Ron Shelton

"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...

Veteran police detective Gavilan and his rookie partner Calden are no exception to the rule that in Hollywood, no one is really who they want to be. Between Gavilan's struggling real estate business and Calden's fledgling acting career and yoga instruction, they've got a major murder case to solve. With both Internal Affairs and their prime suspect on their tails, both have to infiltrate the dangerous world of the hip-hop recording industry.

In 1972, underdog Taft High challenged their meanest rival Bakersfield to the football annual game, but Taft remained undefeated. Now, 13 years later, "Butterfingers" wants the chance to redeem himself for dropping the ball in 1972, and challenges Bakersfield again with the same team. But for Taft, getting into shape couldn't be tougher.

Shane Black (Lethal Weapon), John Carpenter (Halloween), Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption), William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid), Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver), and dozens of other Hollywood screenwriters share penetrating insights and hilarious anecdotes in Peter Hanson’s Tales from the Script, the most comprehensive documentary ever made about screenwriting. By analyzing their triumphs and recalling their failures, the participants...

Catcher Crash Davis is closing in on a dubious record: all-time home run leader for the minor leagues. Trying to continue his career in a very unforgiving sport, Davis finds his contract bought out, and he is sent to the Durham Bulls. Seems the Bulls have a bona fide major league pitching prospect -- Ebby Calvin LaLoosh. The thinking is that with Davis' knowledge of the game he will be able to season LaLoosh and prepare him for "the show." LaLoosh...

An unreachable shot to the green. A hopeless romance. Driving-range pro Roy McAvoy can?t resist an impossible challenge. Each is what he calls a defining moment. For Roy, golf is a head, and heart, game. On both counts, that?s where shrink Molly Griswold comes in. She?s big-city, Roy?s small-time, and he believes only the grandest of gestures can lure her away from a slick touring pro and earn her love. So Roy and his dutiful caddy set out to do the...

On the brink of a losing season, a collegiate basketball coach makes a trade for talent using under-the-table money. Now he has the best team that money can buy at the risk of betraying his conscience and the trust of his ex-wife.

Narcotics cops Mike Lowrey (Smith) and Marcus Bennett (Lawrence) head up a task force investigating the flow of ecstasy into Miami. Their search leads to a dangerous kingpin, whose plan to control the city's drug traffic has touched off an underground war.

Bang the drum slowly: The story of the friendship between a star pitcher, wise to the world, and a half-wit catcher, as they cope with the catcher's terminal illness through a baseball season. Fear strikes out: True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball. The pride of the Yankees: The moving, true story of New York Yankee immortal Lou Gehrig, the southpaw slugger who rose to the...