Caleb bissenger talks with film maker and retired ball player ran shelton. Ran is the writer and director behind the 19 88 ram com bull durham. The movie stars kevin cosner as crash davis a prime minor leak catcher who's hired by the durham bulls to help a hot shot young pitcher, nuk leloche,. It was later named the greatest sports movie of all time by everyone from sports illustrated to my dad. And now ran has written a book about the film - called the church of baseball, the making of bull Durham.
Ron Shelton is an Academy Award–nominated writer and director, former shortstop for the Bluefield Baby Birds, and author of a humdinger of a new memoir called "The Church of Baseball: The Making of Bull Durham — Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, Big Swings, and a Hit." On the show today: How Ron sold the movie before he had a story, wrote the script without a plan, played ball with Kevin Costner, and got directorial pointers from Susan Sarandon.
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