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The Natural (film)

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The Natural is a 1984 American sports drama film adaptation of Bernard Malamud's 1952 baseball novel of the same name, directed by Barry Levinson and starring Robert Redford, Glenn Close, and Robert Duvall. [1]

87 relations: Aaron Copland, Academy Awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Akron Beacon Journal, Alan Fudge, All-High Stadium, Amazon (company), American football, Angelo P. Graham, Babe Ruth, Barbara Hershey, Barry Levinson, Bernard Malamud, Bill Simmons, Bloomington, Illinois, Bob Costas, Bruce Weintraub, Buffalo, New York, Cal Ripken Jr., Caleb Deschanel, Chicago, Chicago Cubs, Curt Schilling, Damning with faint praise, Darren McGavin, David Ansen, Eddie Waitkus, Elmer Bernstein, ESPN, Fandango (company), Film adaptation, Film score, Frank Deford, Gene Siskel, Glenn Close, Goldmine (magazine), Hoosiers (film), James Berardinelli, Joe Don Baker, John Finnegan (actor), John Simon (critic), Kim Basinger, King Arthur, Kirk Gibson, Leonard Maltin, Mark Johnson (producer), Mel Bourne, Michael Madsen, Mike Starr (actor), MLB Network, ..., National Review, New York and Lake Erie Railroad, Newsweek, Odyssey, Olympic Games, Phil Dusenberry, Pinch hitter, Pittsburgh Pirates, Randy Newman, Review aggregator, Richard Farnsworth, Robert Duvall, Robert Prosky, Robert Redford, Roger Angell, Roger Ebert, Rotten Tomatoes, Ruth Ann Steinhagen, Sibby Sisti, South Dayton, New York, Sports film, Sports Illustrated, Stu Linder, Ted Williams, The Natural, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time (magazine), Tony Ferrara, TriStar Pictures, Variety (magazine), Voice-over, War Memorial Stadium (Buffalo, New York), Warner Bros. Records, WDOE, Wilford Brimley, Wrigley Field. Expand index (37 more) »

Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900December 2, 1990) was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later a conductor of his own and other American music.

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Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are a set of 24 awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership.

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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS (often pronounced as am-pas), also known as simply the Academy) is a professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motion pictures.

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Akron Beacon Journal

The Akron Beacon Journal is a morning newspaper in Akron, Ohio, United States, and published by Black Press.

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Alan Fudge

Alan Fudge (February 27, 1944 – October 10, 2011) was an American actor known for being part of the cast of four television programs: Man from Atlantis, Eischied, Paper Dolls and Bodies of Evidence, along with a recurring role (eighteen appearances over eight years, as of 2005) on 7th Heaven.

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All-High Stadium

All-High Stadium (Robert E. Rich All-High Stadium) is a football stadium in Buffalo, New York.

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Amazon (company)

Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon, is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company based in Seattle, Washington that was founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994.

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American football

American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

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Angelo P. Graham

Angelo P. Graham is an American art director.

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Babe Ruth

George Herman "Babe" Ruth Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935.

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Barbara Hershey

Barbara Hershey (born Barbara Lynn Herzstein; February 5, 1948), once known as Barbara Seagull,Walker, Connecticut.

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Barry Levinson

Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor.

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Bernard Malamud

Bernard Malamud (April 26, 1914 – March 18, 1986) was an American novelist and short story writer.

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Bill Simmons

William John Simmons III (born September 25, 1969), is an American sports columnist, analyst, author, and podcaster.

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Bloomington, Illinois

Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of McLean County, Illinois, United States.

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Bob Costas

Robert Quinlan Costas (born March 22, 1952) is an American sportscaster, on the air for NBC Sports television since the early 1980s.

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Bruce Weintraub

Bruce Weintraub (February 28, 1952 – December 14, 1985) was an American set decorator.

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Buffalo, New York

Buffalo is the second largest city in the state of New York and the 81st most populous city in the United States.

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Cal Ripken Jr.

Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr. (born August 24, 1960), nicknamed "The Iron Man", is an American former baseball shortstop and third baseman who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles (1981–2001).

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Caleb Deschanel

Joseph Caleb Deschanel, (born September 21, 1944) is an American cinematographer and director of film and television.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Chicago Cubs

The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Curt Schilling

Curtis Montague Schilling (born November 14, 1966) is an American former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher, former video game developer, and former baseball color analyst.

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Damning with faint praise

Damning with faint praise is an English idiom, expressing oxymoronically that half-hearted or insincere praise may act as oblique criticism or condemnation.

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Darren McGavin

William Lyle Richardson (May 7, 1922 – February 25, 2006), known professionally as Darren McGavin, was an American film, stage, and television actor best known for his portrayal of the grumpy but loving father in the film A Christmas Story, and for the title role in the television horror series Kolchak: The Night Stalker.

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David Ansen

David Ansen was the Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Film Festival from 2010 until 2014.

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Eddie Waitkus

Edward Stephen Waitkus (September 4, 1919 – September 16, 1972) was a Lithuanian American first baseman in Major League Baseball who had an 11-year career (1941, 1946–1955).

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Elmer Bernstein

Elmer Bernstein (April 4, 1922August 18, 2004) was an American composer and conductor who is best known for his film scores.

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ESPN

ESPN (originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is a U.S.-based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture owned by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%).

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Fandango (company)

Fandango is an American ticketing company that sells movie tickets via their website as well as through their mobile app.

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Film adaptation

A film adaptation is the transfer of a work or story, in whole or in part, to a feature film.

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Film score

A film score (also sometimes called background score, background music, film soundtrack, film music, or incidental music) is original music written specifically to accompany a film.

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Frank Deford

Benjamin Franklin Deford III (December 16, 1938 – May 28, 2017) was an American sportswriter and novelist From 1980 until his death in 2017, he was a regular sports commentator on NPR's Morning Edition radio program.

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Gene Siskel

Eugene Kal Siskel (January 26, 1946 – February 20, 1999) was an American film critic and journalist for the Chicago Tribune.

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Glenn Close

Glenda Veronica Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress, singer and film producer.

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Goldmine (magazine)

Goldmine, established in September 1974, by founder Brian Bukantis out of Fraser Michigan is an American magazine that focuses on the collectors' market for records, tapes, CDs, and music-related memorabilia.

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Hoosiers (film)

Hoosiers is a 1986 sports film written by Angelo Pizzo and directed by David Anspaugh in his feature directorial debut.

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James Berardinelli

James Berardinelli (born September 25, 1967) is an American film critic and fantasy novelist.

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Joe Don Baker

Joe Don Baker (born February 12, 1936) is an American character actor and a life member of the Actors Studio.

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John Finnegan (actor)

John P. "J.P." Finnegan (August 18, 1926 – July 29, 2012) was an American film and television actor, mostly known for his recurrent role on the American crime fiction series Columbo.

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John Simon (critic)

John Ivan Simon (born May 12, 1925) is an American author and literary, theater, and film critic.

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Kim Basinger

Kimila Ann Basinger (born December 8, 1953) is an American actress, singer and former fashion model.

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King Arthur

King Arthur is a legendary British leader who, according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the late 5th and early 6th centuries.

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Kirk Gibson

Kirk Harold Gibson (born May 28, 1957) is an American former professional baseball player and manager.

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Leonard Maltin

Leonard Michael Maltin (born December 18, 1950) is an American film critic and historian, as well as an author of several mainstream books on cinema, focusing on nostalgic, celebratory narratives.

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Mark Johnson (producer)

Mark Johnson (born December 27, 1945) is an American film and television producer.

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Mel Bourne

Mel Bourne (November 22, 1923 – January 14, 2003) was an American production designer and art director.

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Michael Madsen

Michael Søren Madsen (born September 25, 1957) is an American actor, producer, director, writer, poet and photographer.

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Mike Starr (actor)

Michael Starr (born July 29, 1950) is an American character actor.

