The making of ‘Bull Durham’ – Excerpt from a book about the Durham Bulls
Posted Jul 4, 2017
By the mid-1980s, Ron Shelton had the shell of a manuscript titled “The Player To Be Named Later” and was ready to present it to a film studio — namely to Thom Mount, then the young director of Universal Studies. Over the years, Shelton had developed a friendship with Mount, and Shelton was aware of Mount’s interest in baseball through minority ownership in several minor-league teams.
(Durham Herald-Sun)
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