The natural
By: TriStar Pictures ; screenplay by Roger Towne and Phil Dusenberry ; produced by Mark Johnson ; directed by Barry Levinson
Contributors: Redford, Robert; Duvall, Robert; Close, Glenn, 1947-; Basinger, Kim, 1953-; Brimley, Wilford, 1934-2020; Hershey, Barbara, 1948-; Prosky, Robert, 1930-2008; Farnsworth, Richard, 1920-2000; Malamud, Bernard; Tri-Star Pictures; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Edition: Director's cut.
Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Culver City, Calif
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781424850709
Subjects: Television adaptations; Film adaptations; Film and video adaptations; Baseball players; Drama; Baseball injuries; Baseball teams; Competitions; Man-woman relationships; Man-woman relationship
Work titles: Natural (Motion picture)
Description: 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.
Notes: Based on the novel by Bernard Malamud.

For the 'director's cut', some scenes have been re-edited and approx. 15 minutes of new footage added; film only runs 6 minutes longer than original release cut.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1984.

Special features: disc. 1: video introduction by Barry Levinson. disc 2: When lightning strikes: creating The natural [pre-game: a novelist steps up to the plate, the line-up: assembling the moviemaking team, let's play ball: filming the show]; 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; with optional Japanese or Portuguese subtitles.

Director of photography, Caleb Deschanel ; music, Randy Newman ; production designer, Mel Bourne ; editor, Stu Linder.

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

Unrated. adam

DVD, NTSC; region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, mastered in high definition.

English, dubbed Japanese and dubbed Portuguese dialogue, optional English, French, Japanese, or Portuguese subtitles; closed-captioned.
Table of contents: title: Disc 1. Feature film; title: disc. 2. Special features.; title: adam