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Ronald Wayne Shelton (born September 15, 1945) is an American film director and screenwriter and former minor league baseball infielder. Shelton is known for the many films he has made about sports .
Apr 1, 2020 · We caught up with the film’s writer and director, Ron Shelton, best known for his baseball classic, “Bull Durham,” that featured Costner, along with Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon.
- IT’S THE ONE BASEBALL MOVIE KURT RUSSELL REGRETS NOT GETTING. According to the actor and former independent baseball leaguer, he agreed to play Crash Davis, but when he returned from a trip out of town, Kevin Costner won the part.
- ANTHONY MICHAEL HALL BLEW HIS CHANCE AT PLAYING NUKE LALOOSH. Orion Pictures wanted Hall to play the newbie pitcher, and the young actor acted like he knew that he was the studio’s choice by showing up 30 minutes late to a meeting with Shelton and producer Mark Burg.
- CHARLIE SHEEN WAS CONSIDERED FOR NUKE, TOO. But Sheen was already committed to another baseball movie, Eight Men Out. Robbins also had an offer to be in that film, but after he passed the audition with Shelton by proving that he could throw a baseball, he chose to play Nuke instead.
- THE STUDIO THOUGHT SUSAN SARANDON WAS TOO OLD AND NOT FUNNY ENOUGH TO PLAY ANNIE. So producer Thom Mount had Sarandon (who was 41 during production) go to Orion Pictures co-founder Mike Medavoy’s office in a tight dress and lean over his desk for half an hour.
Apr 26, 2023 · Ron Shelton is the writer and director of Bull Durham, White Men Can’t Jump, Cobb, Tin Cup, and Play It To The Bone. His new book The Church of Baseball: The Making of Bull Durham details his background as a minor league baseball player and the unlikely journey of his 1988 sports rom-com Bull Durham from conception to commercial ...
Black and white basketball hustlers join forces to double their chances of winning money on the street courts and in a basketball tournament. Director: Ron Shelton | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Rosie Perez, Tyra Ferrell. Votes: 96,495 | Gross: $76.25M.
Mar 27, 2017 · Ron Shelton’s White Men Can’t Jump told the story of Sidney Deane (Wesley Snipes) and Billy Hoyle (Woody Harrelson), two men who team up to hustle other Los Angeles street basketball...
Nov 28, 2023 · Ron Shelton, writer and director of the all-time classic baseball movie Bull Durham, joins the show to talk about his book, "The Church of Baseball, which co...
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