Ron Shelton & Kevin Costner in conversation with Ron Rapoport at Live Talks Los Angeles
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2022
- Ron Shelton & Kevin Costner in conversation with Ron Rapoport at Live Talks Los Angeles
discussing Ron Shelton’s book, "The Church of Baseball: The Making of Bull Durham: Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, Big Swings, and a Hit:
From the award-winning screenwriter and director of cult classic Bull Durham, the extremely entertaining behind-the-scenes story of the making of the film, and an insightful primer on the art and business of moviemaking.
“The only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the church of baseball.”-Annie in Bull Durham
Ron Shelton’s Bull Durham launched a writing-directing career that includes White Men Can’t Jump, Blaze (1989), Cobb, and Tin Cup, among other films. He also directed Jordan Rides the Bus, a documentary about Michael Jordan’s year in the minor leagues. A former professional baseball player, he holds degrees from Westmont College and the University of Arizona.
Kevin Costner is an internationally recognized director, producer and actor. Costner has starred in memorable roles in films such as JFK, the Untouchables, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, No Way Out, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, The Bodyguard, and Wyatt Earp among others. He recently starred in the dramas Black or White and the Disney film, McFarland, USA.
“The Church of Baseball is a heart pumping ride, from pitch to script to screen to the Oscars, as Ron Shelton turns his minor league love triangle into the greatest sports movie of our time. No filmmaker has given such an unfiltered glimpse into the storytelling process. Shelton has a mutual love for filmmakers and ballplayers-the grunts who take field and the management that controls their dreams. While chasing through the white knuckle pace of movie production, Ron Shelton somehow finds that strand of DNA in all of us that roots for the man at the plate as he chases love, success, good scotch, high fiber, and the hanging curveball.” -Jason Reitman, writer-director of Thank You for Smoking; Juno; Up in The Air; and Young Adult\
Bull Durham, the breakthrough 1988 film about a minor league baseball team, is widely revered as the best sports movie of all time. But back in 1987, Ron Shelton was a first-time director and no one was willing to finance a movie about baseball-especially a story set in the minors. The jury was still out on Kevin Costner’s leading-man potential, while Susan Sarandon was already a has-been. There were doubts. But something miraculous happened, and The Church of Baseball attempts to capture why.
From organizing a baseball camp for the actors and rewriting key scenes while on set, to dealing with a short production schedule and overcoming the challenge of filming the sport, Shelton brings to life the making of this beloved American movie. Shelton explains the rarely revealed ins and outs of moviemaking, from a film’s inception and financing, screenwriting, casting, the nuts and bolts of directing, the postproduction process, and even through its release. But this is also a book about baseball and its singular romance in the world of sports. Shelton spent six years in the minor leagues before making this film, and his experiences resonate throughout this book.
Full of wry humor and insight, The Church of Baseball tells the remarkable story behind an iconic film.
During a career as a sports columnist, author and commentator for NPR’s “Weekend Edition,” Ron Rapoport has covered sporting events all over the world and written books on subjects ranging from the legendary golfer Bobby Jones to the musical comedy star Betty Garrett and to Tim Reid and Tom Dreesen, the first-and last-black and white comedy team in the history of show business. Ron has written for the Los Angeles Times and Daily News and the Chicago Sun-Times. His latest book, Let’s Play Two: The Legend of Mr. Cub, The Life of Ernie Banks, is the definitive and revealing biography of one of baseball’s most iconic, beloved-and misunderstood-heroes. 
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Kevin has that little boy charm when he smiles 🥰🤗
I love you Kevin Costner ❤
Excellent, fun interview about baseball and "Bull Durham". It's a great story. Kevin is so natural and handsome.
Kevin is a genius ❤
Outstanding interview ,he love baseball
What a wonderful conversation. Reminded me to never give up on following your heart … when others don’t get you. Mahalo …
Wonderful story here!
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Good for you. I thank you for women out here for standing up for her.😊
I adored this film and the combination of whimsy, reality and romance with hard truths about a mid level of baseball and the challenges players face with contracts and competition.
Ou😮standing interviewl
Sorry for your loss my datling
GREAT interview about a great book about a great movie. The movie rates among my 10 favorites of all time so when Shelton's book came out I read it hoping for the best & hit a grand slam. If you love movies & how they get --or not get-- made AND if you love baseball then this brutally honest & often hilarious book is a MUST READ. Thanks Ron & Ron & Kevin for a very enjoyable hour+
In my lifetime I have known over 100 Major league Ballplayers including many Hall Of Famers through shows, golf, roasts etc and have asked everyone of them, "What's the greatest baseball movie you have ever seen"? and 99 out of 100 have told me Bull Durham. This was a great interview because the interviewer did his home work and the Director and actor were also painfully honest in their answers. It also is an eye opener to all of us who came into this business thinking it can't be that difficult to make a movie. Almost always a very creative person sits down to pitch an idea to a business person who doesn't have any idea how great the script is but only who he or she thinks might watch it. Richard Pryor once had a deal I believe at Paramount and he said he didn't realize that to make a movie you had to go from A to Z and A is you first must talk the project to death.Ha
Hi Tom, makes me happy you love the movie and this interview. To me, you are a hall of fame comic and I was thrilled to shake your hand after a show once upon a time. Best wishes!
@@robgreenspan9389 Hop we meet again somewhere down the line.
@@robgreenspan9389 Thanks Rob. Wish you the best.
Precious ❤
Kevin Costner I love your dry humor. You two are great together. ❤️
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CYNTHIA R. LESTER WE IMBIBE THE SPIRIT THAT ARE AROUND US AND KEVIN IS THE PERSONIFICATION OF EXCELLENCE AND HE EFFECTS US IN A POSITIVE MANNER BECAUSE HIS RELATIONSHIPS ARE HEALTHY BECAUSE OF THE POSTIVITY THAT HE PRODUCES!!
¡¡ Kevin, hiperguapisimo I love you !!
Kevin ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
CYNTHIA R. LESTER KEVIN COSTNER PUTS HIS WHOLE ❤️ IN HIS 🎬 PRODUCTION PROJECTS!!
I think she was outstanding in that movie.
Así cómo estás me encantas, tú risa me atraes estoy viendo la entrevista con Ron combinado con la película, no entiendo nada de lo que vonversan sí leo los comentarios en español.Es bien tarde estoy viendo YElOWSTONE EN TV.
CARIÑO, TE QUIERO
2:13
The universe has a funny sense of humor.
Ron passed late 23 after Kevins divorce from Christine Baumgarton
U look. got in a bathtub Kevin 💖
Don’t be spooked we r base 3
Kevin backs up the music he sings here...(still doesn't change how a woman feels about herself).
I am always trying to tune out TV...not that I do not like it because there is actual life beyond the set. Flipping people out...the unexpected even in poetry, makes for a fun result....they are talking classics..what makes a classic.
The reality of that "BATH TUB" scene sent to me in my reality of our context...was not enjoyable in real life. For fucky men can just go and take a fucking shower! Women get worn out and that was the extremity of our painful losses. I guess I have to watch those whether I want to or not.