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- Movie Name:
- Fever Pitch
- Main Actors:
- Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon, Jason Spevack, Jack Kehler, Scott Severance
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- Update Time:
- 2008-4-15
- About Plot:
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The Farrelly brothers continue their good-natured winning streak with Fever Pitch, a romantic comedy charmed by fate and last-minute improvisation. The movie was originally written with a bittersweet ending, but something unexpected happened (kismet, or perhaps divine intervention?) when the Boston Red Sox scored miraculous victories in the 2004 playoffs and World Series, and Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon were there, in character, to celebrate love and baseball as a pair of amiable lovers who learn to share their lives while accommodating Fallon¡®s life-long passion for the Red Sox. You really have to love baseball to forgive the formulaic romance by veteran Hollywood screenwriters Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel (who also wrote A League of Their Own, and could write this stuff in their sleep), but the codirecting Farrellys make it work, along with the easygoing chemistry of Barrymore and Fallon. The movie bears little resemblance to Nick Hornby¡®s source novel (which was more faithfully adapted as a 1997 British comedy starring Colin Firth), but anyone who enjoyed High Fidelity or About a Boy will recognize Hornby¡®s keen understanding of men and women, and the hazards we all endure when playing the game of love.
DVD Features
In their engaging commentary track, the Farrelly brothers talk about how working with Ione Skye was a lifelong dream after Say Anything..., praise Jimmy Fallon¡®s "Hanksian" performance, and, as lifelong Red Sox fans, ask Bill Buckner for forgiveness. Two featurettes with cast and crew discussing how their plans to make a film about another Red Sox failure met with surprising fate. The 13 deleted scenes include an extended version of young Ben¡®s first day at Fenway and a some lines of dialogue for Jason Varitek and Johnny Damon. But if it¡®s Red Sox you want, go for the extended ending included in the Boston Red Sox Collector¡®s Edition of the film.
Product Description
According to Red Sox super-fan Ben Wrightman (Jimmy Fallon), finding romance is about as likely as his beloved team winning the World Series. But when Ben scores a beautiful new girlfriend (Drew Barrymore), suddenly anything is possible. Now the two passions in his life have a chance to go all the way... if he doesn¡®t strike out first. | 