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www.filmthreat.com - : ''Bull Durham'' is the best movie ever made about baseball, and it's not even really that close. Writer-Director Ron Shelton was a minor league player and he knows the ins and outs of the game; the every day excitement and the dreariness, as well as the Homeric romance that appeals to intellectuals like George Will and Ken Burns. For one thing, ''Bull Durham'' understands that the key to baseball is that it is the story of a long season. ''The Natural,'' ''Damn Yankees,'' ''Major League'' and all the other pretenders build their story up to the climax of the big game, where someone will be knighted as the new hero and their opponent tagged forever as the goat. more...
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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : Baseball proverb `Bull Durham'' is a baseball version of ''Wall Street,'' in which everybody's takeover bid is for someone else's heart. The movie is being promoted as a romantic comedy, but Susan Sarandon has a great scene right at the outset where she corrects that notion. more...
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www.washingtonpost.com - : Laughs, sex and baseball: They get big play in ''Bull Durham.'' Writer/director Ron Shelton lobs juicy lines to players Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins, and they all hit home. All we're short of, in Shelton's amusing visit to the ballpark, are beer and hot-dog vendors barking their wares in the movie-theater aisles. more...
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