I was 11 years old when my Dad took me to see this movie in 1984. This home run scene literally took my breath away for a fleeting moment. My Dad died of cancer last year. I wish I could relive seeing this movie with him.
Bro. Chris - you always have the memory and the feeling that you and your Dad shared in that moment. Cherish those moments and pass them on to your loved ones...my Dad passed in 2019 and I was just thinking about him and feeling his spirit yesterday. The body may leave us, but their spirit and legacy live on with those they leave behind!
@MANCHESTER UNITED who cares about sissy soccer? This nation of baseball fans saved your country from the soccer playing GERMANS twice. And the hockey playing Soviets too
Nope. The awful ending of the movie and the music are the same - flashy but without substance. The movie butchered a great story, and the music helps - highlighting an awful scene.
I love when Pop is just watching him come to home plate and the team members are cheering him in slow motion. It has real mythology to it, a great baseball player is a hero and inspiration to so many
@@alisondickinson I saw Jack Kemp quarterback the Bills there, saw the Rochester Red Wings with Luke Easter hit balls out of the stadium. Great place, a lot of character as well. Too bad it's gone but is immortal thanks to Robert Redford.
@@alynsyms9666 I met Jack Kemp in Washington when he was in Congress. Shook his hand and said “Great to see someone from WNY!” He just about broke my hand, LOL! Yeah, wonderful memories.
Makes me happy it was filmed here. Newman's score for this is legendary. There's a reason it's used at bisons games and maybe all around still I'd imagine. I have a hard time watching this movie sometimes because my dad loved this and Hoosiers. But this movie is the greatest baseball and maybe sports movie ever made.
The crack of the bat, the swelling radio call with the music score just starting up, the crowd reaction, the ball smashing into the lights, the explosion, “He did it!! Hobbs did it!!” It’s absurdly magical. It’s one of those scenes that will always get to me.
makes me cry every time I see it----never disappoints....alright Hobbs, knock the cover off the ball....this isn't the ball, I want a real ball----he shot it to pieces....such a classic!!!!
Some baseballs are tapped down the line, fewer baseballs hit the gap, even fewer baseballs are crushed out of the stadium and some, just some baseballs are forever hit and never come down
+davebowman314 - A forgotten player, Richie Allen. He hit line drive HRs that were still going up after they left the ballpark. You had to be there to be there to understand.
Without a doubt the greatest baseball movie of all time!! Roy jacks a 3 run home run to win the game and propel the Knights into the World Series. Such an epic scene!! None better.
I remember going to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY, in the 90s and of all the exhibits. The one that I remember the most is the Wonderboy Bat. I must have watched this hundreds of times on HBO back in the day..
I know nothing of filmmaking, yet I can feel this scene in such a visceral sense that I know some real magic was done by the cinematographer, Director, editing person, and God knows how many others to pull this off. The falling bulbs, the contrast of night and light, the crowd and player reactions, the MUSIC...spine tingling and why I watch this clip once a year or so to remember why and when movies can put you in such a space.
I love how milliseconds after the ball cracks off the bat, All you hear is the radio broadcast of the game and the excitement in the announcers voice. Just imagine being home and listening to that game over a little a.m. radio like people did back then. Fantastic.
My dad was a Cincinnati native and grew up watching the Reds. Bled baseball. He's gone but shared thus movie with me. Never saw the old man cry. Did at this one and Brian's Song
Randy Newman's piece is used everywhere. Mostly sports movies trailers, but really it can be used for anything epic. But, this scene captures it perfectly when he smashes out the stadium lights. What a scene!
I played baseball as a kid and a teenager, there are very few things that gave me more pleasure. I understood fully when he talks in the hospital about how much he loves the game. this is one of the greatest baseball films there is and some very special heart warning moments. I hope my children take up the game as there is nothing quite like it. thank you for these clips.
I played baseball all the way until freshman year of high school (I walked away deciding to focus on education). In AA baseball my dad told me that if i ever hit a home run, he would play this song. Encouraged me to drive myself to be a powerful player and a player to be feared. Alas the most crowning achievement I ever had in my baseball career was only 2 triples for 2 different teams...
What I love is not only the pure joy on faces of Reds, Pops, and Iris etc.. Is the shots of defeat and despair on the faces of the Judge, Gus and Memo.
