Robert Redford in the Natural – Batting Practice
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.
Tags: Batting, filmmakers, natural, pitch, Practice, Redford, Robert
November 8th, 2009 at 6:31 am
yeah and than he would have made somethin up like “i didnt want to mess up my hair” or something
November 8th, 2009 at 7:20 am
ya that part was funny. but he could slide head first and not risk breaking the cigar?
November 8th, 2009 at 7:51 am
They are only 3 years apart. Brimley is older.
November 8th, 2009 at 8:00 am
So true.
The guy who plays whammer for instance has a really bad swing.
November 8th, 2009 at 8:44 am
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
November 8th, 2009 at 9:32 am
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.
November 8th, 2009 at 10:22 am
nahhhh…. he was the Best There Ever Was.
November 8th, 2009 at 10:24 am
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.
November 8th, 2009 at 10:49 am
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”.
November 8th, 2009 at 11:45 am
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”.
November 8th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
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.
November 8th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
is the novel close to the movie?never knew there was a novel of it
November 8th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Really? No way!!!!!!!!! Redford was either in some decent shape or Wilford Brimley was old looking for his age.
November 8th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
He looked decent in the outfield too.
November 8th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
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”.
November 8th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
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!
November 8th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
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.
November 8th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
I absolutely loved this movie. Redford actually played decent college baseball from what I’ve heard.
November 8th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
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.
November 8th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
He still should have been a farmer.
November 8th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Kim Basinger was brilliant in this movie as well
November 8th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Great film, great novel—great piece of work
November 8th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
That’s what Mitch Williams said to Joe Carter.
November 8th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
“Try this one grandpa.” good shit
November 8th, 2009 at 8:20 pm
Jesus…..
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