Classic sports film about how to achieve and handle fame and stardom

Rating: 10/10 (31 May 2016)

1. Discover your talent/gift, but also work hard to develop it 2. Beware of women when you succeed and make it 3. When life sidetracks you, make a comeback 4. Believe in yourself and your talent 5. It's never too late to live your dreams and up to your potential 6. Beware of the friends you keep 7. Love and family are more important than fame and fortune if it means loneliness or health risks; know when to walk away. 8. Remember what your father taught you 9. Having the right woman by your side who loves you for who you are is better than the wrong one who only loves you for the money and fame 10. Fame and fortune have a way of changing people from their home grown roots; remember where you came from.
These are ten tips of wisdom contained in and taught in the Natural. Not many films go for worldly wisdom in such a natural, easy to follow, and realistic way, but the Natural builds its' whole story and characters around it. This film has heart, superb acting, lines you can memorize, and is lots of fun if you're a baseball fan.
It also has an incredible, star studded cast of great actors: Redford, Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Kim Basinger, Glenn Close, and at least three other lesser known, but well respected actors. It's as much about baseball as it is about how to gain and handle success.