The man is bleeding by side and hits homerun to win the game. Inspirational. It reminds me L.A Dodgers Kirk Gibson homerun hit vs. Oakland A's in the World Series in October 1988 to win the World Series...
This ending was perfect the way it pulled the whole movie together, Hobbs tells Pop how much he loves a farm, Hobbs ruined the Judge, Memmo, and Gus, he won back the team for Pop and even used the batboy’s bat that they made together. Not to mention the son he learned he had.
Other than the amazing scenery, it’s the music and for some reason the broadcaster that does it for me. Love that they had that in there. “High up in there…!!!””
The music and the joy on the ball players' faces are amazing. The young bat boy and Richard Farnsworth symbolizing the lifelong magnetism of the game the lights exploding like flash bulbs to highlight the movements and the camera angles and framing are absolutely masterful. It is a scene that deserves to be studied minutely by every aspiring director, camera operator and editor.
It's a shame that the audio/video didn't run all the way to finish. I was in a packed theater on opening night of the film. When Roy hit the ball out, the place stood and exploded. Then when everything shifted to the meadow with Roy playing catch with his son under the Mom's watchful eye, grown men sat and cried for minutes. Including me. I'll never forget that moment.
1. *_Endings: Book vs. Film_** ~* This was definitely a *FAR* better ending than the 1953 novel, where Roy Hobbs' story ends in utter disgrace. In the novel, Hobbs takes a bribe to throw his last game, and it is found out and revealed by seedy journalist Max Mercy. Hobbs is expelled from the (baseball) leagues and banned from the professional baseball permanently. All of Hobbs' accomplishments are erased/stricken from the records, and Hobbs dies penniless and unremembered. *:(* 2. *_Alternate Ending_** ~* As an extra bit of trivia, there was an Alternate Ending to The Natural (1984 film) film that was intended to be a moderate bridge between the movie-ending and the book-ending... - a.) In the Alternate Ending, Hobbs comes up against Herman Youngberry (the opposing pitcher in this scene); Hobbs sees the up-&-coming Youngberry at a reflection of himself when Hobbs was young, originally wanting to be a star-pitcher (as in the beginning of the story). - b.) As a result, Youngberry strikes out Hobbs as in the 1953 novel, with Hobbs swinging, but missing by a *VERY* close margin. The difference being that for the 1984 film Alternate Ending, Hobbs walks off the field while giving Youngberry meaningful look/nod. Thus, it is meant to be questionable to whether Hobbs was earnestly struck out, or whether Hobbs *_ALLOWED_* Youngberry to strike Hobbs out, thus giving Youngberry the opportunity that Hobbs never had in Hobbs' youth (on account of young Hobbs having been shot by the insane Harriet Bird). - c.) Sadly, this subtler and nobler Alternate Ending proved too difficult to portray, so it was scrapped in favor of the Theatrical Ending; not that this was a "bad" thing, of course. *:D* Thanks for uploading this, *Movieclips.* :)
@@scottbrantley2810 ~ Exactly why this Alternate Ending route was scrapped in favor of the Theatrical Ending. *;)* 1. *_True(r) to Source_** ~* But yes, as said, the Alternate Ending idea/concept (talked about by the film's producers and writers in interviews) was meant to try to have the 1984 film be closer to the 1953 novel source, but *NOT* be the depressing ending of the novel (general audiences would have _hated_ the film, then). 2. *_Safe(r) Choice_** ~* But as also said, trying to portray such an _'Open Question'_ ending was too difficult to do, even for Robert Redford's level of acting talent. So, the film producers & writers went with the simpler _'Happy Ending'_ route; which, obviously, was the correct choice in the end. Hope this helps clarify. *:)*
I've read the book, when I was in college. This is the one rare time where, in my humble opinion, the film adaptation of the book turns out to be the superior story. Yes, I know "real life" and all that, and I appreciate stories that take subtler looks at the human experience. But seeing this as a child, watching my dad (who undoubtedly was thinking of his own father) cry for one of the few times in my life... The world needed - and still needs - this story, told this way. I shed tears every time I see this scene. It makes me think fondly on my childhood, and my father, and baseball, and doing the right thing, and believing in redemption, and a list that goes on and on. And none of that would have ever been the case if Roy Hobbs hadn't smashed the hell out of those lights.
