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-Robert
Redford
-Kim
Basinger
IFarm
boy
Roy
Hobbs
(Robert
Redford)
is
the
best
baseball
player
anyone
has
ever
seen.
His
bat,
handmade
from
the
wood
of a
tree
felled
by
lightning
following
the
death
of
his
father,
is
magic
in
his
hands.
But
before
his
career
can
start,
the
mysterious
Harriet
Bird
(Barbara
Hershey)
inexplicably
shoots
him,
sidelining
him
for
more
than
a
decade.
Fifteen
years
later,
Hobbs
returns
to
play
for
the
New
York
Knights,
whose
coach,
Pop
Fisher
(Wilfred
Brimley),
begrudgingly
accepts
the
aging
rookie
as a
member
of
the
team.
Pop
is
as
surprised
as
the
rest
of
the
team
when
Hobbs
knocks
the
ball
out
of
the
park
time
and
again
and
can
still
play
a
mean
outfield
as
well.
However,
when
the
politics
of
the
business
side
of
the
game
get
in
the
way,
Hobbs
has
to
make
some
life-changing
decisions.
Meanwhile,
he
becomes
involved
with
Memo
Paris
(Kim
Basinger),
a
sultry
siren
with
her
own
agenda.
Glenn
Close
plays
Iris,
the
hometown
girl
whom
Hobbs
left
behind
but
never
forgot.
Director
Barry
Levinson
(DINER,
RAIN
MAN)
manages
to
re-create
the
excitement
of
old-time
baseball
while
telling
an
all-American
tale
of
success
and
failure,
based
on
the
novel
by
Bernard
Malamud.
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