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  • @wildbill5670
    @wildbill5670 5 років тому +1205

    I brought this movie over to my dad's house (VHS tape, remember that?) and recommended he watch it. After a few days I asked him if he watched it and what he thought of it. He said "that was the best movie I ever saw". I sure miss him. I loved him beyond measure. I'm 66 now and lost my father 5 years ago. I miss him every day. No matter how old you are when you lose a parent that you love there is a little guy inside you that hurts.

    • @beauxbinion8405
      @beauxbinion8405 5 років тому +24

      God Bless you

    • @skyler188
      @skyler188 5 років тому +17

      right there with you, wild bill.

    • @melperry3576
      @melperry3576 4 роки тому +12

      welcome to the club, everything has its own time

    • @Niawen2011
      @Niawen2011 4 роки тому +32

      I know just what you mean, friend. I lost my dad when I was 12. I'm 67 now and I still weep for his company some times.

    • @markw3598
      @markw3598 4 роки тому +16

      Field of Dreams does that to me!!.

  • @tomedwards1879
    @tomedwards1879 2 роки тому +95

    Nobody could play that role like Robert Redford. He's the real Natural.

    • @chriscoxvox5800
      @chriscoxvox5800 2 роки тому +9

      His acting skills aside, his athleticism is totally believable. That’s because he actually played in high school. One of his teammates was eventual hall of famer Don Drysdale. His pitching and hitting form are both very good, so that when he strikes out the Babe or knocks the cover off the ball, you buy it. It never bumps you as is the case in some movies where the actor clearly isn’t a natural athlete.

  • @christopherfoote4643
    @christopherfoote4643 3 роки тому +89

    The music ought to have won an Academy Award. Randy Newman.

    • @francus7227
      @francus7227 5 місяців тому +1

      I love L.A. !
      We love it !

    • @mikel5582
      @mikel5582 5 місяців тому

      ​@@francus7227 "Short people got no reason"

    • @michaelgawel5823
      @michaelgawel5823 4 місяці тому +2

      That music has an incredible Aaron Copland sound to it!

    • @delynndehardt1859
      @delynndehardt1859 4 місяці тому

      Has Newman ever won for his scores? He should have. Toy Story alone is a tour de force.

  • @Troubleshooter125
    @Troubleshooter125 9 місяців тому +16

    Randy Newman's soundtrack for _The Natural_ is arguably the best work he ever did. To listen to the background music as Hobbs steps to the plate sets the calm before the storm. Then, after Strike One, the high woodwinds create tension and the following French Horns let you know that SOMETHING IS COMING. Crack of the bat, the lightning strike, and the Wonderboy theme confirms it.
    This soundtrack is *EPIC.* Nothing less than that.

    • @VinceLyle2161
      @VinceLyle2161 5 місяців тому +2

      I'd be willing to bet he listened to a lot of Aaron Copland before starting to write. I hear echoes of Fanfare for the Common Man and Rodeo in the score.

    • @terryhancockroc6560
      @terryhancockroc6560 3 місяці тому +1

      The way the radio announcer fades out and the background music swells like Hobbs is focusing. Incredible sequence. Like a primer on *sound* alone.

    • @maxsteele4555
      @maxsteele4555 Місяць тому

      His soundtrack for Little Women is fantastic as well.

  • @sjaywjayw70
    @sjaywjayw70 Рік тому +12

    I hate baseball, but I love baseball movies. And this is the #1 baseball movie of all time.

  • @fortis6258
    @fortis6258 Рік тому +29

    The "Natural" is one of the greatest movies certainly made. The ending scene where Hobbs blasts the ball into the floodlights is priceless.

    • @joline2730
      @joline2730 Рік тому

      fortis: Yep, all done with fireworks 👍👍💯

  • @Chrisicola
    @Chrisicola Місяць тому +4

    Just a perfectly paced and flowing movie. Absolute masterclass filmmaking.

  • @DetroitLove4U
    @DetroitLove4U Рік тому +11

    The mysticism of the 80's is unmatched - the pinnacle of originality in cinema and music cannot be more personified then from this decade as I had the luxury of growing up as a kid in it! Truly Natural!