@@MikeOzmun ~ Well said. *:)* As said, while it might have been a very good Alternate Ending to have Hobbs questionably allow Youngberry to strike him out, to give Youngberry the chance that Hobbs never had, it was understandably difficult to portray that on the film-screen. So ultimately, it was the correct decision to go with the grand Theatrical (Happy) Ending. *:)*
Left out the best bit where Pop Fisher gazes at Roy as he passes in amazement and wonder. Remembering how he wouldn't play him when Roy had turned up for the first time. Quoting what Red said "fancy them sending me a rookie. I'm going to pay his contract, but I'm never going to play him. Never!"
I was 11 when I saw this in the theatre. I remember my eyes watering with final homerun and never felt tears like that before. This movie was the stuff of boy's dreams.
To this day, this scene makes me cry a bit-it’s absolutely perfect in every way, and Newman’s score hits you right in the heart-, as soon as the ball hits that light and you hear those horns… just magnificent. The announcer screaming, “He did it! HOBBS DID IT!” gets the tears through the cheers going for me. Every time. And as he’s rounding third, that slow motion trot, i can hear it loud and clear: “There goes Roy Hobbs, the best there ever was in this game.”
My favorite movie of all-time. Shows what true legends in sports do in the face of adversity when no one thinks they can do it. Roys Hobbs and this soundtrack are the best.
I can't decide if this is my favorite movie scene or Sgt. Elias' death in Platoon. Both are cinematic masterpieces. And like a previous commentator wrote, these scenes were lifted into greatness thanks to the music.
It's interesting to see this stadium after all these years. I saw a game or two here as a kid, but it's been torn down for decades. At least it was recorded in this movie.
the soundtrack throughout the movie is soo good, but 1:13 to 1:35 specifically has to be one of my favorite pieces of a score ive ever heard anywhere ranks up in the top 10
"Let's Play Ball." - - that's what I loved most about this movie, it's about a guy who loved playing baseball, just wanted to compete and play. Despite all the bs he put himself through and evenually put behind him, even bleeding internally, he was there in the moment and just wanted to hit...and all those years he missed out on because of some crazy woman shooting him...he just wanted to play, that was his gift.
This movie was mostly filmed in Buffalo, and my Dad tried to get his car in the movie, but the selection was so large that they had to pick so few to get in. Great movie either way.
I was 11 years old when my Dad took me to see this movie in 1984. This home run scene literally took my breath away for a fleeting moment.
My Dad died of cancer last year. I wish I could relive seeing this movie with him.
I’m so sorry. Hopefully, you’ll reunite with him on the Field of Dreams one day.
I’m so sorry for your loss… Your father‘s legacy will live forever.
I went through the same path last year. I am sorry for your loss.
Bro. Chris - you always have the memory and the feeling that you and your Dad shared in that moment. Cherish those moments and pass them on to your loved ones...my Dad passed in 2019 and I was just thinking about him and feeling his spirit yesterday. The body may leave us, but their spirit and legacy live on with those they leave behind!
Dang bro, sorry man. 😞
Arguably one of the most greatest moments in sports movie history.
Without a doubt.
@MANCHESTER UNITED who cares about sissy soccer? This nation of baseball fans saved your country from the soccer playing GERMANS twice. And the hockey playing Soviets too
Its the greatest moment!
I believe it to be the greatest
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Not one comment on the music? Randy Newman deserves much credit for the success of the Natural
Yeah, the music is amazing. The movie would suffer without it.
It's very Copland-esque
Nope. The awful ending of the movie and the music are the same - flashy but without substance.
The movie butchered a great story, and the music helps - highlighting an awful scene.
@@fjccommish What a nasty thing to say.
@@mikeyoung9810 Nope. The movie had a happy, empty ending. The book ended with him failing - the price for his indulgence.
The shot of him rounding 3rd all I can say is bravo to the cinematographer.
I thought the same... It was one of the most wonderful scenes I have ever watched in my entire life. Kind regards.
@@rodrigomunozmorales5789kind regards to you also.
.... Ohhhhhh !!! A thing of beauty !
Rounding first too, low shot with fireworks over his shoulder. Absolutely brilliant!
