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 Movie A- |
Video A- | Audio A-
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Dennis Quaid,
director Rod Lurie | Walt Disney Pictures
2001 | Sports - Drama | G | 133 minutes
Region 1 | DVD-9
anamorphic
widescreen 2.35:1 aspect ratio
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Dolby Digital 5.1
Summary: Dennis Quaid stars as Jim
Morris,
an inspiring baseball pitcher who has worked all his life to make it to
the major leagues. Every since he was a young boy, all Jim wanted to do was play baseball and make it into the major
leagues. With his military-career father moving the family some 14
times times before Jim turned 10, it was difficult for young Jim Morris
to finish a little league season. When the family finally settled in
a small west Texas town of Big Lake, football was the big sport.
Baseball was just a springtime distraction. As Jim graduated from
high school, he struggled and tried to get into the professional
leagues, and he briefly succeeded as a young man until his shoulder injuries
forced him to "retire" early. Years later, after taking on
a real job as a high school science teacher and coaching a high school varsity
baseball team, Jim Morris takes up pitching again in the most unlikely of
circumstances.
This is an unforgettable and heartwarming story of
one man's dream that inspires everyone that he touches. What's totally amazing is that this movie is
based on the real-life story of a very true-to-life Jim Morris!
It's a very inspirational movie for the entire family to enjoy together
that teaches real honest-to-goodness values of having dreams and setting
goals. Even casual sports fan will find this movie quite
enjoyable. I did.
Special Features: deleted scenes with
mandatory director's commentary, "Spring Training" featurette,
(a fast-paced "instructional" featurette on intermediate
baseball skills)
DVD released on 8/27/2002 | Reviewed 9/9/2002
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Associated equipment used in evaluation: Sony
DVP-S7700 reference DVD player, Sony
KP-61V45 61" rear projection TV (4:3 screen aspect ratio), Sony ES STR-V444ES A/V receiver, four
B&W CDM 9NTs as left/right main speakers
and left/right surrounds, B&W CDM CNT center channel speaker, Monster Cable M-series S-Video cable MSV-500, Monster
Cable Interlink LightSpeed 100 (Toslink) optical cable, Monster Cable
Interlink 400 MKII interconnects, Monster Cable
Original speaker cables in bi-wire configuration with Monster Cable twist-on gold-plated banana plug
connectors, Lovan Sovereign T HiFi audio
rack, and Sony MDR-V600 studio monitor headphones. Our home theater equipment was calibrated
with the Video
Essentials DVD.
Be sure to check out our Top 10 DVDs of the year
2001 and our list of this year's Oscar winners on DVD.
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