A couple of notes here;
1) it's about all white 1930s/1940s baseball;
2) it takes a cynical view of owners, gamblers and organized baseball in this time period;
3) it suggests that Redford's first go-round might have been short-circuited by design as well.
Having said all that, and wish as I might that they would do a film about Josh Gibson or Oscar Charleston, who were real, Roy Hobbs is very Entertaining in this film, and he is moral, ethical and principled in his quest to win the pennant for the NY Knights, who really are the NY Giants.
A great film that I've rewatched many, many times.
1) it's about all white 1930s/1940s baseball;
2) it takes a cynical view of owners, gamblers and organized baseball in this time period;
3) it suggests that Redford's first go-round might have been short-circuited by design as well.
Having said all that, and wish as I might that they would do a film about Josh Gibson or Oscar Charleston, who were real, Roy Hobbs is very Entertaining in this film, and he is moral, ethical and principled in his quest to win the pennant for the NY Knights, who really are the NY Giants.
A great film that I've rewatched many, many times.