IMDb-BEWERTUNG
7,4/10
53.787
IHRE BEWERTUNG
Eine Unbekannte mittleren Alters kommt scheinbar aus dem Nichts, um ein legendärer Baseballspieler mit fast übernatürlichem Talent zu werden.Eine Unbekannte mittleren Alters kommt scheinbar aus dem Nichts, um ein legendärer Baseballspieler mit fast übernatürlichem Talent zu werden.Eine Unbekannte mittleren Alters kommt scheinbar aus dem Nichts, um ein legendärer Baseballspieler mit fast übernatürlichem Talent zu werden.
- Für 4 Oscars nominiert
- 3 Gewinne & 8 Nominierungen insgesamt
Handlung
WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesThe bat that bat boy Bobby Savoy gives Roy is called the "Savoy Special". The Savoy Special was a brand of beer in the 1930s, and was made by the United States Brewing Company. This bat is now in the collection at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, displayed along with Roy Hobb's jacket in an exhibit titled "Baseball and the Movies".
- PatzerIn the game where Hobbs breaks the Wrigley Field clock, his homer ends the game, as everyone in the stands begins to leave and Hobbs gets mobbed by the press. But since the Knights were the visitors, the Cubs get to bat last.
The movie depicts the 1939 season. Prior to the 1950 season the home team had the option to bat first or last so it was possible for the visiting team to bat in the bottom of an inning.
- Zitate
Iris Gaines: You know, I believe we have two lives.
Roy Hobbs: How... what do you mean?
Iris Gaines: The life we learn with and the life we live with after that.
- Alternative VersionenThere is an edited version which was released in several European countries (e.g. United Kingdom, West Germany). This version edits many dialogue and playing scenes to tighten up the pacing. It runs approx. 14 minutes shorter than the US theatrical version.
- VerbindungenFeatured in At the Movies: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom/The Natural (1984)
- SoundtracksThe Star Spangled Banner
Lyrics by Francis Scott Key
Music by John Stafford Smith
Performed by Kate Smith
Courtesy of RCA Records
Ausgewählte Rezension
This is THE classic sports-Walter Mitty-fantasy movie, with an ending that may seem corny to cynical critics or those who prefer the book, but was perfect for me and a lot of other people.
Granted, I am a little biased in my review since the movie was made in the area in which grew up. Having made many trips to the ballpark in which the movie was filmed, and to the old-fashioned soda shoppe where Robert Redford and Glenn Close re-unite, this movie was special to all of us in Western New York. It always a kick, too, (and a bit odd) to watch the final scene since the opposing pitcher is a personal friend.
I think I would have loved this movie regardless of the "home-field advantage." It's an interesting, involving story that has you really rooting for Redford's character. To have actors like Close, Robert Duvall, Richard Farnsworth, Kim Basinger, Wilfred Brimley, Darren McGavin, Barabara Hershey, Robert Prosky, Joe Don Baker and others in the "lineup" doesn't hurt, either!
The cinematography is beautiful, too. That was something I never really appreciated until after several viewings. There are some wonderfully subdued brown and golden hues in here. This is very pretty motion picture.
All the characters - the good and the bad, and there are plenty of both - are fascinating. It's also nice to see an actor in a baseball film that actually knows how to throw, hit and field a baseball. This is a great, old-fashioned storytelling.
Granted, I am a little biased in my review since the movie was made in the area in which grew up. Having made many trips to the ballpark in which the movie was filmed, and to the old-fashioned soda shoppe where Robert Redford and Glenn Close re-unite, this movie was special to all of us in Western New York. It always a kick, too, (and a bit odd) to watch the final scene since the opposing pitcher is a personal friend.
I think I would have loved this movie regardless of the "home-field advantage." It's an interesting, involving story that has you really rooting for Redford's character. To have actors like Close, Robert Duvall, Richard Farnsworth, Kim Basinger, Wilfred Brimley, Darren McGavin, Barabara Hershey, Robert Prosky, Joe Don Baker and others in the "lineup" doesn't hurt, either!
The cinematography is beautiful, too. That was something I never really appreciated until after several viewings. There are some wonderfully subdued brown and golden hues in here. This is very pretty motion picture.
All the characters - the good and the bad, and there are plenty of both - are fascinating. It's also nice to see an actor in a baseball film that actually knows how to throw, hit and field a baseball. This is a great, old-fashioned storytelling.
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- 24. Okt. 2005
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Details
- Erscheinungsdatum
- Herkunftsland
- Sprache
- Auch bekannt als
- El mejor
- Drehorte
- All-High Stadium - 50 Mercer Avenue, Buffalo, New York, USA(Wrigley Field scenes; Roy and Iris walking outside a brick building)
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Box Office
- Budget
- 28.000.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 47.951.979 $
- Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
- 5.088.381 $
- 13. Mai 1984
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 47.951.979 $
- Laufzeit2 Stunden 18 Minuten
- Farbe
- Sound-Mix
- Seitenverhältnis
- 1.85 : 1
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