    • @dovbarleib3256
      @dovbarleib3256 2 місяці тому

      America was a Majority Good country in the 1980s. Never perfect, but at that time, a super-majority of Americans were good people.

  • @charleshultquist9233
    @charleshultquist9233 5 років тому +271

    The soundtrack still gives me goosebumps....what a masterpiece!

    • @magsteel9891
      @magsteel9891 4 роки тому +11

      Amazing score. I didn't realize it was from Randy Newman. Anyone remember "short people"?

    • @rodlambert7330
      @rodlambert7330 4 роки тому +8

      @@magsteel9891 I Love L.A.!!!!!!

    • @jamesdunn2214
      @jamesdunn2214 3 роки тому +6

      The best baseball movie ever.

    • @sbrown9020
      @sbrown9020 3 роки тому +5

      I agree

    • @thesoultwins72
      @thesoultwins72 3 роки тому +2

      @Faggot Liberal..... You add should 'Moronic' to your profile name

  • @michaellalli7693
    @michaellalli7693 Рік тому +14

    The soundtrack is Epic throughout the entire film.

  • @shawnsmith9453
    @shawnsmith9453 Рік тому +31

    This movie, was the first movie I saw where the audience stood up as one, and applauded when The End came on the screen. Instant favorite movie. A flawless movie.

    • @sandal_thong8631
      @sandal_thong8631 Рік тому

      Funny how some critics say it should have been less Hollywood and more like the book. He's offered a bribe to throw the last game, but comes up with a counter-offer of more money. He strikes out on the last pitch, ending their season. A sports writer gets a whiff that he did it, and if he can prove it then he'll be banned and his records expunged. We got something like that in _Eight Men Out,_ so don't need another.

    • @otrnam1
      @otrnam1 5 місяців тому

      You do know in the book, Hobbs struck out.

    • @taketheredpill1452
      @taketheredpill1452 Місяць тому

      @@otrnam1 - yeah, but let's not spoil it for the others.
      The point of him striking out, at the end, is that he's facing the newer version of his young self.
      "Young John Rhodes" is the new version of Hobbs, and Hobbs is now the "Whammer."
      Admittedly, I've never read the book but I grew up with this movie and have had a lot of time to think about it.

  • @paulcastle3171
    @paulcastle3171 3 роки тому +74

    Masterpiece of a movie. The tone and atmosphere has a fairy tale quality to it, but it’s got the heart and pathos associated with missed opportunities and making up for lost time. It’s the perfect Robert Redford role, encapsulating everything wholesome about the America we still wish existed. The Arthurian and mythic set pieces are just fantastic: the lightening strikes, knocking the cover off the ball and of course...that ending. It also contains one of the most epic, spine tingling soundtracks ever committed to film. A classic and a movie that is genuinely timeless. I’ll remember Redford for many roles, The Sting, Butch and Sundance etc..but when the day comes that he inevitably passes on, it’ll be the final scenes of this film, that I’ll remember him for.

    • @mistrrhappy
      @mistrrhappy 2 роки тому +4

      I said much the same thing before reading your comment! Hobbs even carries a similar wound to that of Lancelot. Just lovely parallels to Arthurian mythology throughout.

    • @georgemallory797
      @georgemallory797 2 роки тому +4

      Quite a way with words, fella. Top notch.

    • @ImranYieldsMore
      @ImranYieldsMore 2 роки тому +1

      You said it brother...
      I think I'll remember him for a river runs through it or out of Africa. That America still exists, rest assured. Its alive in our collective memory.
      Remember Jones:
      ua-cam.com/video/7SB16il97yw/v-deo.html

    • @kodalycat906
      @kodalycat906 2 роки тому +4

      'I believe we have two lives...the one we learn with and the one we live with after that, with or without the records' or words to that effect. So much to take to heart and cherish about this film, as flawed as it is (as it should be, being a product of human endeavor). Memorable, commendable commentary (Mallory's opinion is worthy ). May this section never be turned off (it happens).

    • @peteshallcross787
      @peteshallcross787 2 роки тому +2

      So well put, Paul. Sometimes I'd play an excerpt of this movie before a big game my son was playing as I coached him so many years ago.

