Screenwriter and director Ron Shelton will talk about the classic movie Friday at the Coronado Island Film Festival
Those who love baseball — love its deliberate pace, its abject offensive failure, its quirks and warts — understand the brilliance of baseball’s blue-streaked cinematic gem “Bull Durham.”Writer and director Ron Shelton, who will be honored with the Leonard Maltin Tribute Award this weekend during the Coronado Island Film Festival, side-stepped typical baseball trappings to find the vein of something far more real.
“The Rancho Bakersfield was one of my favorites,” said Shelton, as memories flooded back. “It had this giant, Vegas-sized sign because that’s where truckers stayed. We liked it because it had a 24-hour coffee shop. To Shelton’s estimation, the daily struggle of baseball becomes as meaningful, or more meaningful, than the game itself.
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