"Bull Durham" A movie filled with the love of baseball from people who loved it, from the staff and cast to the legends.

Manager Ron Shelton aimed to become a major leaguer.

He is the director of `` Tin Cup '' (1994), in which Tommy Lee Jones played the first player in the Baseball Hall of Fame, and also worked with Kevin Costner on `` Tin Cup '' (1996), a movie about golf. Director Ron Shelton. He had a background in the minor leagues. He attended college on a baseball scholarship and was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles. Although he changed from pitcher to second baseman in AA and advanced to AAA, it was difficult to get promoted to the major leagues, and he retired after feeling the limits of his physical strength. After that, he re-enrolled in university, worked at a department store to earn money for his studies, and studied screenwriting. After garnering attention for his scripts for ``Under Fire'' (1983) starring Nick Nolte and ``Touchdown '90'' (1986) starring Robin Williams, his directorial debut, which he won after eight years, was ``Bull Durham''. "It was. In other words, many of the minor league characters depicted in this film are based on what he actually saw and heard.

``Bull Durham'' also has another main cast member who oscillates between catcher Crush, played by Kevin Costner, and pitcher Ebby, played by Tim Robbins. Annie, played by Susan Sarandon, is a woman whose purpose in life is to take care of the young promising players of the Durham Bulls and help them grow into great players. In the movie, Crash, played by Kevin Costner, and Annie, played by Susan Sarandon, end up together, but in real life, the romance between Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins became a hot topic. Not only was there a 12-year age difference between the two, but Susan was already a big star, while Tim was just an actor playing one of the supporting roles as a rising star.

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The partnership between the two had a synergistic effect that would greatly change their subsequent careers. For example, in 1995, Susan won the Best Actress Award at the 68th Academy Awards for `` Dead Man Walking '' (1995), which Tim directed. In 2003, Tim won Sean Penn the Silver Bear Award (Best Actor Award) at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival for his role in ``Dead Man Walking.'' This time, Tim co-starred with Sean in `` Mystic River '' (2003). , had the fortuitous chance of winning the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 76th Academy Awards (by the way, Sean also won his first Academy Award for Best Actor for ``Mystic River''). In other words, the chemical reaction that occurred during the production of ``Bull Durham'' became the origin of his later works.

As a side note, the Durham Bulls baseball team also appears in ` `Old Rookie '' (2002), a movie based on the true story of Jim Morris, who aspired to become a major leaguer at the age of 35. Additionally, the Durham Bulls, who were AAA affiliated with the Atlanta Braves when ``Bull Durham'' was released, have since become AAA affiliated with the Tampa Bay Rays. Hideki Matsui signed a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2012. Matsui, who had played in the major leagues from the New York Yankees to the Los Angeles Angels and then to the Oakland Athletics, chose the Durham Bulls as the place to challenge his return to the major leagues. At the time, I thought Hideki Matsui's uniform looked like Kevin Costner's in ``Bull Durham.'' At the time, Matsui must have been reluctant to play for the Durham Bulls, but the idea of ​​him being a home run hitter coming from the major leagues inevitably reminded him of the idea of ​​playing for the Durham Bulls.

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