  • @u.ppredatorx2394
    @u.ppredatorx2394 4 роки тому +87

    Absolute best baseball film. Never get tired of rewatching it. Something about baseball that bonds fathers and sons more than any other sport

    • @flthunderdigginwrob3162
      @flthunderdigginwrob3162 3 роки тому

      agreed

    • @gurujr
      @gurujr 3 роки тому +1

      Depending on how basebally I feel top 3 in no particular order are The Natural, Field of Dreams, and Pride of the Yankees. Honorable mention to Bad News Bears, 42, and Eight Men Out.

    • @bigassdummy46
      @bigassdummy46 3 роки тому +2

      @@gurujr Bull Durham is the best

    • @stevemeredith9022
      @stevemeredith9022 2 роки тому +1

      Yes it is a great baseball film it is also a great movie on its own. 🇦🇺

    • @terryhancockroc6560
      @terryhancockroc6560 2 роки тому

      Nailed it.

  • @johnnyspeed8852
    @johnnyspeed8852 3 роки тому +17

    My Dad was never a huge sports guy, but the one thing he did do was teach us how to play baseball.
    I lost both my parents in January, and, going through their things, I actually found the glove he bought me as a kid. Great memories.
    Always loved baseball, and always loved this movie... 😌

    • @StephenPaulTroup
      @StephenPaulTroup 29 днів тому

      My dad passed 8 years ago, I still have my glove as a kid and his. Priceless.

  • @rayc.8555
    @rayc.8555 4 роки тому +7

    So many amazing actors in this movie. Along with the writing and directing. I never get tired of watching this movie.

  • @acampbell2662
    @acampbell2662 2 роки тому +20

    This is one of those movies that never gets old. Absolutely timeless

  • @garrison6863
    @garrison6863 Рік тому +2

    IMO, the best sports movie ever. Excellent cast, adroit direction, beautiful photography, and Redford was just excellent.

  • @YoRon427
    @YoRon427 4 роки тому +63

    The guy who says "we want a real ball" won an Academy award for his acting in this scene..

    • @johntchai79
      @johntchai79 3 роки тому +8

      lol!!!!

    • @vanorsdelry
      @vanorsdelry 3 роки тому +2

      He was as campy as the lightning strike.

    • @fredflinstone8843
      @fredflinstone8843 3 роки тому +2

      Hahaha really?!?

    • @marcelo088
      @marcelo088 3 роки тому +1

      But the yarn was a ball though 😂

    • @johntucker9782
      @johntucker9782 3 роки тому +3

      The guy who made the ball of yarn won for special effects too...beat out the first Terminator.

  • @uio890138
    @uio890138 3 роки тому +9

    This movie has so many great moments in it.

  • @scopex2749
    @scopex2749 4 місяці тому +1

    I could watch this movie - over and over and over and over and............................THE BEST Baseball film out there!

  • @droboogie8465
    @droboogie8465 3 роки тому +34

    Well, if it's wrong to break out into tears while watching this scene then I don't want to be right. What greatness on multiple levels.

    • @kristopherjames1742
      @kristopherjames1742 5 місяців тому

      When he breaks Wonderboy and the kid brings him the Savoy Special that he helped the kid make he made as a replacement. That one gets me every single time.

    • @Stevesautopartsify
      @Stevesautopartsify 5 місяців тому

      You are definitely not alone friend! 😢

  • @operator6471
    @operator6471 4 роки тому +36

    oh man, I just want more big films like this with big epic scores. I remember the moment I first saw this scene, sent chills down me. " well welcome to the majors, Mr Hobbs" gawd so great.

  • @adamshotts6097
    @adamshotts6097 3 роки тому +2

    One of the BEST all time baseball movies. I remember this movie from my childhood n now watch it anytime I want on dvd. Rip manager of the Knights

  • @jimregan2006
    @jimregan2006 4 роки тому +12

    Can never get enough of this wonderful movie.!

  • @jerryc3093
    @jerryc3093 3 роки тому +8

    This is the best three minutes of this great movie. The music, the cinematography, the perfect capturing of the whole feel of the classical era of baseball. You don't have to be a sports fan to appreciate it, you just have to be human. The haunting echo of the stadium announcer reporting Hobbs at bat, followed by the radio announcer's play by play - perfectly done to capture every ounce of the moment.

