Summer Catch (2001)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Michael Tollin

Writers (WGA):

Kevin Falls (story)
Kevin Falls (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

24 August 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sport

Tagline:

Are you game?

Plot:

A rich girl whose family summers on Cape Cod has a romance with a local poor boy who hopes to become a major league baseball player.

Plot Keywords:

Baseball | Baseball Player | Rivalry | Cape Cod | Wet T Shirt

Cast

Freddie Prinze Jr.	...	Ryan Dunne
Jessica Biel	...	Tenley Parrish
Fred Ward	...	Sean Dunne
Matthew Lillard	...	Billy Brubaker
Brian Dennehy	...	John Schiffner
Jason Gedrick	...	Mike Dunne
Brittany Murphy	...	Dede Mulligan
Bruce Davison	...	Rand Parrish
Marc Blucas	...	Miles Dalrymple
Wilmer Valderrama	...	Mickey Dominguez
Corey Pearson	...	Eric Van Leemer
Christian Kane	...	Dale Robin
Cedric Pendleton	...	Calvin Knight
Gabriel Mann	...	Auggie Mulligan
Jed Rhein	...	Pete (as Jed Robert Rhein)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, language and some drinking.

Runtime:

108 min | Argentina:105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Brazil:14 | Finland:S | Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:AL | Argentina:13 | Germany:6 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Three of the movie's cast include actor/actress who were in different series on the WB/ CW network. These include; Jessica Biel ("7th Heaven" as Mary Camden/ Mary Rivera); Marc Blucas ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer" as Riley Finn) and Christian Kane ("Angel" as Lindsey McDonald)

Goofs:

Continuity: Brubaker slides home head first. As he comes to the dugout, he is giving his team mates high-fives. The front of his uniform is spotlessly clean.

Quotes:

Billy: So you mow her lawn, and now you're trying to mow her lawn?

Movie Connections:

References Wing Commander (1999)

Soundtrack:

Tell Her This

Biel and Summer Catch are Hot....

I grew up on Cape Cod. First of all Summer Catch was filmed in North Carolina not the Cape. One Crazy Summer (John Cusack/Demi Moore) was filmed in my hometown on the Cape but I hear the unions make it near impossible to film in Massachusetts now. Some of the pictures of fields and buildings were really from Chatham however. Much of Summer Catch rings true. Very few Cape kids actually have ever played in the Cape League. It is elite baseball. The summer on the Cape is full of babes and booze just like the film shows. The rich of the rich have summer homes on Cape Cod (like Rand in the film)and I was a "lawn boy" just like Freddie Prinz back in the 80s but not good enough to make the Cape League baseball. I could relate to this film and enjoyed it thoroughly. It brought me back to the parties and warm summer nights on the Cape that have a feeling like no where else on Earth. Rent it or catch it on HBO like I did. As for Ms Biel I am a fan for life and I hope she has a great career and maybe comes down to the Cape and parties with us sometime. She burns up the screen. I saw Scooby Doo before this film so seeing Shaggy catching and Fred pitch it made movie a little funny and I ws waiting for Scooby to run on field. Final Analysis...Summer Catch is a Grand Slam!!!