Fever Pitch (2005)

Lindsay is stuck in the middle of her relationship with Ben and his passion for the Boston Red Sox.

Directors:

Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly

Writers:

Lowell Ganz (screenplay), Babaloo Mandel (screenplay)

Stars:

Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon, Jason Spevack

9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Drew Barrymore	...	Lindsey
Jimmy Fallon	...	Ben
Jason Spevack	...	Ben - 1980
Jack Kehler	...	Al
Scott Severance	...	Artie (as Scott H. Severance)
Jessamy Finet	...	Teresa (as Jessamy R. Finét)
Maureen Keiller	...	Viv
Lenny Clarke	...	Uncle Carl
Ione Skye	...	Molly
KaDee Strickland	...	Robin
Marissa Jaret Winokur	...	Sarah
Evan Helmuth	...	Troy
Brandon Craggs	...	Casey
Brett Murphy	...	Ryan
Isabella Fink	...	Audrey

Storyline

When relaxed and charming Ben Wrightman meets workaholic Lindsey Meeks she finds him sweet and charming, they hit it off and when it is winter Ben can spend every waking hour with Lindsey, but when summer comes around the corner Lindsey discovers Ben's obsession with the Boston Red Sox. She thinks it is perfect until everything goes downhill for them.

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Plot Keywords:

boston red sox | baltimore orioles | world series | ups | promotion | 

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Taglines:

A Comedy About The Game Of Love.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sport

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, and some sensuality

Details

Country:

USA Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 April 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Perfect Catch

Filming Locations:

Showline Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$12,400,125, 10 April 2005, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$42,071,069, 7 August 2005

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fox 2000 Pictures, Flower Films (II), Wildgaze Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (Dolby Digital 5.1) (5.1 Surround Sound) (5.1) DTS (DTS HD Master Audio 5.1) (5.1 Surround Sound) (5.1) D-Cinema 48kHz 5.1 (D-Cinema prints) (5.1 Surround Sound) (5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Stephen King threw out the first pitch in this movie. In 1984, Drew Barrymore starred in Firestarter, by Stephen King. And, In 1985, Drew Barrymore starred in Cat's Eye by Stephen King.

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Goofs

When Ben asks Lindsey to opening day, his ticket says Tuesday April 11. April 11 was a Sunday in 2004. Also, opening day was not on a Tuesday, it was on a Friday.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Al: [voice over] Eighty-six years of bangin' our heads against the big green wall, but we finally did it. That part you know. That part everybody knows. But I got a story you don't know. It's about this schoolteacher friend of mine named Ben.

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Crazy Credits

The music at the end is interspersed with radio ads, as if someone is tuning a radio between stations.

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Alternate Versions

The DVD editon of the film dubbed the "Cursed Reversed Edition for Boston Red Sox fans" by Fox contains the alternate ending of the film that was actually shot during the 2004 playoffs and World Series. In the original ending of the film scripted by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, "The Curse of the Bambino" dubbed by die hard Red Sox fans would have continued "if" the Yankees had beaten them in the playoffs. The Red Sox, who were down by three games, had come back and beaten the Yankees which was the first time a pro-sports team had ever come back from such a defeat and eventually won the World Series, sweeping the St.Louis Cardinals. The moment that it had happened, Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon in character, ran onto the field and celebrated with the team. This ending was edited in the film as a montage with narration by actor Jack Kehler.

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Connections

References Annie Hall (1977)

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Soundtracks

Dirty Water
(1966)
Written by Ed Cobb
Performed by The Standells
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

A Decent Enough Distraction

Fever Pitch is a fun enough movie. It has a lot of funny moments (including a hilariously disturbing shower scene). Like most romantic comedies, it has a "dead zone" in the middle where all the heavy, "she's breaking up with me" stuff happens, but other than that it continues to be funny until the end.

Even though the plot revolves around fanaticism towards the Red Sox, it's not overloaded with sports. You don't have to be a fan to enjoy this film.

Of course that's easy for me to say: I've been a Red Sox fan since I was a boy, too.

7 out of 10.

Barky