The Rookie

The Rookie

  • Director: John Lee Hancock
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: March 29, 2002
  • Sound mix: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: 心靈投手
  • "The Rookie" is a 2002 drama film directed by John Lee Hancock and starring Mike Ritchie and Dennis Quaid.
    Based on the true story of "The Rookie", the protagonist Jim Morris (played by Dennis Quaid) has been fond of baseball since he was a child, but on the one hand, his father, who is a naval officer, has been relocated repeatedly, so that he can never play a season, plus Later, he was injured and had surgery, so he had to give up his dream. After getting married and having children, he worked as a nature teacher in middle school and coach of the school baseball team. At the age of thirty-five, he made a bet with his team's students that as long as they made it to the state game, he would enter the major league draft that year. As a result, the student did it, and he also appeared at the draft meeting as promised. While changing the child's diaper, he actually threw a fastball at a speed of 98 miles per hour. Therefore, he gave up his stable teaching position and went from 2A, 3A, Break into the majors and become the oldest rookie pitcher in major league history.

    Details

    • Release date March 29, 2002
    • Filming locations Thrall, Texas, USA
    • Production companies 98 MPH Productions, Gran Via, Walt Disney Pictures

    Box office

    Budget

    $22,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $75,600,072

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $16,021,684

    Gross worldwide

    $80,693,537

    Movie reviews

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    • By Alice 2022-02-07 14:52:30

      dream

      When watching this movie, I thought of Aunt Susan, who was in the fire this year. She is from a small town, and she is not very good-looking, but they all have special skills in a certain field. More importantly, they all have a heart that never dies. This heart has not aged because of the loss of years!
      danis Quid's performance is not revealing but very attractive, and his well-developed muscles also give the protagonist more credibility!
      In fact, when you reach middle age, your...

    • By Theodore 2022-02-07 14:52:30

      let's go

      When reality and dreams collide, should you chase your dreams or stop? I think I will choose to stop.
          Dreams are so beautiful that not everyone has the courage to chase them. People are too realistic and society is too realistic. Real people can't afford the price of chasing dreams, and real society can't provide the atmosphere for chasing dreams.
          One must have dreams, but not necessarily chasing dreams. If you want to chase your dreams, you should probably remember an...

    • By Tyrel 2022-02-07 14:52:30

      About the real Jim Morris and his own baseball talent

      The plot of this film is indeed a typical American chicken soup film. Many film critics have criticized this point, but what I want to say is that this pot is not for the screenwriter and director, because the real experience of the protagonist is indeed like this, and the film basically does not add anything. something fictitious. Next, I will briefly introduce what is not mentioned in the film and has been slightly adapted.

      1. The descriptions of his youth basically follow the...

    • By Michael 2022-02-07 14:52:30

      I always feel that the Chinese translation of this name is wrong

      English called rookie, the meaning of rookie! American movie titles are not as esoteric as Chinese old ones. It may be better to call the oldest rookie in the clouds!
      The movie is based on real events. The 35-year-old rescue pitcher doesn't know anything about baseball, but he played baseball on an 8-bit machine when he was a child. The operating mechanism, the minor league is divided into three levels, the income is very low, but all the people are constantly working hard for a dream....

    • By Trent 2022-02-07 14:52:30

      Chase if you have a dream

      I found this film from a movie that Ruan wanted to watch. The male protagonist also acted in "The Day After Tomorrow", very man. The film can basically be divided into two parts, the first half is the children's realization of their dreams, and the second half is the male protagonist's own realization of his dreams. Although the ending can be guessed early, it is still very moving. The heroine's profile looks a bit like Binoche, and the actor who plays his father plays his father in "Big Fish"....

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    • By Adonis 2022-03-28 09:01:12

      How could you not be romantic about baseball, a dream fairy tale for middle-aged people, a really good one The little boy is too good and cute. If I have a son in the future, I would hope that he will be like this... In fact, the characters are very interesting , I also hope that there are people like in the movie. Jimmy's relationship with his father is too similar to my relationship with my old father. You can't eat dreams, sure, but you can't be eaten by something that stops you to head for...

