Oscar Nominations: 4
Supporting Actress: Glenn Close
Cinematography: Caleb Deschanel
Art Direction-Set Decoration: Angelo Graham, Mel Bourne, James J. Murakami, Speed Hopkins; Bruce Weintraub
Original Score: Randy Newman
Oscar Awards: None
Oscar Context:
Dame Peggy Ashcroft won the Supporting Actress Oscar for David Lean’s “A Passage to India,” which also won the Best Score for Maurice Jarre. Chris Menges won the Cinematography award for “The Killing Fields.” Milos Forman’s “Amadeus” won the Art Direction Oscar.
Cast
Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford)
Max Mercy (Robert Duvall)
Iris (Glenn Close)
Memo Paris (Kim Basinger)
Pop Fisher (Wilford Brimley)
Harriet Bird (Barbara Hershey)
The Judge (Robert Prosky)
Red Blow (Richard Farnsworth)
The Whammer (Joe Don Baker)
Sam Simpson (John Finnegan)
Credits
Produced by Mark Johnson
Directed by Barry Levinson
Screenplay: Roger Towne and Phil Dusenberry, based on the novel by Bernard Malamud
Camera: Caleb Deschanel
Editor: Stu Linder
Music: Randy Newman
Production design: Angelo Graham, Mel Bourne
Art design: James J. Murakami, Speed Hopkins
F/X: Roger Hensen
Costumes: Bernie Pollack, Bruce Weintraub
Running time: 134 Minutes