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MPAA Rating: G
Director: John Lee Hancock
Genre: Biopic [feature], Sports Drama, Drama
Release Date: March 29, 2002 (USA)
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Summary:
The true story of a middle-aged baseball rookie comes to the screen from Finding Forrester (2000) screenwriter Mike Rich and the studio behind the previous year's equally inspirational sports drama Remember the Titans (2001). Twelve years ago, the pro baseball aspirations of Texas pitcher Jim Morris (Dennis Quaid) were derailed by a severe shoulder... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Dennis Quaid - (Jim Morris)
Rachel Griffiths - (Lorri Morris)
Jay Hernandez - (Joaquin "Wack" Campos)
Beth Grant - (Olline Morris)
Angus T. Jones - (Hunter)
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Review:
Stylish and well-crafted, this sports melodrama doesn't offer up much that is new in its oft-clichéd milieu, but the well-traveled paths down which it trods are reliable ones. If not for the film's badly distended running time it might have ended up, ... Continue >>

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