Title: The Rookie |
Release Date: 2002 |
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Running time: 120 minutes |
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Distributor and Production Company: Touchstone/Walt Disney/ |
Director; Writer: John Lee Hancock |
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Cast: Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez and Brian Cox. |
Technical: Panavision |
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Review: “It’s alright to think about what you want to do until the day comes that you have to do what you were meant to do.” Jum Morris (Dennis
Quaid) hears this from his Army brat father when
trying out for minor league baseball at age 36, twelve years after a shoulder
injury, when he finds he can pitch (as a southpaw) at 98 mph. He had settled in Quaid looks older than 36—too much Well, Morris’s breaking into baseball as a relief pitcher at 36 is no more improbable than my breaking into the movies. But have I earned this analogy? I haven’t raised a family. As for the title, well, rookie is an antonym for professional—usually. Computer programmers can be rookies. But sometimes beginners beat out the old timers.
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