The Natural (4/8) Movie CLIP - Knock the Cover Off the Ball (1984) HD
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CLIP DESCRIPTION:
In his first at bat in the big leagues, Roy (Robert Redford) knocks the cover off of the ball.
FILM DESCRIPTION:
The film version of The Natural pulls off the neat trick of conveying the spirit of the Bernard Malamud novel upon which it is based, even while changing both the outcome and the meaning of Malamud's closing chapters. In his first film appearance in four years, Robert Redford plays Roy Hobbs, a farm boy with a hankering to be a great baseball player. With his faithful homemade bat "Wonderboy" in hand, Roy heads to the big city. En route, he arouses the fascination of the mysterious Harriet Bird (Barbara Hershey). Luring the boy to a hotel room, Harriet asks Roy what he wants out of life. Roy brashly responds he wants to be "the best there is," whereupon Harriet whips out a gun and shoots Roy down. Sixteen years later, a humbler Roy Hobbs emerges from the bush leagues to become a 35-year-old "rookie" on the 1939 lineup of the New York Knights. He soon becomes the team's star player, and in so doing once more attracts enigmatic woman Memo Paris (Kim Basinger), the glamorous niece of the Knights' manager Pop Fisher (Wilford Brimley) and the mistress of Rothstein-like gambler Gus Sands (a curiously unbilled Darren McGavin). Roy's fascination with Memo compromises his ability to play, but this time he finds salvation in the form the angelic Iris Gaines (Glenn Close), his childhood sweetheart. From this point forward, the script for The Natural bears very little resemblance to the Malamud original. Without giving anything away, it can be said that Roy Hobbs is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to compensate for the mistakes of his youth, despite the demonic intrusion of inexplicably spiteful sports writer Max Mercy (Robert Duvall). The Natural elevates the art of slow-motion photography to new heights; while this technique would become precious and boring in later baseball films, it works beautifully here, as does the decision by director Barry Levinson and cinematographer Caleb Deschanel to convey the symbolism inherent in the story in purely visual rather than blatantly verbal terms. (If the characters told you that the story was a retelling of the Camelot legend in baseball terms, would you have watched?) Another plus is the pastoral theme music by Randy Newman, which has been well utilized on sports broadcasts and "human interest" TV documentaries ever since. The baseball scenes in The Natural were staged at War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo, New York.
CREDITS:
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Cast: Wilford Brimley, Richard Farnsworth, Darren McGavin, Robert Redford, Kim Basinger
Director: Barry Levinson
Producers: Philip M. Breen, Robert F. Colesberry, Mark Johnson, Roger Towne
Screenwriters: Bernard Malamud, Roger Towne, Phil Dusenberry
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I watched this 40 years ago.
It was our family 1st VHS rental.
I was 14. Everything was magical and possible 😊
I'm not even into Baseball, but if there's one word to describe this film is "magical".
Then you see a real baseball game and wonder when the torture is going to end
@@22especterrible take
I agree. Billy Crystal’s movie 61* makes me feel the same way.
Randy Newman's score makes this scene. Still get goosebumps after all these years.
Wow, I didn't know Randy Newman did the music. I have this movie but haven't watched it yet.
Me too man!! Wow this is goosebumps greatness
@@JaysonT1 watch it, best baseball movie ever
Absolutely agree! One of the best movie scores ever. Powerful yet somehow understated.
This movie is a 2 hour goosebump.👍
The guy who said "we want a real ball" is one of the greatest actors of all time and I believe he got an Oscar for this scene.
He deserved an oscar for sure.
That's the elevator operator from Buffalo's Sidway Building. (As Casey Stengel said, "You can look it up.") The guy next to him, the other coach, is Buffalo's mayor, Jimmy Griffin.
It's such a random thing to say too. "That's not a ball. We want a real ball," is not a helpful thing to say under the circumstances. Naturally they have another ball they can use, that's not the issue. Also, why does Hobbs slide? It didn't look like anyone came close to throwing him out.
@@halwasserman7905 It's called dramatic effect
@@NDR-hn3ue Someone said it was because the coach told him to.
I love this scene because he wiped that umpire's look and the catcher's smile right off their faces. Call a strike on that!
An interesting detail about this clip is how few fans there are in the stands at :20 and at other times of course as we scan the stadium... all because the team isn't great yet of course. Nice of the filmmakers to add in that progression of fan interest as the team improved.