    • @chicagomike4587
      @chicagomike4587 Рік тому +1

      Yep - pretty sure that is the director playing the announcer, very well I might add. Barry Levinson had that old time radio voice and inflection nailed imo.

  • @StephenPaulTroup
    @StephenPaulTroup 5 років тому +359

    The scene is deep on many levels. At the end Hobbs is left standing alone on 3rd base in the rain, fans turn their backs and can't wait to leave to get out of the rain and the managers & umpires are too busy arguing with each other. Everyone has such tunnel vision they cannot see greatness right in front of their eyes. This happens everyday.

    • @ryansmithsonwork
      @ryansmithsonwork 5 років тому +16

      You also never know how important an open door might be to certain people. This was Hobbs' open door.

    • @rouncer74
      @rouncer74 4 роки тому +21

      I’ve seen this movie 50 times. As a child I fell in love with it. The following year I quit football and played baseball after the emotional impact this movie had on me.
      Your insight to this scene never occurred to me until I read your post, and how true your comment is. Thankyou for your post. Brilliant .

    • @LambeauLeeeper
      @LambeauLeeeper 4 роки тому +6

      I know i live it..

    • @michaelhorner4011
      @michaelhorner4011 4 роки тому +7

      Well said :)

    • @shiratake1974
      @shiratake1974 3 роки тому +2

      That’s a great juxtaposition.

  • @donlittle732
    @donlittle732 2 місяці тому +2

    When Hobbs connects and I hear the crack of the bat, my mind travels back to when I was a boy playing baseball and as a younger man playing softball. I can still feel the bat in my hands and that sensation of a really good hit. Solid connection and the follow through. No better feeling. Where did it go?

  • @richardremick1639
    @richardremick1639 Рік тому +2

    One of my favorite movies ever I saw this when I was 12 playing baseball myself. Robert Duvall is magical. The entire cast . Everything about this movie is magical

  • @warwolf6359
    @warwolf6359 Рік тому +3

    What a great movie! A timeless heroes journey told through baseball. Fantastic!

  • @jkvs4448
    @jkvs4448 29 днів тому +2

    0:27 That thunder rumbling when WONDERBOY is unleashed is excellent...

  • @gregorygreene1940
    @gregorygreene1940 5 місяців тому +9

    Everything about this movie is amazing but the 3 vignettes of Hobbs at the plate are masterpieces. Randy Newman will never get enough credit for that superb score.

  • @writereducator
    @writereducator 5 років тому +15

    An absolutely masterful movie scene. One of many in this magnificent film!

  • @CrustyWhiteBread
    @CrustyWhiteBread Рік тому +2

    *'That's not a ball, we want a REAL ball!!!'*
    Kinda makes the whole scene come together.
    Quite possibly the best movie of all time.

  • @palmswede
    @palmswede Рік тому +1

    That is one of my favorite scenes. It gives me goosebumps every time I watch it.

  • @bcellable
    @bcellable 3 роки тому +2

    Quite possibly the best movie about baseball ever.

  • @robertjohnson8938
    @robertjohnson8938 5 років тому +12

    One of the top movies of all time

  • @robertzaleski5722
    @robertzaleski5722 5 років тому +6

    How great is this movie. Barry Levinson at his best. So many unforgettable scenes and lines. "I should have bee a famer, Red". "You have a gift Roy, but it's not enough." " I believe we have two lives: the one we learn with, and the one we live after that." Wonderboy made from a tree struck by lighting. A force outside himself after his Dad has died. This film has been with me since it first came out. It made so much sense after I came into middle age. Life has so many odd turns. So many chances to follow the wrong roads. A fable to love and redemption wrapped around the enduring National pastime. What a show.

    • @thesoultwins72
      @thesoultwins72 5 років тому +1

      Robert Zaleski...…...''My life didn't turn out the way I thought it would....'' ''I guess some mistakes we never stop paying for.....''

  • @jpn5525
    @jpn5525 3 роки тому +4

    One of the best movies of all time!

