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May 19, 2023 · Walt Disney Pictures' 2002 movie "The Rookie," in which Dennis Quaid plays Jim Morris, is based on a true story. The baseball movie went on to earn the fourth-highest box office totals of...
Summaries. A Texas baseball coach makes the major league after agreeing to try out if his high school team made the playoffs. Jim Morris is a Texas high school chemistry teacher and coach of the school's baseball team.
Mar 29, 2002 · May 12, 2014. A true story about a coach who discovers that it's never too late for dreams to come true. Jim Morris (Dennis Quaid) never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury...
Mar 29, 2002 · Based on a true story, high school coach Jim Morris lives his dream when he becomes the oldest rookie in the major leagues!
Sep 18, 2023 · An incredible story. A story so good that Walt Disney Pictures turned it into “The Rookie,” the 2002 film starring Dennis Quaid as Morris. It became the fourth-highest-grossing baseball movie of all-time. “So many times, movies based on a true story get a little stretched out to make it work,” Quaid tells MLB.com, 20 years later.
Duration: 2h 9m. Release Date: 2002. Genre: SportsBiographicalFamily. Rating: Director: John Lee Hancock. Starring: Dennis Quaid Rachel Griffiths Jay Hernandez Beth Grant Angus T. Jones Brian Cox. A high school baseball coach gets a second chance as a big-league pitcher.
Mar 29, 2002 · Roger Ebert March 29, 2002. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. "The Rookie" combines two reliable formulas: The Little Team That Goes to State, and the Old-Timer Who Realizes His Youthful Dream. When two genres approach exhaustion, sometimes it works if they prop each other up.
