Bull Durham (1988) Hits a Grand Slam on Blu-Ray

October 18, 2020

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The Criterion Collection released Bull Durham to Blu-ray on July 10, 2018. Ron Shelton directed the film starring Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, and Tim Robbins.

‘Bull Durham’ Criterion Summary

Former minor leaguer Ron Shelton hit a grand slam with his directorial debut, one of the most revered sports movies of all time. Durham Bulls devotee Annie Savoy (Susan Sarandon)—who every year takes a new player under her wing (and into her bed)—has singled out the loose-cannon pitching prospect Nuke LaLoosh (Tim Robbins), a big-league talent with a rock-bottom maturity level. But she’s unable to shake Crash Davis (Kevin Costner), the veteran catcher brought in to give Nuke some on-the-field seasoning. A breakthrough film for all three of its stars and an Oscar nominee for Shelton’s highly quotable screenplay, Bull Durham is a freewheeling hymn to wisdom, experience, and America’s pastime, tipping its cap to all those who grind it out for love of the game.

Read the full summary, and listen to our film review.

Director-Approved Special Edition Features

New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Ron Shelton, with 2.0 surround and 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks on the Blu-ray
Alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack on the DVD
Two audio commentaries, featuring Shelton and actors Kevin Costner and Tim Robbins
New conversation between Shelton and film critic Michael Sragow
Program from 2001 featuring interviews with cast and crew, including Shelton, Costner, Robbins, and actor Susan Sarandon
Appreciation of the film from 2008 featuring former players, broadcasters, and sports-film aficionados
NBC Nightly News piece from 1993 on the final season of baseball at Durham Athletic Park, where Bull Durham takes place and was shot
Interview with Max Patkin, known as the Clown Prince of Baseball, from a 1991 episode of NBC’s Today
Trailer
PLUS: Excerpts from a 1989 piece by longtime New Yorker baseball writer Roger Angell, with new comments from the author

New cover by Graig Kreindler

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