Bull Durham details
Movie Details:
- Director: Ron Shelton
- Produced By: Mount Company, Orion
- Year: 1988
- Run Time: 107 minutes
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- MPAA Rating: R
- Category: Feature
- Genre/Type: Comedy, Romance
- Filmed In: Color
- Release: 1988 06 15 (USA)
- Key Cast: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Trey Wilson, Robert Wuhl, Jenny Robertson, Max Patkin, William O'Leary, Full Credits
- Awards: Best Original Screenplay (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie 1988), Best Original Song (Hollywood Foreign Press Association 1988), Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or C (Hollywood Foreign Press Association 1988), Full Awards
A blend of comedy, drama and romance, Bull Durham follows the intertwining of three lives brought together by the great American pastime. Crash Davis (Kevin Costner, showcasing his Midwestern charm) is a perennial Minor Leaguer assigned to the Durham Bulls, a hapless team with a long tradition of mediocrity. There he tutors a young, dim-witted pitching prodigy, Nuke LaLoosh (Tim Robbins) in the ways of baseball, life, and love. Each strikes up a romance with Annie (Susan Sarandon), the team's "mascot" who takes it upon herself to sleep with a new player every season. Each has his/her own conflict: Crash struggles to end his career with some measure of dignity; Nuke struggles to make it to the "big show"; and Annie struggles to find something more than a roll in the hay -- and of course, Crash and Nuke come into conflict over Annie's affections to further complicate matters. The film treats the sport of baseball with a sort of casual reverence, highlighting both the drama and the humor inherent in the game, illustrated by Annie's numerous references to baseball as "her religion." by Jeremy Beday, All Movie Guide
Keywords:
- baseball
- love
- mentor
- religion
- romance
- rookie
- self-discovery
- sex
- team
Themes:
- All Washed Up
- Mentors
- Love Triangles
- Baseball Players
