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In Reply to: "The Natural" posted by rico on March 15, 2005 at 10:53:55:

I love baseball, so let me acknowledge my predjudice up front. To me, Redford is a very mediocre actor saved only by having had the good fortune to appear in a number of very fine films. Although he was really too old to play the role of Roy Hobbs, he actually does a fairly credible job. Kim Basinger is just awful as femme fatale Memo Paris, so maybe Redford just looks good in comparison. This isn't the best work done by Close and Hershey, either-all of the female roles come up poorly, IMO.
What do I enjoy about it? Let's start with Brimley and Farnsworth as Pop Fischer and Red, the Sunshine Boys of the dugout. Uncredited Darrin McGavin is superb as the shady gambling shark Gus Sands, Robert Duvall does his usual terrific work as sleazy sportswriter Max Mercy, and Robert Prosky is wonderfully sinister as the corrupt Judge. You mentioned the wonderful setting of War Memorial stadium and the beautiful cinematography. I love Randy Newman's score, too-one of his very best.
The screenwriters completely changed the original dark ending of Bernard Malamud's novel for the film.

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Topic - "The Natural" - rico 10:53:55 03/15/05 (6)

Displacement of Arthurian myth - Bulkington 12:16:40 03/15/05 (2)

Re: Displacement of Arthurian myth - rico 12:53:37 03/15/05 (0)

Or Perceval. . . . - Bulkington 12:28:37 03/15/05 (0)

What a bomb! It fails, quite obviuosly, - tinear 12:10:43 03/15/05 (0)

I have mixed feelings about this one - padreken 11:17:46 03/15/05 (0)

Re: "The Natural" - rico 10:58:52 03/15/05 (0)

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I have mixed feelings about this one - padreken 11:17:46 03/15/05 (0)

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