The natural

Resource Information

The work The natural represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Jacksonville Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The natural

Statement of responsibility

Sony Pictures DVD Center ; [presented by] TriStar Pictures ; screenplay by Roger Towne and Phil Dusenberry ; produced by Mark Johnson ; directed by Barry Levinson

Contributor

• Sony Pictures DVD Center (Firm)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Tri-Star Pictures
• Basinger, Kim, 1953-
• Brimley, Wilford, 1935-
• Close, Glenn, 1947-
• Dusenberry, Phil
• Duvall, Robert
• Farnsworth, Richard, 1920-2000
• Hershey, Barbara, 1948-
• Johnson, Mark
• Levinson, Barry
• Malamud, Bernard
• Prosky, Robert, 1930-2008
• Redford, Robert
• Towne, Roger

Subject

• Adaptation -- Feature
• Baseball films
• Baseball injuries -- Physiological aspects -- Drama
• Baseball injuries -- Psychological aspects -- Drama
• Baseball players -- Drama
• Baseball teams -- Competitions -- Drama
• DVDs
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Malamud, Bernard -- Film adaptations
• Malamud, Bernard -- Television adaptations
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Melodrama
• Melodrama
• Melodrama -- Feature
• Sports -- Feature
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Adaptation
• Baseball films
• DVDs
• Drama
• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Melodrama
• Sports
• Television adaptations
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• jpn
• por
• eng
• fre
• jpn
• por
• eng
• eng

Summary

A once-promising baseball player on his way to stardom in the big leagues, finds his dreams shattered when a mysterious woman and a silver bullet end his career prematurely. Sixteen years later, armed with his childhood bat "Wonderboy, " comes back to baseball, joins the roster of the lowly New York Knights to see if he can overcome physical pain and the nefarious forces around him and lead his team to the pennant

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Caleb Deschanel ; music, Randy Newman ; production designer, Mel Bourne

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

Unrated

Language note

English, dubbed Japanese and dubbed Portuguese dialogue, English, French, Japanese, or Portuguese subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1995.9.B28

LC item number

N388735 2007

PerformerNote

Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Barbara Hershey, Robert Prosky, Richard Farnsworth

Runtime

144

Target audience

general

Technique

live action