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Bull Durham

Bull Durham

Romance is a lot like baseball. It's not whether you win or lose. It's how you play the game.

19886.61h 48m

Overview

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.

Directed by Ron Shelton
Written by Ron Shelton
Produced by Mark Burg, Thom Mount
Box OfficeBudget: $7.0MRevenue: $50.9M

Top Cast

Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner

Crash Davis

Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon

Annie Savoy

Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins

Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh

Trey Wilson

Trey Wilson

Skip

Robert Wuhl

Robert Wuhl

Larry

William O'Leary

William O'Leary

Jimmy

David Neidorf

David Neidorf

Bobby

Danny Gans

Danny Gans

Deke

T

Tom Silardi

Tony

Jenny Robertson

Jenny Robertson

Millie

Themes & Keywords

jealousylove trianglesportsstadiumage differencepoembaseballtrainerpitcherflirthome runminor leagues

About Bull Durham

Bull Durham is a comedy, romance film released in 1988 exploring themes of jealousy, love triangle, sports, stadium, age difference, poem. Directed by Ron Shelton, it stars Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins. 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.

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