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11/05/1984 Drama 2h 17m
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He lived for a dream that wouldn't die.

Overview

An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league.

  1. Barry Levinson

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Robert Redford

    Roy Hobbs

  2. Robert Duvall

    Max Mercy

  3. Glenn Close

    Iris Gaines

  4. Kim Basinger

    Memo Paris

  5. Wilford Brimley

    Pop Fisher

  6. Barbara Hershey

    Harriet Bird

  7. Robert Prosky

    The Judge

  8. Richard Farnsworth

    Red Blow

  9. Joe Don Baker

    The Whammer

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Reviews

A review by Peter McGinn
Written by Peter McGinn on 2020-09-19
Many, many years ago when I was a bit of a sports fan, I remember reading stories about scouts who had seen athletes in the olden days like Roy Hobbs. Players who could hit a ball a mile or throw a hundred mile per hour fastball, but who never made it to the big league for some reason. But of course, this movie is based on a novel by Bernard Malamud, though there are hints of actual events here and there.

It is an entertaining movie, presenting baseball as America’s game and therefore, ultimately, above corruption. It has an old timey feel, perhaps even older than the 1939 setting that is...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$28,000,000.00

Revenue
$48,000,000.00

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