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Posted By: Bottom of the Ninth
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way off topic |
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O/T and ok since it's from an active board participant..........later |
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Posted By: Dan Bretta
I hope they don't paint Rickey as some sugar coated angel from Heaven. Even though he was instrumental in breaking the color-line he did a lot to hold baseball back with his treatment of minor league players in the 20's and 30's. |
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Posted By: Bob Marquette
let's hope that Jackie is also portrayed with his flaws and problems. Tremendous courage and perserverance but not a saint by any means. |
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Posted By: Darren J. Duet
Who'll play Jackie? If the film is well done and publicly received, it will be a boon to his cards. |
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Posted By: Julie
of whom even collect baseball cards, who NEVER HEARD OF HIM, that would be a good thing! |
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Posted By: Scott Forrest
I still think "the Natural" is the best baseball movie ever - Redford is obviously in his element when it comes to baseball. |
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Posted By: Julie
I think "The Sting," or "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" are SO SO much better than The Natural, that it isn't even worth taklking about. |
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Posted By: Bob Marquette
I don't think the Natural is the greatest baseball movie ever but it is up there. Personally I vote for Bang the Drum Slowly with Robert DeNiro. |
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Posted By: Scott Forrest
Redford did have a sweet swing. I won't argue with you about the quality of the movie, as it's a matter of personal opinion. A friend of mine thinks "Bull Durham" is the greatest baseball movie - I think it sucks, but primarily because Kevin Costner and Susan Sarandon are much more into making political statements than improving their acting. Tim Robbins "Nuke" character was the best thing he's done other than "Shawshank Redemption". |
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Posted By: Sean Coe
I don't think "The Natural" was meant in any way to be realistic. It is a modern fairy tale, and yes its unabashedly sentimental with rather stock characters, but nonetheless very entertaining. |
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Posted By: Glenn
They're re-making The Bad News Bears. I always enjoyed the original. |
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Posted By: Parks
Redford has the best swing? NO WAY! |
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Posted By: Max Weder
Forget about The Bad News Bears...I'm waiting for the DVD of Slide, Kelly, Slide |
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Posted By: Julie
That's a very interesting list of films, Max "The Baseball Game" 1898? |
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Posted By: Bottom of the Ninth
and I did enjoy Eight Men Out. |
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Posted By: PASJD
Anyone seen "Pride of the Yankees" (Gary Cooper/Teresa Wright)or "Fear Strikes Out" (Anthony Perkins/Karl Malden)? They don't make em, even baseball movies, like they used to. |
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Posted By: Bob Marquette
The trouble with 8 Men Out is that while interesting and entertaining, it could never measure up to the book. I was lucky enough to get a first edition of it on ebay and also a first edition of The Year The Yankees Lost the Pennant with dustjacket (later made in to Damn Yankees). So, yes, some of us do read. |
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Posted By: Julie
I didn't know you were a religious man, Hensen. |
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Posted By: Bob Marquette
A Soldier's Story was filmed at Fort Chaffee which was is about 5 miles from here in Arkansas. A couple of my American Legion baseball players appeared as extras. |
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Posted By: Dan Bretta
The Natural is a fine movie, and definitely one of my favorites. It seems to blend many of baseball's myths into one film. It is vastly different from the book. The book is excellent and Roy Hobbs is much more human. His faults are explored in detail and he comes off as rather pathetic. I won't say more in case there are others reading this that will read the book someday. |
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