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The legendary ballplayer is in play at Legendary Pictures which announced they are developing a film based on Jackie Robinson who broke major league baseball’s color barrier in 1947.

In one of his earliest starring roles, Robert Redford gives a memorable portrait of an inarticulate, self-absorbed, but gifted world class skier obsessed with being the best, no matter the cost.
Taking on the sport’s best downhillers on the circuits of Europe with dreams of Olympic glory, David Chappellet’s (Redford) selfish clashes with his U.S. national team coach (Gene Hackman) can be summed up when he tells him, “I ski fast and that’s all there is to it”.

Robert Redford stars in this inspiring fable as Roy Hobbs, a man determined to fulfill his childhood dream of success playing baseball and being known as “the best there ever was”.

As a young teen, Hobbs begins his journey by fashioning a powerful bat from a fallen oak tree. His talent for the game soon captures the attention of scouts and sportswriter Max Mercy (Duvall), who eventually becomes instrumental in Hobbs’ career. However, a fateful encounter with a mysterious woman (Barbara Hershey) shatters his dream.