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2002 Certificate U
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Every evening, Jim Morris (Dennis Quaid) is out practicing pitching. His minor league career ended with a shoulder injury twelve years ago. Now, Jim coaches a struggling high school team. When he tries to motivate them, they challenge him--if they reach the play offs, he must try out for the majors. The team starts to win, and .. Read more

Starring Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez, Beth Grant
Director John Lee Hancock
Genres Drama

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The Rookie

Every evening, Jim Morris (Dennis Quaid) is out practicing pitching. His minor league career ended with a shoulder injury twelve years ago. Now, Jim coaches a struggling high school team. When he tries to motivate them, they challenge him--if they reach the play offs, he must try out for the majors. The team starts to win, and makes the play offs. Not realizing how strong his arm has become, Jim is apprehensive as he sets off for the try outs with his son and baby daughter. The coaches recognize him, but think he has brought a young prospect. Late in the day, as he's changing a diaper, Jim is called. When he throws his first pitch, he surprises the coaches--and himself.
Director John Lee Hancock, director of photography John Schwartzman, and composer Carter Burwell have made a glowing movie based on the true story of Jim Morris, investing it with a touch of myth. Dennis Quaid is convincing as the pitcher. His scenes with Brian Cox, playing his father, bristle with unresolved anger. The great Australian actress Rachel Griffiths shows her extraordinary chameleon-like ability--as Jim's tough-minded wife, she captures perfectly a woman who has to deal with life's practicalities and with her husband's dreams.

Starring Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez, Beth Grant, Brian Cox
Director John Lee Hancock
Studio WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 3 mins
Blu-ray: 2 hrs 3 mins
Certificate Certificate U
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Dubbed Spanish, Portuguese
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: Danish, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
Released Production year: 2002

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DVD: 14 Apr 2003
Blu-ray: 10 Mar 2008

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    • Deft, sentimental tale of winners that seems too good to be true, though it is apparently based on fact.

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      Heart-Warming Real Life Story

      Dennis Quaid plays a baseball teacher at a school whose dreams of becoming a baseball star are well and truly gone. However at the start of the season his team ... read more »

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      Slow moving, which is OK, sometimes even a virtue, but we found the main characters/casting insufficiently engaging. Purely a matter of very personal taste, but... read more »

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      Every evening, Jim Morris (Dennis Quaid) is out practicing pitching. His minor league career ended with a shoulder injury twelve years ago. Now, Jim coaches a struggling high school team. When he tries to motivate them, they challenge him--if they reach the play offs, he must try out for the majors....

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