That would be Caleb Deschanel.
He’s brilliant.
Father of Zooey Deschanel.
How do you not get chills watching this. Best baseball movie of all time possibly greatest ending ever to a movie.
Great ending, but that "Greatest Ending" title is reserved for It's a Wonderful Life.
@@lacouerfairy great ending, but Best baseball movie is reserved for Field of Dreams
@@slimpickens01 great ending, but greatest ending is reserved for toy story 3
I agree
Go Canes! I saw them Tuesday night at the restaurant I work at. Aho and a few others! Great guys!
A now 40 year old classic filled with emotion and an incredible score by Randy Newman
Gives me the chills every time. Seeing the sparks reflecting off Pops glasses was a brilliant scene.
One of the most beautifully shot scenes in movie history. Always brings a tear to my eye 😊
I love when Pop is just watching him come to home plate and the team members are cheering him in slow motion. It has real mythology to it, a great baseball player is a hero and inspiration to so many
This has got to be one of the BEST scenes ever in a movie, when Roy Hobbs hits the winning home run. One of my favorite movies ever....
Amen to that.
It's an awful scene.
@@fjccommish if you're an idiot.
Its absolutely beautiful❤
@@d_no_allyn_86 he’s just looking for an argument, a troll.
Filmed right here in Buffalo, NY at the Rockpile. Randy Newman's score was perfect! The best home run in cinematic history!
Ah, The Rockpile! Go, Buffalo!
@@alisondickinson I saw Jack Kemp quarterback the Bills there, saw the Rochester Red Wings with Luke Easter hit balls out of the stadium. Great place, a lot of character as well. Too bad it's gone but is immortal thanks to Robert Redford.
@@alynsyms9666 I met Jack Kemp in Washington when he was in Congress. Shook his hand and said “Great to see someone from WNY!” He just about broke my hand, LOL! Yeah, wonderful memories.
Makes me happy it was filmed here. Newman's score for this is legendary. There's a reason it's used at bisons games and maybe all around still I'd imagine. I have a hard time watching this movie sometimes because my dad loved this and Hoosiers. But this movie is the greatest baseball and maybe sports movie ever made.
@@andyc9979 It's used for home runs at Texas Rangers games.
The crack of the bat, the swelling radio call with the music score just starting up, the crowd reaction, the ball smashing into the lights, the explosion, “He did it!! Hobbs did it!!”
It’s absurdly magical. It’s one of those scenes that will always get to me.
One of the best scenes in movie history. Everything is amazing, from the cinematography, sound design, lighting acting, and of course the score.
Probably the best scene of all baseball movies. I get goosebumps every time I watch this scene.
Yep
There he goes Roy hobbs the best there ever was in the game
Romance, redemption, drama, history, memories all in one at bat. Amazing film and incredible ending.
It's corny, hokey, and overly sentimental...and I love it.
Indeed.
Roy passing first and looking up for me is still one of the coolest, iconic shots in movie history.
makes me cry every time I see it----never disappoints....alright Hobbs, knock the cover off the ball....this isn't the ball, I want a real ball----he shot it to pieces....such a classic!!!!
Some baseballs are tapped down the line, fewer baseballs hit the gap, even fewer baseballs are crushed out of the stadium and some, just some baseballs are forever hit and never come down
Barry Bonds. 2002 World Series. I defy you to track that baseball as it sailed away.
davebowman314 Mickey Mantle hit those that stayed in our dreams forever and like you said, never came down!
+davebowman314 - A forgotten player, Richie Allen. He hit line drive HRs that were still going up after they left the ballpark. You had to be there to be there to understand.
Theo Lamp Willie Horton hit the hardest hr I've ever seen. It hit the score board way out past center field. 700 ft and bounced off that.
@@heathtingle8144 That ball went into another dimension. It no longer exists.
Without a doubt the greatest baseball movie of all time!! Roy jacks a 3 run home run to win the game and propel the Knights into the World Series. Such an epic scene!! None better.
Middle aged and bleeding from the gut.. the natural pulls off the miracle. The stuff legends are made from.
And a few years after this movie was made…Kirk Gibson did it for real!
@@CairnTerrier69that he did.
