The hugely quotable, American-lexicon-pervading “Bull Durham” of 1988, a warm rom-com about an A-level minor league squad in the Carolina League, is widely considered to be the best, most accurate baseball movie ever made. Sports Illustrated magazine even ranked it as the No. 1 greatest sports movie of all time. Writer-director Ron Shelton, who spent five years as a second baseman in the minors, knows baseball, so it all rings true. And truly American.

Mark Jackson
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Mark Jackson is the chief film critic for The Epoch Times. In addition to film, he enjoys martial arts, motorcycles, rock-climbing, qigong, and human rights activism. Jackson earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Williams College, followed by 20 years' experience as a New York professional actor. He narrated The Epoch Times audiobook "How the Specter of Communism is Ruling Our World," available on iTunes, Audible, and YouTube. Mark is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic.
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