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Ron Shelton Movies. 1. Bull Durham (1988) R | 108 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport. A fan who has an affair with one minor-league baseball player each season meets an up-and-coming pitcher and the experienced catcher assigned to him. Director: Ron Shelton | Stars: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Trey Wilson.
Jul 7, 2022 · Ron Shelton on Making Bull Durham, Getting Threatened by Thomas Pynchon, and Why Baseball is the Most Literary Sport Three Decades Later, the Writer and Director Looks Back at How It All Got Started
Former minor leaguer Ron Shelton hit a grand slam with his directorial debut, one of the most revered sports movies of all time. Durham Bulls devotee Annie Savoy (Susan Sarandon)—who every year takes a new player under her wing (and into her bed)—has singled out the loose-cannon pitching prospect Nuke LaLoosh (Tim Robbins), a big-league talent with a rock-bottom maturity level.
Ron Shelton. Highest Rated: 97% Bull Durham (1988) Lowest Rated: 0% Spaceman (2016) Birthday: Sep 15, 1945. Birthplace: Whittier, California, USA. Former slick-fielding, light-hitting minor league ...
Jul 5, 2022 · 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 "In 1988, Ron Shelton wrote and directed Bull Durham ...
About Ron Shelton. 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…
Oct 6, 2023 · Among the few guarantees in life is that on any survey of great sports films, Ron Shelton’s name will appear more than once. The résumé of the minor-league ballplayer turned screenwriter and director boasts what is arguably the definitive baseball movie with Bull Durham (1988), along with loquacious, cockeyed looks at basketball (White Men Can’t […]
