. But was kicked off due, to grades. Shortly after Mr redford went traveling to France for a few years. Redford who wanted to be a painter, Returned to the u.s. became an actor got married, had two kids. But never forgot the game. I think that is where this script comes from.

[@nyjin08]

It certainly looks like he can play and based on the time of this movie he's in his late-40s. Impressive.

[@tomatkinson7854]

I believe he was a high school team mate of Hall of Famer Don Drysdale who said "Bobby could play pretty well."

[@vernonhurley1300]

Currently reading the book. Rarely is the movie better but the movie is way better. Don't bother with the book Hobbs is not as good a character.

[@peterjeffery8495]

Love it, but its a lovely fable & not really a "baseball movie". Field Of Dreams is closer but still a fable whereas Bull Durham is more genuine and sits at the top of the pile.

[@Less1leg2]

great scene, even with lighting being so cooperative. But I have to ask, who the frick wears a White chiffon dress to a dirty baseball park bleachers not thinking you are going to get mustard and cola spilled on you.

[@jameshill4900]

Rumour is other stadiums didn't want him to play. Too many repairs with clocks and the lights.

[@beachambassadors9540]

So did Roy actually see her before he belted that homer?

[@gary2kr1]

No. I do not believe so. But he did feel her presence

[@GizmoBeach]

Due to a quirky design of the ballpark, the scoreboard and clock were ~200 ft. from home plate. 😛

[@Weebs82589]

1:15 That clock was shattered. What power by Roy!

[@CrustyWhiteBread]

I love Wrigley Field.

[@christopherfoote4643]

He wasn't supposed to win in the last at bat. He was supposed to strike out. It wasn't supposed to end with him being some kind of a hero.

[@melvinsmiley8136]

That pitcher has a better Kirk Douglas chin than Kirk Douglas.

[@fkblahblah]

Folks I’m telling you I’ve seen some power before .. but certainly Hobbs…

[@pardeepkaur8762]

Glenn Close needs to show up for the Yankees in the 2022 ALCS because they can't hit a ball off a tee in this series vs Houston.

[@colinwgallagher]

Wrigley Field was played by All High Stadium in Buffalo, NY (where most of the movie was filmed). It's a single level high school football/soccer/track stadium, and they edited it to have brick walls with ivy, and added a second deck. If you pause the above video that shows the outfield seats, you can see that the second deck is filled with some of the same people as the first.

[@linksjerrylikes]

I saw the movie when I was living in Chicago when it first came out. The first time that "the Rockpile" (War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo) was introduced as Wrigley Field by a graphic, there was the biggest groan from an audience I have ever heard.

[@stevenweiler1379]

The fans and the media can really rubbish a player when they do really bad but if they do bad they get dumped if they do good they get kept on how pathetic i would tell them where to stick it if I came across them

[@JohnSekelyk]

Hollywood can’t make movies like this anymore, not sure where they when off

[@davidsmith385]

Roy made it his mission to destroy the park, first, the clock, then the lights.

[@jadentrez]

Roy Hobbs squints, thinks: "Hm. Why is that dude wearing a dress?"

[@flagtheoffense]

Movies back then tried so so so hard to convince us that Glenn Close was attractive.

[@johnclark9437]

Folks I'm telling you I've seen some power before ...

[@saemushailstorm3135]

wonderful -

[@TheKiltyONeal]

Roy Hobbs ... juicing before juicing was a thing

[@TheRoyalBavarian]

Some would say it's too fake. It's not real. But it's the reality we want