Romance is a lot like baseball. It's not whether you win or lose. It's how you play the game.
Veteran catcher Crash Davis is brought to the minor league Durham Bulls to help their up and coming pitching prospect, "Nuke" Laloosh. Their relationship gets off to a rocky start and is further complicated when baseball groupie Annie Savoy sets her sights on the two men.
Bull Durham (1988) is a comedy and romance film directed by Ron Shelton, released on June 15, 1988 with a runtime of 1h 48m. It stars Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins and Trey Wilson. Viewers rate it 6.6 out of 10 across 702 ratings.
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Kevin Costner
as Crash Davis
Susan Sarandon
as Annie Savoy
Tim Robbins
as Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh
Trey Wilson
as Skip
Robert Wuhl
as Larry
William O'Leary
as Jimmy
David Neidorf
as Bobby
Danny Gans
as Deke
Tom Silardi
as Tony
Jenny Robertson
as Millie
Rick Marzan
as Jose
George Buck
as Nuke's Father
Directed by Ron Shelton, written by Ron Shelton, produced by Mark Burg and Thom Mount.
Average viewer score of 6.6/10 from 702 ratings.
I did rather like "Annie" (Susan Sarandon) taking a distinctly more actively benevolent view of supporting her local baseball team. Each season, she selects one of the lads from the team to be her friend-with-benefits for the season - all in the hope that this will help stop them languishing at the bottom of the league tables. She has some provenance with this process as usually the lucky player goes on to play…
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The main cast of Bull Durham (1988) includes Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Trey Wilson and Robert Wuhl. The film was directed by Ron Shelton. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Bull Durham was released on June 15, 1988 and runs for 1h 48m.
Bull Durham (1988) holds an average rating of 6.6 out of 10 from 702 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy comedy and romance films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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