Robert Redford in the Natural – Batting Practice
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11 8th, 2009 |
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In this scene, Roy is given a chance to see what he can do with the bat at the plate. Later on, he ends up wrecking every single pitch thrown at him. DISCLAIMER: This video is not meant to discredit those filmmakers involved in The Natural. This is a simple posting of a scene for casual enjoyment, not to take anyone’s work away.
yeah and than he would have made somethin up like “i didnt want to mess up my hair” or something
ya that part was funny. but he could slide head first and not risk breaking the cigar?
They are only 3 years apart. Brimley is older.
So true.
The guy who plays whammer for instance has a really bad swing.
remember bump baily? “it was a close play bump, why didnt you slide?”
“i had a cigar in my back pocket, i didnt want to brake it” LOL that guy cracks me up
I think its due to the Arthurian legend, Roy is the Knight Errant, on a mission to set things right. That is what knights were supposed to do, always to do what is right and honest. Pop is honest, tough but he does things the right way, and Hobbs sees that, and understands the dynamics of why they want to take the club away from Pop. Baseball at least in this fantasy was pure and clean and was being corrupted by the likes of the judge and gambler and avaricious woman. Roy stopped them.
nahhhh…. he was the Best There Ever Was.
Freakin Brimley looks same as he has for about 100 years for Gods sake-haha
Redford was in hard rock shape- for back then when “abs and pecs” were not all the rage they are now- he was just solid and you can see his forearms are huge- his swing perfected for a very short porch in right field so
his shots probably were his.
Its too bad we NEVER saw outtakes of his batting practices and some of the movie scene outtakes- those would have been great to see.
As a Tiger fan from back in that day you can appreciate the authenticity of the old Rockpile in Buffalo that needed no enhancement- that old place- like Tiger Stadium was classic and to a baseball purist steals the show as a tremendous background-untouched! Well they did repaint the old girl and add some cardboard cutouts for crowds-but pretty much left it “as was”.
I think only difference in the novel is that Hobbs strikes out at the end and its not the “happy happy ending we see. They were going to try for same in movie as novel but felt ending was too “dark”.
True! Most actors are laughable at best. Costner has a nice stroke, and Charlie Sheen can throw, but other than that, I can’t think of any other actors out there.
is the novel close to the movie?never knew there was a novel of it
Really? No way!!!!!!!!! Redford was either in some decent shape or Wilford Brimley was old looking for his age.
He looked decent in the outfield too.
Yup, they both were prominent pitchers before they got discovered too. As Ted said “anyone who wants to be a successful hitter has to spend years as a pitcher”.
This film now is very facilitating to me. As a Tigers fan I am proud that my Tigers got off to the best start ever by any team after their first 40 games and won the championship in 1984 the year this film was released. But nowadays with all the lies and steroids it just bothers me so much. But The Natural is a film that makes me think of better times in baseball. After the 1994 strike I thought baseball would never be the same and now I see I was STILL RIGHT. The Natural got in done right!
Redford modeled himself after Ted Williams for the movie. He’s quoted as saying it was a tribute of sorts to Ted. Even wore #9.
I absolutely loved this movie. Redford actually played decent college baseball from what I’ve heard.
He had a great swing didnt he?
So many so called stars cant even portray a baseball player decently-this guy had the stuff to make this movie believable.
He still should have been a farmer.
Kim Basinger was brilliant in this movie as well
Great film, great novel—great piece of work
That’s what Mitch Williams said to Joe Carter.
“Try this one grandpa.” good shit
Jesus…..
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