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| Bull Durham | 
 enlarge | Director: Ron Shelton
Actors: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Trey Wilson, Robert Wuhl
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  83 reviews
Sales Rank: 8354
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 108
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: TM2525
ISBN: 0792852184
UPC: 027616874801
EAN: 9780792852186
ASIN: B00005V9HG
Theatrical Release Date: June 15, 1988
Release Date: April 2, 2002
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Condition: Complete with original disc(s), case, and artwork. In stock and ships today.
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Bull Durham is about minor league baseball. It's also about romance, sex, poetry, metaphysics, and talent--though not necessarily in that order. Susan Sarandon plays a loopy lady who just loves America's national pastime--and the men who play it. At the opening of every season, she attaches herself to a promising rookie and guides him through the season. Unfortunately, the player she bestows her favors upon does not really deserve it. She knows it, and veteran Kevin Costner knows it. Her choice, a dim bulb played for laughs by Tim Robbins, is the only one who doesn't know it. The film, directed by its writer, Ron Shelton, a former minor league player, is rich in subtle detail. There are Edith Piaf records playing in the background, fast-talking managers, and minor characters as developed as the leads. Sarandon's retro-'50s outfits make you think she's just another bimbo, not an English teacher very much in control of her life. And Costner's clear-eyed, slightly vitriolic performance is devastatingly sexy and keenly witty. The love scenes, though tasteful, are almost as humorous as they are hot. Sarandon's character likes to tie her players up and expand their horizons by reading Walt Whitman to them, "'cause a guy will listen to anything if he thinks it's foreplay." How can you not love a movie with such a wicked sense of humor? --Rochelle O'Gorman
Product Description
Veteran minor-league catcher Crash Davis is assigned to the Class A Durham Bulls to handle the team's star rookie, wild pitcher "Nuke" LaLoosh. Team groupie Annie Savoy romances both players, creating a comic triangle.
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 Maybe it's because I'm just not that into sports... October 20, 2008
I must be missing something here, but I just don't find this film as universally brilliant as so many make it out to be. Maybe it's that I am not a sports fan, especially not baseball (honestly, when Susan Sarandon mentions in her opening monologue that baseball is never boring I actually laughed out loud because I thought it was the films first joke), but I was actually really looking forward to this movie and it failed me on many levels. I should have known that Costner was going to ruin a few things (why is it that his only great performance came so late in his career; `The Upside of Anger'?) because he is such a dreadfully boring actor, but I have been known to like his movies despite his performances (`JFK', `Dances with Wolves') so I didn't really think he would totally destroy my hopes of enjoying this film. I mean, I adore Susan Sarandon and find Tim Robbins engaging and even fascinating at times, so I was really looking forward to this.
Sarandon and Robbins are Oscar worthy; the film as a whole is not.
Sarandon plays Annie Savoy, a baseball enthusiast who picks one player per year to invest herself into, forming a relationship that will hopefully give them a strong year. She loves baseball and she loves me, and so she has found a way to infuse both of them. Ebby Calvin LaLoosh is the newest and freshest thing on the field, a wild pitcher who has an arm touched by god but lacks control. Crash Davis, a legend in his town, is brought in to help reign in that arm. Savoy also decides to make LaLoosh her personal project, forming a strangely intriguing triangle.
The script is funny and witting in scenes, but tends to lose me in others. It just seems very all over the place. It calls to mind one of the wittier lines in the movie, where Millie tells Annie that LaLoosh "`blanks' like he pitches, all over the place". The script is like that too.
The acting is also like that...in fact the entire movie is really all over the place.
Susan Sarandon is delightfully charming as Annie. She delivers a solid comedic performance that is rich with sentiment and believability (we actually believe that she thinks she is making a difference). Tim Robbins is hysterical as LaLoosh, delivering a very strong performance in his portrayal of an overly confident youngster trapped in an adult's game. Kevin Costner is boring as all get out. I just don't see the charm here, at all. He delivers every line in this monotone and stagnant manner, but I know many people would disagree so whatever.
In fact a lot of people will disagree with this review.
Whatever.
I'm not saying that this is a bad movie, and at times I really enjoyed it, but it's just a little all over the place. It works one minute, doesn't the next; it's brisk one minute, drags the next; it's witty one minute and convoluted the next.
If you are a fan of baseball or sports movies in general then you will probably like this. A lot of devoted baseball fans claim this to be the definitive baseball movie. I have honestly seen better, but that's just me. It's decent and I can't say I didn't enjoy some of it; and Robbins and Sarandon are just wonderful, but as a whole I just was not as impressed as so many others were. Oh well, one movie cannot please everyone.
 a good classical 80's romantic baseball movie......... July 22, 2008
a fun and exiting movie. but i would'nt recommend it for the whole family because of it's rating......
If you like baseball, Bull Duram is a don't miss August 7, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Bull Duram is one of the top Baseball Movies out there. But it's not just a baseball movie. The development of the love triangle between Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins and Kevin Costner gives the movie a nice story line. There is also a good bit of humor thrown into the mix. Bull Duram is a winner
 the lady and baseball August 6, 2007
Annie Savoy (Susan Sarandon), a groupie who has affairs with a minor-league baseball player each season, meets two men, LaLoosh (Tim Robbins) and Crash (Kevin Costner), the experienced catched assigned to LaLoosh. A comical story about baseball and sex. After all, "what else is there?"
Great roles for Sarandon, Robbins and Costner. Can't imagine anyone else playing these roles. Robbins is excellent as the dim "Nuke" LaLoosh.
Even if you don't know anything about baseball (like me), this drama is still decent, enjoyable... and pretty much a classic.
Pure Baseball - I'm Not Kidding May 16, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was a huge baseball fan when I worked in radio in the Kansas City area during the 70s and 80s when the Royals were a great team to watch. Part of the joy of watching them play was team leaders like George Brett and Frank White who were so passionate and honest about their love for the game, you couldn't help but enjoy watching them play. What does this have to do with a romantic comedy about minor leaguers and the absurdities of their team's misadventures in the Carolina league? Because ultimately, that's what Bull Durham is about - pure passion for baseball. You see it when Skip and Larry watch Crash Davis rant about being demoted to Class A and threaten to quit, only to turn and ask when batting practice starts. They're all hooked and no amount of misfortune or indignity will ever separate them from this game and they all know it. You see it in Annie Savoy whose passion for men and spirituality, as great as they are, are clearly second to her passion for baseball. You see it in Max Patkin, the 'Clown Prince' who joyously proclaims, "I love this game" when talking about his work in a bar. And you see them all trying to teach it to bonus baby, Nuke LaLoosh. Yes, the movie has foul language, sex, absurd pranks, and lots of other non-baseball stuff throughout. But what the movie is actually ABOUT is a pure passion for the game of baseball. And therein lies its charm. Bull Durham's essential message is this: whether you're in the bigs or in pee-wee ball, whether you get laid or not, whether you succeed or not, whether you have a crowd watching or not, the game is always there for you.
Twice if it's a Sunday double-header.
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