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 Bull Durham Bull Durham Quote: Bull Durham is a 1988 American romantic comedy film about baseball. It is based upon the minor league experiences of 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 teach rookie pitcher Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh (Tim Robbins) about the game in preparation for reaching the Major Leagues. Baseball groupie Annie Savoy (Susan Sarandon) romances Nuke but finds herself increasingly attracted to Crash. Also featured are Robert Wuhl and Trey Wilson, as well as popular baseball "clown" Max Patkin.
Baseball movies were not considered a viable commercial prospect at the time and every studio passed except for Orion Pictures, which gave Shelton a USD $9 million budget, an eight-week shooting schedule, and creative freedom. Even so, many cast members accepted salaries lower than their usual due to their enthusiasm for the material. Costner was cast because of the actor's natural athletic ability. During filming, Costner was able to hit two home runs while the cameras were rolling.
Bull Durham was a commercial success, grossing over $50 million in North America, well above its estimated budget, and was a critical success as well. Sports Illustrated ranked it the #1 Greatest Sports Movie of all time. The Moving Arts Film Journal ranked it #3 on its list of the 25 Greatest Sports Movies of All-Time. In addition, the film is ranked #55 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies." It is also ranked #97 on the American Film Institute's "100 Years...100 Laughs" list, and #1 on Rotten Tomatoes' list of the 53 best reviewed sports movies of all time.
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Jim Halpert
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Brilliant film.
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Johnny Dollar
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Re: Bull Durham For Love of the Game says your thesis is flawed.
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Johnny Dollar
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Re: Bull Durham Magnus wrote: yoshue wrote: For Love of the Game says your thesis is flawed. Eh....not really. That is still better than anything else he's done in the past five years. Frankly, so is shit like The Postman. Maybe he should do a Western. His batting average is pretty good there, Wyatt Earp aside.
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Libs
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Re: Bull Durham The Upside of Anger was really good.
Bull Durham is awesome, btdubbs.
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Johnny Dollar
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Re: Bull Durham Libs, you did not just say that The Upside of Anger was really good. Come now, Libs, you be pulling our legs...
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Re: Bull Durham yoshue wrote: Libs, you did not just say that The Upside of Anger was really good. Come now, Libs, you be pulling our legs... I did indeed, sir.
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trixster
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Re: Bull Durham It's pretty witty, but the half-baked romance nearly ruins it.
_________________Magic Mike wrote: zwackerm wrote: If John Wick 2 even makes 30 million I will eat 1,000 shoes. Same. Algren wrote: I don't think. I predict. 
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Flava'd vs The World
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Re: Bull Durham This movie came out over thirty years ago and still completely condemns the Houston Astros. Every time someone knew what pitch was coming they hit a home run. I can just imagine Jose Altuve up at the plate saying "Bring me that weak shit. Bring it to me!"
This movie was awesome though. Costner is such a badass and unleashes an entire library of great quotes. Sarandon, Robbins and the rest of the cast provide many laughs as well. I can't believe, considering how much I loved Major League, that nobody made me watch this while I was younger.
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Re: Bull Durham Major League FTW
I enjoyed Bull Durham too, it's due a re-watch.
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