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Deets: Ron Shelton, the award-winning screenwriter and director of cult classic Bull Durham and Kevin Costner, the film's star, share the extremely entertaining behind-the-scenes story of the making of the film in an onstage conversation with Ron Rapoport, sports columnist, author and commentator for NPR’s “Weekend Edition." Bull Durham, the breakthrough 1988 film about a minor league baseball team, is widely revered as the best sports movie of all time. But back in 1987, Ron Shelton was a first-time director and no one was willing to finance a movie about baseball—especially a story set in the minors. The jury was still out on Kevin Costner’s leading-man potential, while Susan Sarandon was already a has-been. There were doubts. But something miraculous happened, and The Church of Baseball attempts to capture why.

Hint for the Average Socialite: TIckets; $20-46 (signed books available); Virtual viewing: 8/8/22.

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