The Natural
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| Initial release | USA |
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| Directors | Barry Levinson |
| Story by | Bernard Malamud |
| Composers | Randy Newman |
| Screenplay | Roger Towne |
| Phil Dusenberry | |
| In the game of film, some call The Natural the best of the baseball bunch. I pencil it into the lower half of the batting . . . | |
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| ID | 845246 |
About The Natural
On the way to a tryout with the Chicago Cubs, young baseball phenom Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford) is shot by the unstable Harriet Bird (Barbara Hershey). After 16 years, Hobbs returns to pro baseball as a rookie for the last-place New York Knights. Despite early arguments with his manager, Pop Fisher (Wilford Brimley), Hobbs becomes one of the best players in the league, and the Knights start winning. But this upsets the Judge (Robert Prosky), their owner, who wants Hobbs to lose games, not win.
Sir David Attenborough polar ship has monster iceberg encounter
... The planned encounter allowed scientists on board the research vessel a closer look at one of the true wonders of The Natural world...
Bond villains in the frame
... I was speaking about vulnerability in art and rawness in The Natural face...
Delhi pollution: Indian Supreme Court's 40-year quest to clean foul air
... " In the US, they have the Congress, the Federal Environment Protection Agency and bags of money to protect The Natural environment...
Sailing to school and the daily issues of climate change
... " When we re building in the floodplain we are restricting The Natural ability of that river to cope with extreme events and so we do need to think critically about where it is appropriate to build, " she says...
Climate change: Fewer wild swans returning to UK in winter
... " But the global population is also declining fast, with threats from: This year has broken many temperature records, with the unseasonably hot weather making its mark on The Natural world, from jellyfish to birds...
First ever images prove 'lost echidna' not extinct
... That has meant that for the last 62 years the only evidence that Attenborough echidna ever existed has been a specimen kept under high security in the Treasure Room of Naturalis, The Natural history museum of the Netherlands...
Beyoncé, Coldplay, Filkins Drift and different touring methods
... " We walk all day, we have an hour for food, and then we do a gig, it s just back to back - to start with it felt incredibly daunting, but now we have just settled into The Natural rhythm of life, " he said...
Bodies of Lianne, Noiya and Yahel Sharabi were found 'cuddled together'
... " She had a keen interest in The Natural world, stars and space, and loved animals, " she said...
Turkey earthquakes: Collapsed buildings investigation widens
More Than 600 people are now being investigated in Turkey over buildings that collapsed in the deadly earthquake on 6 February, the government has said.
On Saturday, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said 184 Suspects - including construction contractors and property Owners - had already been arrested.
For years, experts warned that endemic corruption and government policies meant many new buildings were unsafe.
The confirmed Death Toll in Turkey and Syria has now exceeded 50,000.
Mr Bozdag made the televised remarks from south-eastern Turkey, where the 7. 8 magnitude quake struck and was followed by another powerful tremor just hours later.
His comments showed how The Investigation had widened - Two Weeks ago, The Authorities said that 113 arrest warrants had been issued.
Among those that have been arrested is a mayor of one of the towns close to where the tremors hit, Turkish media reported.
More Than 160,00 buildings collapsed or were severely damaged in Turkey after The Quakes , raising questions about whether the Natural Disaster 's impact was made worse by human failings.
Opposition parties and some construction experts accuse President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's administration of failing to enforce building regulations and trying to divert overall blame for the disaster.
They say that government policies have allowed so-called amnesties for contractors who swerved building regulations, in order to encourage a construction boom, including in earthquake-prone regions.
Mr Erdogan has admitted shortcomings, but has appeared to blame fate for the scale of the disaster.
" Such things have always happened. It's part of destiny's plan, " He Said during a recent visit to the region.
With elections on the horizon, after 20 years in Power - and his pleas for national unity have gone unheeded.
Stories of survivalRelated TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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