Yes and SHAME on those fairweather fans!!
I'm glad the coach didn't say "go out there and kill em."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
😂 😂
He does in the sequel... "The Natural 2: Time to die"
@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C Mate, just let people enjoy things.
You're right m....but in America, baseball used to be like what soccer is to all the other countries! When I was growing up baseball was king in America..especially where I'm from in the new York are, the Yankees are like a religion... I have played baseball from the time I was 5 years old, until I was around 30... But what really made baseball so special to a young kid , was that it involves your father.... The father and son element to baseball is what made it so special...especially now , that I am a middle aged man, and my father is gone, it is very hard to watch baseball without thinking of my dad.. I realize now , that one of the reasons why I loved baseball so much was because of my father....and I find it very interesting that at a time in America, when more families are splitting up, getting divorced, and fathers don't live with their sons, that baseball is in a decline...
A nice touch: the coaches and Bump aren't jumping out of their seats or gasping dramatically. They squint their eyes, kinda leaning forward, looking on with tepid wonder and slight discomfort, like when we find our keys in a weird spot in the house: "Hm, how did that get there?" Yet they're also aware there's a powerful presence in their midst that they're just beginning to accept.
They're not quite ready to accept it yet, but the awareness is creeping in.
A fortunate man has maybe one of these moments in a lifetime.
As a kid I always thought the ball was struck by lightning. Get chills watching this
It's always nice to see a player who listens to his manager
Someone asked why did he slide. And it was because the coach told him to.
This scene always gives me joy and makes me want to cry.
What a perfect movie on everything, soundtrack , theme, story, everything!
Except continuity. Two different home plate umps.
Everything!
Except the novel
IMO, the best sports movie ever. Wonderful cast and Redford was just excellent.
Best baseball scene ever!!! Still gives me chills
The lightning represents his almost godlike abilities.
Shazam!
It might just be me being a baseball nerd but I always love looking at the scoreboards in this movie. It shows how much the leagues have changed over the years. The Browns playing the White Sox. The Boston Braves playing the Brooklyn Dodgers. It just evokes so many images in my head of that golden era.
Yes, A lot of cities had 2 teams, one in each league.
But why change the name of the NY NL team from the Giants to the Knights? No one else was fictionalized here.
0:53 "Welcome to majors Mr. Hobbs."
R.I.P. Wilford Brimley
2:03 "That's not a ball. We want a real ball"
I have seen this movie a few times. I love where he goes up against the Whammer (Babe Ruth) and strikes him out. Robert Duvall can't seem to remember where he knows Roy Hobbs from.
There are only a few movies anyone would watch twice. This is one to watch over & over. The best ever in my opinion. Thanks for the memories.
My dad is retired and this movie is playing at least 3x a week when i get home from work. I'll still sit down and finish watching with him.
Best scene in a sports movie ever...
What a great soundtrack. Damn
God, I love this film.
Easily the best baseball film out there.
Me too.
I love the play by play man's call at 0.53. "Hobbs doesn't like the call, well welcome to the Majors Mr. Hobbs".😁😁 Also I heard somewhere the announcers voice was the film's director Barry Levinson?
Here's a surprise.
Pop Fisher's gonna replace
Bump Bailey with number nine.
Number nine is Roy Hobbs.
Hobbs was brought up in midseason.
I don't know too much about him.
We'll try to find out something for you.
This movie ABSOLUTELY has to be seen NOW during this epidemic. And in a big screen, like in a ballpark jumbotron.
Best baseball movie ever
I love the coaches reaction....
I love the music here. It absolutely fits perfect.
Redford really did take a lot of BP to become proficient at hitting. If you watch closely when he does hit the ball, people in the stands behind them jerk their heads to watch the flight
LFD254 he used to play well in college. I heard a story about his BP sessions before shooting that he would hit home runs at the stadium
I don't follow baseball, I keep watching this movie because it's just a good, feel good movie. It doesn't need to picked to pieces, just enjoyed!!
My Dad's favorite movie. I watched it with him so many times. When I hear this theme music I always think of Dad.
Sound editing on this is incredible. very very quiet, nothing from the rear speakers util the thunderbolts, then all the speakers fire up and immerse you!