  • @MJElling2
    @MJElling2 2 роки тому +2

    I love the cinematography of this movie and the subtleness of so many of the side characters interactions and reactions. Just the glance of an eye at times in this movie adds such depth.

  • @sfgiantswschamps22
    @sfgiantswschamps22 4 роки тому +9

    "That's no ball! We want a real ball!" This was my favorite movie growing up. Still is. Simply because I loved baseball and it's the first movie I remember watching with my dad.

  • @besanzaz
    @besanzaz 5 років тому +4

    This is such a great Movie. Saw it when it came out (80s?) and can see it again any time. Just a beautiful All American Story. Love it.

  • @SheridanJazz
    @SheridanJazz 5 років тому +32

    One of the greatest movies ever made, sports or otherwise.

  • @alecpatton5697
    @alecpatton5697 5 років тому +105

    Tomorrow my oldest son has his first baseball game. Tonight we played this clip for bedtime. :)

    • @Foomba
      @Foomba  5 років тому +5

      Good luck! I loved baseball as a kid.

    • @salinacarter1342
      @salinacarter1342 4 роки тому +2

      Great story...and when I clicked like...saw your name...that was my son's name

    • @Whyistomatoafruit
      @Whyistomatoafruit 4 роки тому +1

      Sounds like something my parents would do!❤️

    • @flthunderdigginwrob3162
      @flthunderdigginwrob3162 3 роки тому +1

      Awesome Alec

    • @jpn5525
      @jpn5525 3 роки тому +1

      Alec Patton, My sons are grown now but everytime I pass by a ballfield I wish I could go back to the days when we went to their games! Enjoy and cherish every minute because it passes too quickly. And don't forget to sit down with your kids and watch the entire movie!

  • @godfather4377
    @godfather4377 Рік тому +3

    I found it cool that even Bump was impressed. He could have been bitter he was benched for him. But the look on his face was pretty epic. He was just like damn, that's incredible.

  • @sethl5451
    @sethl5451 5 місяців тому +2

    I did that once as a kid. Popped a seam and it unraveled.
    Great movie!

    • @gregklein547
      @gregklein547 4 місяці тому +1

      Yes..
      Me too.the string went over the
      electric wires.
      Baseball was my 1st love next to Annette Funicello.
      Still remember my 1st glove
      cheap as all get out. Remember trying to catch my 1st pop up...over ran it. Remember Rocky
      Colovito hit 4 home runs in one game on tv. I got cut from pony league. Me and another guy were
      The last two...and that ended
      My Baseball career. Played a lot of
      Softball later in service and church leagues. Looking back if I would have had some real coaching I could have been a NATURAL. I had
      ADHD but back then that was not even a thing. Loved football and basketball. Oh well just reminiscing
      Saw this movie years ago but I need to see again. Also love
      FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME.Kevin Costner

  • @practicalmoderntennis4368
    @practicalmoderntennis4368 3 роки тому +2

    The casting, the music, the story line, the cinematography. It doesn’t get better than this.

    • @johnnyguitar6639
      @johnnyguitar6639 2 роки тому +1

      True.Oh So true. They don't make em like this anymore. Were it all comes together in harmony. The music the acting the camera work. Everything just fit together perfectly and streamlined

    • @ericolson2286
      @ericolson2286 Рік тому

      The story is entertaining, but the baseball itself is awful…Hobbs is basically Dave Kingman…either hitting a 500-foot home run (the triple in this scene being the lone exception), or striking out 1-2-3. A slumping Hobbs could be shown grounding into a double play, popping up in a big spot with runners on. The writers showed such little creativity with the actual in-game action. Hitters didn’t whiff nearly as much in that era to begin with!

  • @bensisko4651
    @bensisko4651 4 роки тому +3

    I LOVE this movie! I mean when you heard the slight ripple of thunder in the distance when he takes "WonderBoy" out of the case, and then later that music starts and that look in his eye.... they NAILED those scenes in this movie!

  • @anb740
    @anb740 2 роки тому +15

    I loved it when Brimley told him jokingly to ‘knock the cover off!”
    How prophetic was that! 😳

    • @fifthbusiness1678
      @fifthbusiness1678 5 місяців тому +1

      Was he joking?

