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Release Date:
29 March 2002 (USA)
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Tagline:
It's never too late to believe in your dreams.
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A Texas baseball coach makes the major league after agreeing to try out if his high school team made the playoffs. full summary | add synopsis
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5 wins
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4 nominations
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(75 articles)
'The Blind Side' a Winning Sports Drama
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(From CinemaSpy. 25 November 2009, 9:20 PM, PST)
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(From Manny the Movie Guy. 22 November 2009, 10:01 AM, PST)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Dennis Quaid | ... | Jimmy Morris |
 | Rachel Griffiths | ... | Lorri Morris |
 | Jay Hernandez | ... | Joaquin 'Wack' Campos |
 | Beth Grant | ... | Olline |
 | Angus T. Jones | ... | Hunter Morris |
 | Brian Cox | ... | Jim Morris Sr. |
 | Rick Gonzalez | ... | Rudy Bonilla |
 | Chad Lindberg | ... | Joe David West |
 | Angelo Spizzirri | ... | Joel De La Garza |
 | Royce D. Applegate | ... | Henry |
| Russell Richardson | ... | Brooks |
| Raynor Scheine | ... | Frank |
 | David Blackwell | ... | Cal |
 | Blue Deckert | ... | Baseball Scout Dave Patterson |
 | Danny Kamin | ... | Durham Manager Mac (as Daniel Kamin) |
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127 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Canada:F (Ontario) (original rating) |
Canada:G (Ontario) (video rating: 2004) |
Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:G |
France:U |
Germany:o.Al. |
Philippines:G |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:T |
UK:U |
USA:G (certificate #38665)
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Cameo: [Jim Morris]an umpire in the Orlando games.
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Errors in geography: When Jim is traveling to San Angelo for the try-out, the road sign says "San Angelo 97 Miles". San Angelo is only 70 miles from Big Lake.
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TV Reporter:
[interviewing Jimmy after his first major league game] What pitches did you throw to get that strikeout?
Jimmy: Fastball, fastball, and
[chuckling]
Jimmy: fastball!
TV Reporter: How did it feel, pitching in the major leagues?
Jimmy: Just like I hoped it would.
Jimmy: [to the reporters, seeing his father through the TV lights] Can you excuse me?
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Jimmy: Fastball, fastball, and
[chuckling]
Jimmy: fastball!
TV Reporter: How did it feel, pitching in the major leagues?
Jimmy: Just like I hoped it would.
Jimmy: [to the reporters, seeing his father through the TV lights] Can you excuse me?
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Referenced in "Getaway: (#17.5)" (2008)
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Some Dreams
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A fine story about following your dreams and actually taking a stab at Doing something about them when the chance strikes. Nothing was easy for Morris either-he had a family, job, job opps elsewheres, a mortgage, etc-it wasn't like he could just drop what he was doing and blithely hop on the greyhound to play AAA ball for 4 months. It took guts. I am glad that they showed his indecision, almost up 'til he got the callup to the majors.
I can remember seeing him pitch against the Red Sox(I think...), it was a great story. Though Morris actually looks more like John Kruk or a Mills Watson than Quaid-that's okay.
Quaid does a very good job playing the man, the teacher, coach and 'oldest rookie'.... As someone who is in the the same age group, I certainly can ID with his plight. You're not Quite too old to do what you had dreamed of as a kid, but it's getting there. You have to do it sooner than lator.
Believably told, nicely edited, paced, acted, good to see the familiar faces of the late Royce Applegate, Brian Cox and Rachel Griffiths here.
Good job all around, glad to see it hit.
*** outta ****...who woulda thought that the Tampa Devil Rays woulda been the subject of such a good movie early on?