This scene was and still is to this day a work of art and if anyone ever tries recreating this movie they will fail to match this level of expertise
I remember going to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY, in the 90s and of all the exhibits. The one that I remember the most is the Wonderboy Bat. I must have watched this hundreds of times on HBO back in the day..
I’ve never been. I didn’t know it was there. ❤ This is one of my favorites of all time.
the Cut-To: Glenn Close losing it gets me every single time. He did it.
Gets me too.
That shot of him rounding first base is amazing, especially the choice of angle to show the majesty of his home run.
Good call... best shot of the scene.
Best sports movie ever made.
That music, man.
Seen this scene a million times and still goosebumps every time
🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
This is so epic! I actualy love watching movies about old baseball, there were just the best times. Just the best game ever!
That shot at the end of the clip with the lights exploding behind running Redford is truly iconic.
Absolutely!! Music was fantastic!!!
I remember the night they filmed this scene in War Memorial Stadium, Buffalo NY.
You were there ?
Every time I watch this I am crying why??
I know nothing of filmmaking, yet I can feel this scene in such a visceral sense that I know some real magic was done by the cinematographer, Director, editing person, and God knows how many others to pull this off. The falling bulbs, the contrast of night and light, the crowd and player reactions, the MUSIC...spine tingling and why I watch this clip once a year or so to remember why and when movies can put you in such a space.
I love how milliseconds after the ball cracks off the bat, All you hear is the radio broadcast of the game and the excitement in the announcers voice. Just imagine being home and listening to that game over a little a.m. radio like people did back then. Fantastic.
Damn, still at 41 i get teary eyed watching this.
Robert Redford=Legend
TOTALLY AGREE!
Harrison Ford, Robert Redford, Jack Nicholson i love them so much !!
My dad was a Cincinnati native and grew up watching the Reds. Bled baseball. He's gone but shared thus movie with me. Never saw the old man cry. Did at this one and Brian's Song
Richard Farnsworth and the young bat boy do not get enough credit for their quiet, yet emotionally-laden roles in this film.
Still gives me chills to this day
Stunning cinematography from Caleb Deschanel.
Randy Newman's piece is used everywhere. Mostly sports movies trailers, but really it can be used for anything epic. But, this scene captures it perfectly when he smashes out the stadium lights. What a scene!
I played baseball as a kid and a teenager, there are very few things that gave me more pleasure. I understood fully when he talks in the hospital about how much he loves the game. this is one of the greatest baseball films there is and some very special heart warning moments. I hope my children take up the game as there is nothing quite like it. thank you for these clips.
If you've ever played the game of baseball, you'll know why this is so special.
I played baseball all the way until freshman year of high school (I walked away deciding to focus on education). In AA baseball my dad told me that if i ever hit a home run, he would play this song. Encouraged me to drive myself to be a powerful player and a player to be feared. Alas the most crowning achievement I ever had in my baseball career was only 2 triples for 2 different teams...
What I love is not only the pure joy on faces of Reds, Pops, and Iris etc.. Is the shots of defeat and despair on the faces of the Judge, Gus and Memo.
Memo's shiver is perfectly timed cut
Best ending to a baseball movie ever.
it would have been a real bummer if it ended like the book
Field of Dreams?
Chills
Goosebumps
Tears
Peace ✌️ 2024.
Forever bonds me with my dear son
That scene will never, EVER get old!
One of my favorite sports movies!!! And the soundtrack was amazing!
The man is bleeding by side and hits homerun to win the game. Inspirational. It reminds me L.A Dodgers Kirk Gibson homerun hit vs. Oakland A's in the World Series in October 1988 to win the World Series...
I always wanted to be Roy when I was a kid, inspired me to be the best I could when playing any sport. Such a treasured movie of mine, now my kids!
This is The BEST scene in sports history.
This scene is so legendary bro
One of the greatest music and cinema creating God like moments.
Absolutely spine tingling. Unreal moment.
This ending was perfect the way it pulled the whole movie together, Hobbs tells Pop how much he loves a farm, Hobbs ruined the Judge, Memmo, and Gus, he won back the team for Pop and even used the batboy’s bat that they made together. Not to mention the son he learned he had.
Happy 87th birthday to Roy Hobbs.
He’d have to be older than that. In fact he’d have to be dead
Other than the amazing scenery, it’s the music and for some reason the broadcaster that does it for me. Love that they had that in there. “High up in there…!!!””
