From an age of innocence comes a hero for today.

Starring: Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Barbara Hershey, Robert Prosky, Richard Farnsworth

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★★★★ - perfect

"I guess some mistakes you never stop paying for." - Roy Hobbs

Why watch this? This is the greatest baseball, and maybe sports, movie ever made.

Plot Summary: Young Roy Hobbs is a talented baseball prodigy, leaving his childhood sweetheart and setting off to Chicago with dreams of making it in the big leagues. However, a shocking event derails his promising career, leaving his baseball dreams suspended. Years later, a now middle-aged Hobbs resurfaces as a rookie for the struggling New York Knights, attracting the attention of both a corrupt team owner and a persistent sports journalist as he chases both greatness and redemption.

Dad's Preview: There is something so grand about this fictitious story of a great baseball player who nobody ever heard of. There is a throw-back atmosphere as we once again visit old ballparks around the USA. The whole affair drips of nostalgia. Redford is flawless as the underdog Hobbs. You don't have to be sports fan to enjoy this classic film... because courage, determination, true love and triumph of the human spirit - these themes are universal.

Delphi II Productions; Tri-Star Pictures