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The Rookie

Sometimes dreams come back to life.

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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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$20M
Box office
$75.6M
Language
English
  • sports
  • parent child relationship
  • baseball
  • life's dream
  • growing up

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Behind the camera

Writers

Mike Rich

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalG25 Mar 2002
    • PhysicalGDVD27 Aug 2002
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalU11 Oct 2002
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical (limited)L25 Mar 2002
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical014 Aug 2003
  • IrelandIE

    • Digital / OTTG11 Oct 2002
  • JapanJP

    • Digital / OTTR15+28 Oct 2002
  • NetherlandsNL

    • TheatricalAL11 Oct 2002
  • SpainES

    • TheatricalAPTA7 Nov 2003

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The Rookie was released on 25 March 2002.

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    r96sk

    10/14/2020

    9/10

    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 ro…

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