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Bull Durham
By admin2 | March 8, 2008
Bull Durham is a popular 1988 American film about love and baseball. It is loosely based upon the minor league experiences of the writer/director Ron Shelton and depicts the players and fans of the Durham Bulls, a minor league baseball team in Durham, North Carolina. Kevin Costner stars as Crash Davis, a veteran catcher brought in to school rookie pitcher “Nuke” LaLoosh ,played by Tim Robbins about the game in preparation for reaching the Major Leagues while baseball groupie Annie Savoy played by Susan Sarandon, romances Nuke but finds herself ever more attracted to “Crash.” Bull Durham was a commercial success, grossing over $50 million in North America, and a critical success as well. Many people consider it the best baseball film ever made and Sports Illustrated even ranked it the #1 Greatest Sports Movie of all time.
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