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The Natural
Based on Bernard Malamud’s modern-classic novel, The Natural is beloved by baseball fans as one of the best sports movies of all time—and despised by literary purists who squirm at the film’s sappy-happy ending, a far cry from the book’s tragic “Casey At The Bat”-meets-Shoeless Joe Jackson downfall. Robert Redford stars as Roy Hobbs, a baseball phenom whose career takes a long detour after he’s shot. As a 35-year-old rookie with a near-supernatural homemade bat, he single-handedly turns the fictional New York Knights from bumbling losers to contenders. His year is cut short after being poisoned by a gambler, but he resolves to play the final game of the championship, leading to one of sports-cinema’s most iconic finales.
Updated 09/02/2009