    • By Glennie 2022-03-28 09:01:12

      Thinking about what you want to do is fine, but doing it is another matter. You made...

    • By Noel 2022-03-28 09:01:12

      It is unique among many sports inspirational films. Dennis Quaid really acted in a lot of sports inspirational films. In the play, his son later played two and a half...

    • By Alysson 2022-03-27 09:01:20

      Father-son relationship, movies for men. Male lead, you always play this kind of character who is athletic but gave up due to injury, you know, i mean the story of the...

    • By Friedrich 2022-03-27 09:01:20

      Biography, sports movie + baseball + Dennis Quaid, full score...

    Movie plot

    "The Rookie" is about a true legend about a dream come true. The main character, Jim Morris (played by Dennis Quaid), grew up dreaming of showing his abilities in Major League Baseball , but 12 years ago he had an unexpected shoulder Injured, so his professional baseball career was cut off from the dream, so he had to give up this long-standing dream, to serve as their chemistry teacher and baseball team coach in a high school in Big...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    " The Rookie " is the first feature film directed by John Lee Hancock , who previously wrote the screenplays for "The Perfect World" and "Midnight in the Garden" starring Clint Eastwood , and executive produced the comedy "Skip the Dog". (MyDogSkip). The film is based on real events. Jim Morris in his life finally joined the MLB in 1999 at the age of 35 and became the oldest "rookie" in professional baseball history for 30 years. With...
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    Background creation

    The film "The Rookie" is full of inspiring true stories, both on and off the scene, including a 35-year-old high school physics and chemistry teacher who always dreamed of playing professional baseball, a lawyer with a good salary who wanted to make a movie, and a professional baseball player who switched to filmmaking due to injury. of pitchers who have exemplified the best possible example of the courageous pursuit of their dreams....
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    Evaluation action

    The 127-minute-long movie not only starts from the protagonist's childhood, but also tells a story of oil digging in a small town in Texas. The former highlights the protagonist's unhappiness in half his life, while the latter is on a similar basis. Emphasize that dreams cannot be given up and the emperor's lesson not to pay the painstaking efforts. Since there may be an endless supply of oil buried under the soil, why can't a...
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    Movie quotes

    • Jimmy: [Meeting his father after the game] You came.

      Jim Morris Sr.: [Nods] Wasn't going to miss this one.

      [pause]

      Jim Morris Sr.: Watching you out there tonight... not many fathers get to do that.

    • Jimmy: Anybody wanna tell me how we lost that game? Hmmm? No? How about taking a look at the numbers on that scoreboard out there? What do those numbers tell you?

      Joe David West: How to get ahold of Bo's Tire Barn?

      [team laughs, Jimmy pauses, obviously not amused]

      Jimmy: You quit. You quit out there. You quit on me and, worse, you quit on yourselves. Now, what is it? You think we don't care about baseball around here? Think the school's gonna drop the program? You're just making it easy for 'em. Sad part is, I see it and you don't.

    • Joel De La Garza: [while him and Jimmy play catch] Hey coach, back when you were really pitching, how fast were you throwing it?

      Jimmy: I don't know. 85, 86?

      Joel De La Garza: That's not too bad.

      Jimmy: It is when the other guy's throwing 90.

      Joel De La Garza: Coach, let's see you bring one.

      Jimmy: Can't. Promised too many doctors.

      Joel De La Garza: Come on, coach, one isn't going to kill you. Come on, feed me!

      Hunter: Yeah, dad, bring the heat!

      Joel De La Garza: [Jim gets himself ready while Joel waits in the catcher's position] Feed me, coach.

      [Jim pauses, then winds up and throws his fastball, which audibly whisses by and hits hard into Joel's glove, much to the shock of him and Hunter]

      Hunter: Woah!

      Joel De La Garza: Coach, where did that come from?

      Jimmy: [Smiles] Forgot how good that sounded.