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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Mike Rich (written by)
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Release Date:
29 March 2002 (USA) more
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Tagline:
It's never too late to believe in your dreams.
Plot:
A Texas baseball coach makes the major league after agreeing to try out if his high school team made the playoffs. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
5 wins & 4 nominations more
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excellent more (167 total)


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Runtime:
127 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Certification:
Malaysia:U | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | New Zealand:G | Sweden:Btl | Canada:F (Ontario) (original rating) | Canada:G (Ontario) (video rating: 2004) | Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | France:U | Germany:o.Al. | Philippines:G | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | UK:U | USA:G (certificate #38665)

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Trivia:
In real life, there were only 10 players on the team, which is shown in the movie. Four of the "talking" Owls came from LA, the other six came from Austin. They held a camp and 800 kids came out, and the producers got to pick from them. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: When the scout from Tampa Bay tells Jim "a couple more" pitches at the ML baseball trout Jim throws 6 pitches. more
Quotes:
Jimmy: Frank, isn't it a little late to be playing this song?
Frank: It's only 8:30.
Jimmy: It's March.
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Referenced in "Will & Grace: Homojo (#5.15)" (2003) more
Soundtrack:
Holding Pattern more

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10 out of 11 people found the following review useful.
excellent, 19 July 2002
Author: mattkratz (themattk@hotmail.com) from Richardson, TX

This was one of the best bio-pics I have seen in years. Dennis Quaid is perfect as Jim Morris, a man who finally gets a shot at his lifelong dream-pitching in the big leagues. He is a high school science teacher/baseball coach whose players make a bet with him:if they win district, he tries out for the majors. You can probably guess what happens next. I found this story made even more powerful by the fact that it was based on a true story.

*** out of ****

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