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The Rookie

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Jim Morris never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury ended his pitching career twelve years ago. Now a married-with-children high-school chemistry teacher and baseball coach in Texas, Jim's team makes a deal with him: if they win the district championship, Jim will try out with a major-league organization. The bet proves incentive enough for the team, and they go from worst to first, making it to state for the first time in the history of the school. Jim, forced to live up to his end of the deal, is nearly laughed off the try-out field--until he gets onto the mound, where he confounds the scouts (and himself) by clocking successive 98 mph fastballs, good enough for a minor-league contract with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Jim's still got a lot of pitches to throw before he makes it to The Show, but with his big-league dreams revived, there's no telling where he could go.

Status: Released

Released Date: 2002-03-25

Runtime: 127 mins

Director: John Lee Hancock

Writer: Mike Rich

Spoken language: English

Genres: Drama, Family

Original title: The Rookie

Production Companies: Walt Disney Pictures, Gran Via Productions, 98 MPH Productions

Production Countries: United States of America

Cast

Jimmy Morris

Dennis Quaid

Lorri Morris

Rachel Griffiths

Joaquin 'Wack' Campos

Jay Hernandez

Beth Grant

Angus T. Jones

Brian Cox

Rick Gonzalez

Chad Lindberg

Angelo Spizzirri

Royce D. Applegate

Russell Richardson

Raynor Scheine

Chris Sheffield

Brandon Smith

Reviews

r96sk

A cracking sports drama about the career of Jim Morris. Absolutely loved this, the 127 minute run time flew by real quick; thoroughly enjoyable. It portrays, with extra drama I'm sure, the events of Morris' real life baseball career in a fantastic way. There's great character development right from the get-go, by the conclusion I was utterly invested in Morris. He is played by Dennis Quaid, who is superb in the role. I felt every emotion of his character, best I've (currently) seen of Quaid so far. The film does a great job at making you care for not only him, but even his high school team. Speaking of which, they did a terrific job with the casting of those guys - I felt like I was watching a bunch of real teammates; Chad Lindberg, of <em>'The Fast and the Furious'</em>, is one of them. Even away from Quaid and Lindberg & Co., you still have Morris' family to feel for as well. There's many characters to get attached to, but I was very interested in all of them. Fantastic stuff, I'd highly recommend you watch <em>'The Rookie'</em>.

2020-10-14

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