What is The Natural (movie)?
{{italictitle}} '''''The Natural''''' is a 1984 American [[sports]] movie. It is based on [[Bernard Malamud]]'s 1952 [[The Natural|novel of the same name]]. It is directed by [[Barry Levinson]]. It stars [[Robert Redford]], [[Glenn Close]], and [[Robert Duvall]].<ref name=sivaswrcl>{{cite journal |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1984/05/07/626594/a-star-with-real-clout |journal=Sports Illustrated |last=Fimrite |first=Ron |title=A star with real clout |date=May 7, 1984 |page=92}}</ref><ref name=sivhomyth>{{cite journal|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1984/05/21/627371/the-natural-hit-or-myth |journal=Sports Illustrated |last=Deford |first=Frank |author-link=Frank Deford |agency=(Movies)|title=''The Natural'': hit or myth? |date=May 21, 1984 |page=71}}</ref> The movie was nominated for four [[Academy Awards]]. Many of the baseball scenes were filmed in 1983 at [[War Memorial Stadium (Buffalo)|War Memorial Stadium]] in [[Buffalo, New York]]. The [[All-High Stadium]], also in Buffalo, stood in for [[Chicago]]'s [[Wrigley Field]] in a key scene. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Natural, The}} [[Category:1984 drama movies]] [[Category:1980s sports movies]] [[Category:American sports movies]] [[Category:Movies set in Chicago]] [[Category:Movies based on books]] [[Category:Movies directed by Barry Levinson]] [[Category:Movies set in the 1910s]] [[Category:Movies set in the 1920s]] [[Category:Movies set in the 1930s]] {{movie-stub}}