    • @atticstattic
      @atticstattic 4 місяці тому

      ​@@fifthbusiness1678
      Knowing how hard Roy could hit, I'm sure he wasn't surprised when it happened 😊

  • @mariocisneros911
    @mariocisneros911 5 років тому +19

    I love how the stadium announcer sounds on those old fashion speakers. Remind me of of the old ballparks and my time there

  • @bradgaines
    @bradgaines 5 років тому +17

    This movie gives me constant goosebumps.

  • @mikeyoung9810
    @mikeyoung9810 5 років тому +7

    This part always makes me smile. Believe it or not, this reminds me of baseball back in the '60's when I was a kid listening to Bob Gibson pitch with Cardinals on the radio and then the first season of the Royals. Baseball doesn't feel like this anymore.

  • @richarddombakly413
    @richarddombakly413 3 роки тому +4

    I loved every bit,from the grandeur,the comody&the symmetry of the soundtrack, loved it then &still get a kick out of it now,even though I've seen it too many times.

  • @johnnyguitar6639
    @johnnyguitar6639 4 роки тому +6

    The soundtrack to this movie is soo amazing

  • @thomasjasper4031
    @thomasjasper4031 4 роки тому +21

    Honestly a extremely underrated movie has more to it than just sports

    • @wildbill5670
      @wildbill5670 4 роки тому

      I've said for many years that there are two men who are either in the movie or directed the movie that you can rest assured will be a good movie and that is Sean Penn and Robert Redford.

  • @jeffkelsey-2030
    @jeffkelsey-2030 Рік тому +1

    Something about the audio of the "chhhhhhhh" sweep of dirt by Hobbs as he takes his stance and then later the "chhhsh...chhhsh..." of the slow mo running steps through the puddle is so satisfying. But the director/editor had the sense to not over dwell on any one detail either. The small audio details throughout on top of the epic score make the scene stand out.
    Also whoever played the catcher did a perfect job of emoting the appropriate mixture of arrogance and yet amused curiosity at Hobbs.

  • @ManuelCampos-xl5yx
    @ManuelCampos-xl5yx 5 років тому +4

    My history teacher, showed it to our class, for a few days, great! Movie then, great! Movie now. Probably thee only thing I remember from high school 🤣

  • @AgeofCraccadilliaassent
    @AgeofCraccadilliaassent 4 місяці тому +1

    Oh love the horns its perfect would have loveed to been able to play this ❤

  • @mikeyoung9810
    @mikeyoung9810 5 років тому +32

    The rumble of that thunder is such a great omen.

  •  4 роки тому +1

    The Natural...one of the best baseball movies ever made. Field of Dreams ranks right up there with it.

  • @potito5
    @potito5 2 роки тому +1

    My favorite baseball movie...hands down

  • @jatco84
    @jatco84 Місяць тому

    Great scene...one of many from that movie. Great casting too..!

  • @robertaustin2355
    @robertaustin2355 4 місяці тому +2

    Baseball has a romantic side to it that no other sport is able to capture. The Sound Track is maybe top 5 ever

  • @dave131
    @dave131 3 роки тому +2

    The most perfect music for a scene.
    Chills.

  • @TTony-tu6dm
    @TTony-tu6dm 4 роки тому +22

    If you love baseball, like I do, and someone asks why you love it, tell them to watch this film. If they still don’t understand they never will

  • @ariplatt8192
    @ariplatt8192 5 місяців тому +1

    Epic soundtrack. Just Epic
    And where they doing that little guy “we want a real ball!” lol.

  • @peteshallcross787
    @peteshallcross787 2 роки тому

    Me too, Don and I'm a big Randy Newman fan. What an artist!
    When my 27 yr old son was little and we were fishing when he caught a good fish he would emulate the music: Do do...Do DO do do! 'That's not a ball! We want a real ball!" Hahahaha!

  • @puck30
    @puck30 Рік тому +1

    You don't even have to be a fan of the game to love this movie ❤

  • @Sameoldfitup
    @Sameoldfitup 3 роки тому +52

    “Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams.

    • @williamturner1517
      @williamturner1517 3 роки тому

      A Late Quartet . all time is NOW.

