The Rookie is a movie directed by John Lee Hancock in 2002 and based on the book The Oldest Rookie: Big-League Dreams from a Small-Town Guy by Jim Morris and Joel Engel, first published in 2001. The movie features Dennis Quaid, J.D. Evermore, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez, Beth Grant, Angus T. Jones, and others.
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Storyline
Jim Morris is the son of a career Navy man, who moves the family from Hollywood, Florida to Big Lake, Texas, in order to maintain job security. Jim is shown to be a very skilled pitcher, though his father disapproves of Jim’s dream of making it to Major League Baseball. It is later mentioned that the town to which Jim’s family moved, Big Lake, has lost its love for baseball, preferring football instead.
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Movie vs Book
Year
2002
Minutes
127
Movie Rate
6.90
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Rookie
Director: John Lee Hancock
Country: USA
Year: 2002
Length: 2h7m
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Year
2001
Pages
276
Book Rate
7.64
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Book
The Oldest Rookie
Original title: The Rookie: The Incredible True Story of a Man Who Never Gave Up on His Dream
Subtitle: Big-League Dreams from a Small-Town Guy
Author: Jim Morris, Joel Engel
Country: USA
First published in: 2001
Length: 276 pages
Genre: Biography
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“Every adaptation has things you have to leave behind in service of creating a cinematic idea that embodies the essential values of the book.”
EDWARD NORTON (Actor, Filmmaker)
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