The natural /
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," he comes back to baseball, joining the roster of the l...
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| Format: | DVD |
| Language: | English Japanese Portuguese French |
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Culver City, California :
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
[2007]
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| Edition: | Director's cut. |
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| 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," he comes back to baseball, joining the roster of the lowly New York Knights to see if he can overcome physical pain and the nefarious forces around him to lead his team to the pennant. |
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| Item Description: | Based on the novel by Bernard Malamud. For the 'director's cut', some scenes have been re-edited and approximately 15 minutes of new footage added; film runs 6 minutes longer than original release cut. Originally released as a motion picture in 1984. Special features: Video introduction by Barry Levinson; When lightning strikes: creating The natural; Extra innings; Clubhouse conversations; A natural gunned down: the stalking of Eddie Waitkus; Knights in shining armor: the mythology of The natural; The heart of The natural. |
| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (144 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD video format, NTSC, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1), mastered in high definition, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound. |
| Production Credits: | TriStar Pictures ; director of photography, Caleb Deschanel ; music, Randy Newman ; production designer, Mel Bourne ; editor, Stu Linder. |
| ISBN: | 1424850703 9781424850709 |