I don't see how anybody can not like this movie,a great life lesson for young& old,good & bad . 😎
Roger Ebert didn't.
like how the manager tells hobbs to knock the cover off and he does just that
One of the greatest sports movies EVER!
Every morning...rain snow or shine.
One of the best movies ive ever since
His first play brought the symbolic rain of Baptisim to wash away the losing mentality.
Weird really but those three key scenes in the film always bring tears to my eyes, a mixture of the music and gawd knows what.
Well, the coach said. "Knock the cover off the ball" , and Roy did so.
I’m just now noticing, all these decades later of watching this movie, that when Hobbs bat does connect with the ball you hear a tearing sound. So, he did indeed do what Pop told him to do ⚾️⚡️
I saw another clip of this scene yesterday, but it didn't have the coach telling him to hit the cover off the ball. I thought he did, so kept looking to see if there was more to it, like this clip.
It takes an omen to knock the cover off the ball!
Just like it did for Benny the Jet
Watched this movie in 1985, as a kid, until the original VHS tape warped. An all-time baseball movie.
Read the novel, it's ending is diferent
I love this movie.
the film was shot at old war memorial stadium in buffalo where the bisons and the buffalo bills played!! stadium was torned down right after movie was released!! replaced with new pilot field!!
;(...
They didn't have enough extras to fill the stands so they made hundreds of photo cutouts of people to fill in the gaps. You can still find them in antique stores around town.
His reply to the press was,” well you were there you saw what happened!”
what a great scene! He knocks the cover off the ball! And that glorious music & soundtrack! W the lightning & people putting up their umbrellas! I think the lightning was his dad’s spirit!
"That's no ball. We want a real ball." Add real teeth to the list coach.
Brewers player did this against the Pirates about a decade ago
Can we get an exit velocity reading on that baseball? ;)
That was pretty funny right there! It also reminds me of the scene in Angels In the Outfield when one of the players hit the ball and non of the infielders could get the ball, it keep on slipping out of their hands etc...because of Al was playing hacky sack with the ball and flipping it around till the player rounded all the bases.
Don't underestimate a Bob (Robert) Robert ...special name
Hey, he was only doing what his manager told him to do.😂
'alright hobbs, knock the cover off the ball'
If memory serves me correctly a Pirate did it against the Cardinals at Busch stadium. I was there as a kid. Amazing.
Like the radio announcer in the background, nice touch.
Alright Hobbs knock the cover off the ball. Hobbs l... ok you got it pops lol
Probably my favorite sports movie of all
The umpire is the same one at the end of the film.
BTW - all time best baseball movie
Only Benny the jet Rodriguez can rival that much power LOL
What a movie.
There is a common theme in many of Redfords movies that I find sincerely truthful and meaningful, and it is something that is very difficult to put into words and so he expresses it by example. It is a place inside yourself, deep inside, and if you are lucky enough to know that spot it is like a bit of gold where sound and confusion stop and there is only the truth about what you are doing; whether it is hitting a baseball, writing a poem, painting a picture, giving a speech, or playing golf. But if you know that spot, you need only access it, to be your best.
Amen
My fathers saw the opposite of this scene. My dad was playing baseball while in the Army in WW2. He said a hitter hit a line drive at the pitcher and the ball hit the pitcher in the head. It was a grazing hit and the ball peeled the pitcher scalp from his skull.
Ugh I love this movie
Wonderboy
Asked and answered!
Well he did what the manager ask him to do...Hit the cover off the ball
Was that a triple?
And Sears, Roebuck on the scoreboard. 🤣
Badass movie and Kim Bassinger hell yeah
Yeah Kim Wilde Kim Basinger and Christy Brinkley my favourite ever blondes
The great restaurant scene was filmed on the Queen Mary in the Queen's Salon on the Promenade deck..on the Queen Mary in Long Beach,in 1983. Robert Redford--contrary to the old gossip-is 5'11" tall...Many of the far background extras in the baseball scenes were large photo cut outs of people--saves a ton of labor money--check out some of the extra--they never move, or even sip their beer!
With the exception of Tarantino, Hollywood has no clue how to make a good movie anymore. This movie is amongst the greats.
Like some kind of mystic sword, swung upwards to the heavens. Summoning forth a great power from some ethereal force,
Imagine the force & all the tiny little factors that have to go into splitting the seams on a baseball... the odds have to be nearly impossible when it happens for real.
