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The Rookie (2002)

#22,09720,139
Movie"Sometimes dreams come back to life."
Audience Score
68
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G 2 hr 7 minMar 25th, 2002Drama, Family
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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.
StarringDennis QuaidRachel GriffithsJay Hernandez
DirectorJohn Lee Hancock
WriterMike Rich

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:March 25th, 2002 - Buy Tickets
On DVD & Blu-ray:August 27th, 2002 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$20,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$75,597,042 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Philip Steuer
Production Companies:Walt Disney Pictures, Gran Via Productions, 98 MPH Productions
Movie Tags:
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