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100 1  Shelton, Ron,|d1945-|eauthor. 
245 14 The church of baseball :|bthe making of Bull Durham : home
       runs, bad calls, crazy fights, big swings, and a hit /
       |cRon Shelton. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bAlfred A. Knopf,|c2022. 
264  4 |c©2022 
300    xii, 241 pages ;|c25 cm. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf." 
505 0  Introduction -- Part one: Development. Forbidden fruit -- 
       Dalko, Altobelli, and number 136 -- Lysistrata in the 
       minor leagues -- Edith Piaf and the Texas Playboys (act 
       one) -- It don't get no better than this (act two, part 
       one) -- Aristophanes and the Bermuda triangle (act two, 
       part two) -- Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, 
       sometimes it rains -- "Can't anybody here play this game?"
       -- Casey Stengel -- Part two: Preproduction. Building the 
       toy train set -- "I thought my body of work would be 
       enough" -- Practice -- Part three: Production. There's a 
       hat on the bus -- A thousand pigeons -- Sixty-minute man -
       - Part four: Postproduction. The third time you make the 
       movie -- Kill your darlings -- Those Baptist whorehouse 
       chords -- The numbers never lie -- Why baseball? -- 
       Afterword.  
520    "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. From 
       organizing a baseball camp for the actors and rewriting 
       key scenes while on set, to dealing with a short 
       production schedule and overcoming the challenge of 
       filming the sport, Shelton brings to life the making of 
       this beloved American movie. As he tells the story of Bull
       Durham, Shelton also explains the rarely revealed ins-and-
       outs of moviemaking, from a film's inception and financing,
       screenwriting, casting, the nuts-and-bolts of directing, 
       the post-production process, and even through its release.
       But this is also a book about baseball and its singular 
       romance in the world of sports. Shelton himself spent six 
       years in the minor leagues before making this film, and 
       his experiences resonate throughout this book. Full of wry
       humor and insight, The Church of Baseball tells the 
       remarkable story behind an iconic film."--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
600 10 Shelton, Ron,|d1945- 
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630 00 Bull Durham (Motion picture) 
630 07 Bull Durham (Motion picture)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01777905 
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650  0 Motion pictures|xProduction and direction|zUnited States
       |xHistory|y20th century. 
650  0 Baseball films|zUnited States|xHistory and criticism. 
650  0 Baseball in motion pictures. 
650  0 Motion picture producers and directors|zUnited States
       |vBiography. 
650  0 Screenwriters|zUnited States|vBiography. 
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650  7 Baseball in motion pictures.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01982358 
650  7 Motion picture producers and directors.|2fast
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650  7 Motion pictures|xProduction and direction.|2fast
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650  7 Screenwriters.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01109351 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 
655  7 Biographies.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01919896 
655  7 Autobiographies.|2lcgft 
655  7 Criticism, interpretation, etc.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411635 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
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