The writer/director, who formerly played minor league baseball, writes about his breakthrough debut film in the new book, ‘The Church of Baseball.’
In baseball, they say that numbers don’t lie. But former minor league ballplayer Ron Shelton learned how different Hollywood was when he directed his first film, “Bull Durham.”
The story is not just about the difficulties with the “Unnamed Executive” who made life difficult , but also about the joyous moments of movie magic and the strange interludes in between: There’s Kurt Russell playing a prank on Shelton, the real Crash Davis showing up on set after hearing a fictional character shared his name and cameos by Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan guitarist Jeff “Skunk” Baxter who each made last minute contributions to the score.
Kevin Costner waves to fans as he arrives for a 2008 concert with his band Modern West at a July Fourth celebration at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina, marking the 20th anniversary of the film “bull Durham.” A buddy who is a filmmaker and former junior college baseball player called to say he worked with Redford on that and that Redford just called to say he hit one out in batting practice. And I said, “I played at War Memorial in Buffalo and that’s only 240 feet down the line.” But he’s a movie star so let him have it.
Q. Another fan favorite is when the players are gathered on the pitcher’s mound and Robert Wuhl as Larry comes out to find out what’s taking so long. When Crash mentions the debate over a wedding present for a teammate, Wuhl improvised his response: “OK, well, uh … candlesticks always make a nice gift, and uh, maybe you could find out where she’s registered and maybe a place-setting or maybe a silverware pattern. OK, let’s get two! Go get ’em.”I loved the scene.
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