    • @essexginge9167
      @essexginge9167 3 роки тому

      has is ever struck you that we are in a simulation and we dream these things to be to keep ourselves sane -----PTW

  • @chrisstockwell9235
    @chrisstockwell9235 2 роки тому

    For me it's the natural and for love of the game, 2 best baseball movies by 2 iconic actors

  • @hippiecheezburger5457
    @hippiecheezburger5457 5 років тому +11

    what a classic portrayal of what a legendary baseball player could be, this movie makes baseball authentic and heroic

  • @2345allthebest
    @2345allthebest 5 місяців тому +1

    My Natural Story goes back to '97... My oldest boy was 5 years old and watched with me.. of course I'd seen it in the theater 13 years earlier... he was entranced... he thought The Natural was a true story until he was like 16 😎... If you took some of the greatest moments of the game and combined them into 1 player, it could be...that in itself is amazing

  • @rdm1000
    @rdm1000 14 днів тому

    A great movie made even greater by the music of Randy Newman, which was other-worldly; one of the best original scores in movie history. It was nominated for an Oscar and should have one. Instead Maurice Jarre won for "A Passage to India." Was that good music? It was. But I haven't listened to that music once since seeing the movie, while I have listened to Newman's music hundreds of times. It is perfect. Most movie scores are background. This music is part of the film. It brings the film to life, it is part of it, an inseparable cast member.

  • @manueldeabreu1980
    @manueldeabreu1980 5 років тому +33

    The guy that was suppose to play the radio announcer never showed up. That is actually the director delivering the lines.

  • @DanWint
    @DanWint 7 місяців тому +1

    One of the best movies ever made, to bad they can't do it today.

  • @Condor1970
    @Condor1970 Рік тому +4

    It's a very subtle metaphor showing the synergistic relationship between his love of baseball, and his love for Iris. Whenever he becomes distracted and strays off the path of either one, his life becomes a literal catastrophe. But when he stays on the path, greatness follows. The lightning strike is the sign of divine or supernatural intervention to ensure his resulting greatness when he simply stays on that path, in order to achieve his destiny.

  • @cynthiaerickson3646
    @cynthiaerickson3646 5 років тому +10

    Its nice to be reminded how good looking Redford was and talented.gorgeous man inside and out

    • @donboyer1320
      @donboyer1320 4 роки тому +1

      cynthia Erickson ....did you notice him as the Angel of Death in the original Twilight Zone series? Great looking guy! Yikes!

  • @manlymcstud8588
    @manlymcstud8588 3 роки тому +14

    gives me chills every time, the lightning is like a message from God.

  • @petervandenbroeck4183
    @petervandenbroeck4183 2 роки тому +4

    Anyone who has played Baseball as a kid in high school or little league knows how special it was to just put on a uniform and begin spring training. Its why baseball is the best of all sports.

  • @kj6446
    @kj6446 5 років тому +49

    I love this movie...so much I bought a Knights team jacket, and I love that too!

    • @tied2dye1
      @tied2dye1 5 років тому

      LOL liar u bought a Vegas Knights jacket duh

    • @kj6446
      @kj6446 5 років тому +1

      @@tied2dye1 ebbets field flannels Google it

    • @tied2dye1
      @tied2dye1 5 років тому

      @@kj6446 don't wear jammies LOL

    • @kj6446
      @kj6446 5 років тому +4

      @@tied2dye1 as much as I enjoy enjoy a debate with a dazzling conversationalist such as yourself I think I'll depart here

    • @gregrogers4853
      @gregrogers4853 5 років тому

      awesome brother!

  • @Westhelockpicker
    @Westhelockpicker 4 роки тому +1

    My favorite movie growing up! If you played ball who wouldn't wish they could be him!!

  • @crudeoil70
    @crudeoil70 2 роки тому +2

    I get choked up every time I watch this scene. Imagining how long Roy Hobbs wanted to hear his name announced over the loud speaker in the Majors.

  • @rbinatorr7761
    @rbinatorr7761 4 роки тому +1

    Such a great movie...timeless

  • @Zombie1Boy
    @Zombie1Boy 4 роки тому +14

    Nice little touch when Hobbs lays off the first pitch. Gives the ump the look because he knows its a ball, lol.

