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Overview
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29 March 2002 (USA)
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Tagline:
It's never too late to believe in your dreams.
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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
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5 wins
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4 nominations
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(76 articles)
Richard Gere and a dog named Hachi: what movie makes you cry like a baby?
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Dennis Quaid | ... | Jimmy Morris |
 | Rachel Griffiths | ... | Lorri Morris |
 | Jay Hernandez | ... | Joaquin 'Wack' Campos |
 | Beth Grant | ... | Olline |
 | Angus T. Jones | ... | Hunter Morris |
 | Brian Cox | ... | Jim Morris Sr. |
 | Rick Gonzalez | ... | Rudy Bonilla |
 | Chad Lindberg | ... | Joe David West |
 | Angelo Spizzirri | ... | Joel De La Garza |
 | Royce D. Applegate | ... | Henry |
| Russell Richardson | ... | Brooks |
| Raynor Scheine | ... | Frank |
 | David Blackwell | ... | Cal |
 | Blue Deckert | ... | Baseball Scout Dave Patterson |
 | Danny Kamin | ... | Durham Manager Mac (as Daniel Kamin) |
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127 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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New Zealand:G |
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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. |
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Singapore:PG |
Spain:T |
UK:U |
USA:G (certificate #38665)
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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.
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Factual errors: When the scout from Tampa Bay tells Jim "a couple more" pitches at the ML baseball trout Jim throws 6 pitches.
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Referenced in "Will & Grace: Homojo (#5.15)" (2003)
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Holding Pattern
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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 ****