"Hello, Mr. Hobbs, this is General Electric..."
Colonel Blimp what seems to be the problem?
Fact: In the book, Hobbs strikes out, but the producers wanted to make use of the soundtrack for the finale, so they changed the ending.
one of the rare instances where the movie is better than the book
@@Drugstorecowboy8 No
Probably the most magical moment in sports film history, such a great film, Robert Redford is mesmerizing in this movie
A unforgettable heroic soundtrack
The music and the joy on the ball players' faces are amazing. The young bat boy and Richard Farnsworth symbolizing the lifelong magnetism of the game the lights exploding like flash bulbs to highlight the movements and the camera angles and framing are absolutely masterful. It is a scene that deserves to be studied minutely by every aspiring director, camera operator and editor.
The sparks falling in front of the villains is tremendous too
did the guy from The Green Mile just get executed next door?
To soon man. To soon.
Lmfao
that was your mom's vibrator shorting out
I think Duncan MacLeod was swordfighting in the garage.
Watched this movie as a kid on TV will forever be the greatest baseball film..
Remembering seeing the nice movie about 30 years ago, l feel once again our given time is so fast.
Same thing happens in 2018- 347 people file a class action suit for the lights exploding near them.
Not surprising! That's the world we live in today... sue, sue, sue!
It's a shame that the audio/video didn't run all the way to finish. I was in a packed theater on opening night of the film. When Roy hit the ball out, the place stood and exploded. Then when everything shifted to the meadow with Roy playing catch with his son under the Mom's watchful eye, grown men sat and cried for minutes. Including me. I'll never forget that moment.
Nice clip, but it cuts away a few seconds before the most iconic image -- the "fireworks" reflected in Wilford Brimley's eyeglasses.
This is why we have watched baseball for over 100 years
1. *_Endings: Book vs. Film_** ~* This was definitely a *FAR* better ending than the 1953 novel, where Roy Hobbs' story ends in utter disgrace. In the novel, Hobbs takes a bribe to throw his last game, and it is found out and revealed by seedy journalist Max Mercy. Hobbs is expelled from the (baseball) leagues and banned from the professional baseball permanently. All of Hobbs' accomplishments are erased/stricken from the records, and Hobbs dies penniless and unremembered. *:(*
2. *_Alternate Ending_** ~* As an extra bit of trivia, there was an Alternate Ending to The Natural (1984 film) film that was intended to be a moderate bridge between the movie-ending and the book-ending...
- a.) In the Alternate Ending, Hobbs comes up against Herman Youngberry (the opposing pitcher in this scene); Hobbs sees the up-&-coming Youngberry at a reflection of himself when Hobbs was young, originally wanting to be a star-pitcher (as in the beginning of the story).
- b.) As a result, Youngberry strikes out Hobbs as in the 1953 novel, with Hobbs swinging, but missing by a *VERY* close margin. The difference being that for the 1984 film Alternate Ending, Hobbs walks off the field while giving Youngberry meaningful look/nod. Thus, it is meant to be questionable to whether Hobbs was earnestly struck out, or whether Hobbs *_ALLOWED_* Youngberry to strike Hobbs out, thus giving Youngberry the opportunity that Hobbs never had in Hobbs' youth (on account of young Hobbs having been shot by the insane Harriet Bird).
- c.) Sadly, this subtler and nobler Alternate Ending proved too difficult to portray, so it was scrapped in favor of the Theatrical Ending; not that this was a "bad" thing, of course. *:D*
Thanks for uploading this, *Movieclips.* :)
My God, are you serious? Never knew that, don't know how they would have ever filmed it...
@@scottbrantley2810 ~ Exactly why this Alternate Ending route was scrapped in favor of the Theatrical Ending. *;)*
1. *_True(r) to Source_** ~* But yes, as said, the Alternate Ending idea/concept (talked about by the film's producers and writers in interviews) was meant to try to have the 1984 film be closer to the 1953 novel source, but *NOT* be the depressing ending of the novel (general audiences would have _hated_ the film, then).
2. *_Safe(r) Choice_** ~* But as also said, trying to portray such an _'Open Question'_ ending was too difficult to do, even for Robert Redford's level of acting talent. So, the film producers & writers went with the simpler _'Happy Ending'_ route; which, obviously, was the correct choice in the end.
