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...
UK tourism: Visitor attractions suffering long Covid - industry body
By Sean SeddonBBC News
UK visitor attractions are suffering from " long Covid" due to fewer tourists travelling from abroad, an industry body has warned.
Millions returned to museums and galleries in 2022, The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) said.
But fewer international tourists meant visitor levels were still almost a quarter lower than before the pandemic.
The Crown Estate , Windsor Great Park, remained The Most popular attraction.
Indoor sites saw a 176% increase in The Number of people visiting compared to the previous year, ALVA said.
For much of 2021 facemasks and social distancing had been required at inside venues to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Big London attractions with No Entry fee like the Natural History Museum , British Museum and Tate Modern saw their numbers recover by around 200%.
Overall visits to British attractions increased 69% compared to 2021, But they saw 37. 8 million fewer people walk through their doors than in 2019.
ALVA, which represents More Than 2,200 sites, puts the 23% shortfall down to lower levels of tourism, especially from China and East Asia .
Despite a very busy Christmas period, Bernard Donoghue, director of ALVA, warned the industry was " still experiencing the tourism equivalent of 'long Covid'" because of fewer holidaymakers coming to the UK.
Although there are ongoing challenges, He Said he was " confident that [tourists] will return this year and we will see a continuing healthy recovery".
The figures also reveal people are opting for attractions which are free amid the cost-of-living crisis: places which charged an entry fee saw a recovery of 101 % - But free sites had a 183% increase.
Mr Donoghue also said rail strikes had impacted people visiting theatres - particularly over Christmas.
He added he was confident the Chinese market would come back in 2023, driving " really strong growth".
London dominated The Top ten list But popular spots around the UK saw growth.
In Scotland, The Most popular attraction was the National Museum in Edinburgh. In Northern Ireland , it was Titanic Belfast and in Wales it was Bodnant Garden in Conwy.
The Top 10 UK visitor attractions 20221. The Crown Estate , Windsor Great Park, Berkshire - 5,636,844
2. Natural History Museum (South Kensington )- 4,654,608
3. The British Museum - 4,097,253
4. Tate Modern - 3,883,160
5. Southbank Centre - 2,947,155
6. The National Gallery - 2,727,119
7. V& A South Kensington - 2,370,261
8. Somerset House - 2,346,580
9. Science Museum - 2,334,930
10. Tower of London - 2,020,121
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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