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MLB Network

MLB Network is an American television sports channel dedicated to baseball.

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National Review

National Review (NR) is an American semi-monthly conservative editorial magazine focusing on news and commentary pieces on political, social, and cultural affairs.

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New York and Lake Erie Railroad

The New York & Lake Erie is a class III railroad operating in Western New York.

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Newsweek

Newsweek is an American weekly magazine founded in 1933.

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Odyssey

The Odyssey (Ὀδύσσεια Odýsseia, in Classical Attic) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer.

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Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.

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Phil Dusenberry

Philip Bernard Dusenberry (April 28, 1936 – December 29, 2007) was an American advertising executive for the BBDO advertising agency.

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Pinch hitter

In baseball, a pinch hitter is a substitute batter.

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Pittsburgh Pirates

The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Randy Newman

Randall Stuart Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his distinctive voice, mordant (and often satirical) pop songs, and for film scores.

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Review aggregator

A review aggregator is a system that collects reviews of products and services (such as films, books, video games, software, hardware and cars).

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Richard Farnsworth

Richard William Farnsworth (September 1, 1920 – October 6, 2000) was an American actor and stuntman.

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Robert Duvall

Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an American actor and filmmaker.

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Robert Prosky

Robert Prosky (born Robert Joseph Porzuczek, December 13, 1930 – December 8, 2008) was a Polish-American actor and comedian.

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Robert Redford

Charles Robert Redford Jr. (born August 18, 1936) is an American actor, director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, and philanthropist.

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Roger Angell

Roger Angell (born September 19, 1920) is an American essayist known for his writing on sports, especially baseball.

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Roger Ebert

Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, historian, journalist, screenwriter, and author.

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Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television.

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Ruth Ann Steinhagen

Ruth Ann Steinhagen (December 23, 1929 – December 29, 2012) was an American woman who shot and nearly killed Eddie Waitkus, star first baseman of the Philadelphia Phillies, on June 14, 1949 in one of the first instances of what later became known as stalker crimes.

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Sibby Sisti

Sebastian Daniel "Sibby" Sisti (July 26, 1920 – April 24, 2006), was an American Major League Baseball utility player.

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South Dayton, New York

South Dayton is a village in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States.

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Sports film

A sports film is a film genre that uses sport as the theme of a film.

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Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated is an American sports magazine owned by Meredith Corporation.

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Stu Linder

Stewart Bridgewater Linder (November 8, 1931 – January 12, 2006) was an American film editor with 25 credits.

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Ted Williams

Theodore Williams (born Theodore Samuel Williams; August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002) was an American professional baseball player and manager.

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The Natural

The Natural is a 1952 novel about baseball by Bernard Malamud, and is his debut novel.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The New Yorker

The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.

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Time (magazine)

Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.

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Tony Ferrara

Anthony 'Tony' Ferrara, c. 1927 – December 4, 2009, was an American professional baseball player, coach, and scout.

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TriStar Pictures

TriStar Pictures, Inc. (spelled as Tri-Star until 1991 and stylized as TRISTAR) is an American film studio that is a division of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, part of Sony Pictures whose owned by Japanese multinational conglomerate Sony Corporation.

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is a weekly American entertainment trade magazine and website owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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Voice-over

Voice-over (also known as off-camera or off-stage commentary) is a production technique where a voice—that is not part of the narrative (non-diegetic)—is used in a radio, television production, filmmaking, theatre, or other presentations.

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War Memorial Stadium (Buffalo, New York)

War Memorial Stadium (affectionately known as The Rockpile) was an outdoor stadium in the northeast United States in Buffalo, New York.

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Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros.

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WDOE

WDOE is an AM/FM radio station located in Dunkirk, New York.

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Wilford Brimley

Anthony Wilford Brimley (born September 27, 1934), credited either as A. Wilford Brimley or Wilford Brimley, is an American actor.

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Wrigley Field

Wrigley Field is a baseball park located on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Natural_(film)

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