Hope this helps clarify. *:)*
I've read the book, when I was in college. This is the one rare time where, in my humble opinion, the film adaptation of the book turns out to be the superior story. Yes, I know "real life" and all that, and I appreciate stories that take subtler looks at the human experience. But seeing this as a child, watching my dad (who undoubtedly was thinking of his own father) cry for one of the few times in my life... The world needed - and still needs - this story, told this way. I shed tears every time I see this scene. It makes me think fondly on my childhood, and my father, and baseball, and doing the right thing, and believing in redemption, and a list that goes on and on. And none of that would have ever been the case if Roy Hobbs hadn't smashed the hell out of those lights.
@@MikeOzmun ~ Well said. *:)*
As said, while it might have been a very good Alternate Ending to have Hobbs questionably allow Youngberry to strike him out, to give Youngberry the chance that Hobbs never had, it was understandably difficult to portray that on the film-screen. So ultimately, it was the correct decision to go with the grand Theatrical (Happy) Ending. *:)*
Randy Newman's music makes this great scene elite
My favorite movie growing up. I'm 35 now and I still get the chills. Knock the cover off the ball Hobbs!
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Every little boys dream. Such an amazing scene in a great movie.
Left out the best bit where Pop Fisher gazes at Roy as he passes in amazement and wonder.
Remembering how he wouldn't play him when Roy had turned up for the first time. Quoting what Red said "fancy them sending me a rookie. I'm going to pay his contract, but I'm never going to play him. Never!"
I was 11 when I saw this in the theatre. I remember my eyes watering with final homerun and never felt tears like that before. This movie was the stuff of boy's dreams.
To this day, this scene makes me cry a bit-it’s absolutely perfect in every way, and Newman’s score hits you right in the heart-, as soon as the ball hits that light and you hear those horns… just magnificent.
The announcer screaming, “He did it! HOBBS DID IT!” gets the tears through the cheers going for me. Every time. And as he’s rounding third, that slow motion trot, i can hear it loud and clear:
“There goes Roy Hobbs, the best there ever was in this game.”
My favorite movie of all-time. Shows what true legends in sports do in the face of adversity when no one thinks they can do it. Roys Hobbs and this soundtrack are the best.
Just don't read the novel
I can't decide if this is my favorite movie scene or Sgt. Elias' death in Platoon. Both are cinematic masterpieces. And like a previous commentator wrote, these scenes were lifted into greatness thanks to the music.
That scene gets me every time! Good over evil, tears, bravo!
The music and moment gives me chills
So great.
I do it every morning.....
Goosebumps every time. I love this movie.
That’s how you make fireworks 🎇. Roy Hobbs is truly a Natural!
A masterclass in film editing
It's interesting to see this stadium after all these years. I saw a game or two here as a kid, but it's been torn down for decades. At least it was recorded in this movie.
One of the great movies ever
the soundtrack throughout the movie is soo good, but 1:13 to 1:35 specifically has to be one of my favorite pieces of a score ive ever heard anywhere
ranks up in the top 10
"Let's Play Ball." - - that's what I loved most about this movie, it's about a guy who loved playing baseball, just wanted to compete and play. Despite all the bs he put himself through and evenually put behind him, even bleeding internally, he was there in the moment and just wanted to hit...and all those years he missed out on because of some crazy woman shooting him...he just wanted to play, that was his gift.
One of the greatest scenes of all time.
Freddie freeman
That ending gets me everytime. Greatest Movie ending ever.
Best moment to me is when he rounds 3rd base and his face is shown more in sillouette... Iconic shot...
what an incredible shot.might be one of the greatest movies of all time...so powerful. that music is timeless.
This movie was mostly filmed in Buffalo, and my Dad tried to get his car in the movie, but the selection was so large that they had to pick so few to get in. Great movie either way.
One of my favorite baseball movies with one of my favorite actors.
If you don't tear 😢 up watching this sequence, you are absolutely dead inside!
The Final Homerun and the Natural ( Hey Dad you wanna have a catch ? ) Those scenes from those 2 movies make me come apart each time I watch them.
Admit it, you came here after Freddie Freeman's grand slam