The 1938 Phillies had a blue/yellow color scheme that year, what’s shown looks like their 1939 outfits. But a good effort in looking authentic.
That's awesome..
Great hit.
So THAT’S how you beat the Phillies back in the day.
2:04 the best actor line in history. That man was a virtuoso.
1:18 and 1:21 were in the 1990 sports video, Pro Sports Bloopers.
MY SON DONT LIKE SPORTS...BUT I MADE HIM WATCH THIS MOVIE FOR A LIFE LESSON
dukeparadice So what?
what was the lesson ?
Always bring a raincoat to a baseball game.
That his dad's a sad, angry man
Made my teenage daughter watch it and made her pay attention to how everything can fall apart in our prime when we think we are invincible. Later I had her pay attention to the line delivered by Glenn Close: We have two lives; the one we learn with and the one we live with after that.
He hit it like the kid from The Sandlot
He did just what the manager ordered.
I like to imagine that the ball was hitted by the lightning.
Wish you'd have written "hat". Irregular joke, I know.
My friend saw this movie when it came out before I did and he told me the guy hit the cover off the ball. I thought to myself how the hell does that happen?
Someone stated and/or asked if this was made about Mickey Mantle. It's about Ted Williams. I wrote a paper about the book and movie in school. Bernard Malamud wrote the book and stated he loosely based it on Ted Williams. Hobb's quote in both the movie and book where he says, "All I ever wanted was to walk down the street and for people to say, 'There goes Roy Hobb's the greatest there ever was to play the game.' ", is a Ted Williams quote. Along with the great life lessons, mythical aspects, etc... one of the themes was how life gets in the way our dreams and Ted Williams twice left his professional career to go to war as a U.S. Marine Corp fighter pilot, WWII and the Korean War. He would have had a far more amazing career if he had not fought and instead played and not just due to the seasons he missed but being out of the game you loose a step and it's harder to get back to the level you were at. Think Hobb's being a "rookie at his age." Not the same but similar. Ted Williams spent most of WWII as a flight instructor because of his amazing eye-sight which also helped him become a great pilot so they wanted him to teach. Also, to keep up good P.R. for the war effort, the military did not think it would be good for the countries' morale if a superstar athlete died. I recall, I could be wrong, Ted wanted to fight in WWII and he insisted he did for the Korean War and he was able to fly some of the first U.S. Military jets. Also, as someone stated below, the ending of the book is different than the movie which it is in more ways than one, the metaphors, etc... Read the book if you can. FYI, most of Bernard Malamud's books are not happy affairs to say the least.
Malamud's books was a retelling of the Quest for the Holy Grail. Levinsons version is The Odyssey. Roy= Odysseus, Gus-Cyclops, Iris-Penelope, The Judge = Hades, Memo= Calypso, Pop Fisher= Zeus, etc.
He could have been ejected because of that look he gave the ump.
Baseball Cards are nearly worthless, the integrity of the game in the new millennium is in shambles, the greed in baseball is ever more so present, the lack of pristine athleticism, the blindness of today's fans to what truly personifies a great ballplayer ...... I have this luxury - knowing what once was and is no more - the true epitome of baseball before the nonsense ..... I can say The Natural, though a fictitious icon, is more REAL than the fictitious ballplayers (cheaters) today!!! LONG LIVE THE NATURAL THE BEST FILM IN AND OF BASEBALL!!!!
DetroitLove4U the lack of pristine athleticism? You have no idea what you’re talking about. Today’s players are stronger and faster than any generation before them.
Somewhat true but mostly false. The heart of baseball will always be there.
Let me just hit the cover off a baseball, because human strength in movies
A composite of Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris.
Love from india
Did anyone else back then think McBride (the pitcher) looked like Tom Hanks?
Classic
He's like Babe Ruth, only skinny.
Be careful what you wish for, pop...
Nothing But Yarn, lol. Fake or not, one of the many interesting scenes from this movie.
Why didn't Hobbs keep running? What would they use to tag him with?
He's an old man, he needed a break before he could make it to home
How long before they remake and ruin this movie?
Good one!
Yeah your right!
A movie about the missing years starring Brad Pitt. Remember he was in the circus, he killed a man and he played for another team.
Not sure if they do that w/ most sports movies. Only one I can think of is The Karate Kid.
I've seen a cover knocked off of a ball before, but the ball was defective. It's plausible.