  • @mistrrhappy
    @mistrrhappy 2 роки тому +4

    The Natural manages to capture the mythology of "Americana" and wrap it all into the game of baseball, while making it Arthurian and classical. Hobbs is Arthur and Lancelot amalgamated into a midwestern sports hero; he carries an homage to Excalibur in the form of a baseball bat hewn from a tree struck by lightning, an everyman graced with otherworldly talent and noble purpose, but not immune to the failings of mortal men, either. The Natural, Field of Dreams, and A League of Their Own are my three favorite baseball movies.

  • @kevinaldrich5650
    @kevinaldrich5650 Місяць тому

    Yet another scene in this film that his genius storytelling and music combined. Plus, it is mythological, Roy doing what a baseball god could do, knock the cover off the ball.

  • @bertmustin
    @bertmustin 4 роки тому +35

    This movie really feels like a movie made many years earlier than 1984.

  • @paulw176
    @paulw176 5 років тому +46

    i knocked the cover off a Hostess Snowball once. I ate that bad boy.

  • @stevewisniewski5860
    @stevewisniewski5860 3 роки тому

    That’s baseball. Thank you for creating such a beautiful movie.

  • @DavidRoethel
    @DavidRoethel 5 місяців тому

    How can you not smile when looking at Robert Redford.

  • @c5d53g2e
    @c5d53g2e 5 років тому +12

    Phenomenal film!!!

  • @steveparker8785
    @steveparker8785 4 роки тому +1

    A really great scene form a terrific movie!

  • @5oranger
    @5oranger 2 роки тому

    My favorite movie of all time as it has something for both boys and men, it's what we all dream of.

  • @Nighthawke70
    @Nighthawke70 4 роки тому +46

    RIP Wilford Brimley.

    • @IlluminovaNibiru
      @IlluminovaNibiru 4 роки тому

      Nighthawke70 I thought he died like 25 years ago

    • @Nighthawke70
      @Nighthawke70 4 роки тому

      @@IlluminovaNibiru Google it. 1 August 2020

    • @ShadyLurker16
      @ShadyLurker16 4 роки тому

      The Diabeetus finally caught up with him eh....

  • @joecola6487
    @joecola6487 Рік тому

    Poetry. The greatest understand this on a heart level. Word manifest. Be a blessing not a curse .

  • @dukevega1972
    @dukevega1972 10 місяців тому +1

    My dad isn't a film buff like me, but this is one of his favorite movies.

  • @adrianboyddodd8007
    @adrianboyddodd8007 5 місяців тому

    This and "The Rookie" are the best baseball movies ever.

  • @igonzalez0
    @igonzalez0 3 роки тому

    I was a kid when i saw this movie in theaters...awesome movie!!!

  • @DavidRoethel
    @DavidRoethel 5 місяців тому

    Every time I see Robert Redford all I can do is smile.

  • @WAM4EVER
    @WAM4EVER 3 роки тому

    I love this movie so much.

  • @CaneFu
    @CaneFu 3 роки тому +2

    Roy Hobbs was one of the greatest to ever play the game even though his career was so short because of his late start. My grandpa was listening to this game live on the radio when Hobbs knocked the cover off the ball and my grandpa knew history was being made as he was the first one to ever do this. To the best of my knowledge only one other guy ever knocked the cover off the ball in baseball since then and it was Bryce Harper who played MLB for the Washington Nationals.

    • @chrismacola9945
      @chrismacola9945 3 роки тому +1

      There really was a guy named Hobbs that played baseball?

    • @timothywayne3813
      @timothywayne3813 3 роки тому

      Roy Hobbs was a fictional character based on the real life of Eddie Waitkus. In the early years of the game baseballs were used over and over again so some baseballs actually had the covers knocked off because they were so old and beat up. In June of 2017 Harper hit a tapper foul and the ball was cut open with some of its guts hanging out, but the cover was still intact. Americans do love their myths and that's one of the things this movie is about.

    • @johnboy2349
      @johnboy2349 2 роки тому

      @@chrismacola9945 Yes, played in the majors in the late 30s.