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...MIDWESTERN wheatfield, a small sandy-haired boy plays baseball with his father. Reaching into the air to catch a fly ball, he disappears into the rippling sunflecked wheat, emerging victoriously with the ball in his mitt. This visual image opens director Barry Levinson's new film, The Natural, and initiates the almost mythical tale of one man's legendary baseball career...

Author: By Rachel H. Inker, | Title: A Magical Myth | 5/25/1984 | See Source »

This tall tale, based on Bernard Malamud's short story, utilizes many simplistic techniques--good and evil characters, sunlight and darkness, and slow motion--to heighten dramatic moments. Instead of creating painfully drippy scenes, these techniques suprisingly enhance them. Levinson succeeds in creating a visually beautiful, riveting and distinctly American fairy-tale...

Author: By Rachel H. Inker, | Title: A Magical Myth | 5/25/1984 | See Source »

...NATURAL Directed by Barry Levinson Screenplay by Roger Towne and Phil Dusenberry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Swinging for the Fences | 5/14/1984 | See Source »

DIED. Ya'acov Levinson, 52, former head of Israel's Bank Hapoalim, who was under police investigation for possible financial irregularities; of a self-inflicted gunshot wound; in Ramat Gan, Israel. The bank, Israel's second largest, has been accused of making questionable transfers of assets to its U.S. subsidiary, Ampal-American Israel Corp. Israeli newspapers have suggested that profits from illegal deals may have been diverted into a Labor Party slush fund. Levinson left a note proclaiming his innocence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Mar. 5, 1984 | 3/5/1984 | See Source »

Screenplay by Valerie Curtin, Barry Levinson and Robert Klane

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Reprise | 2/20/1984 | See Source »

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