| The Rookie (Widescreen Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: John Lee Hancock
Actors: Dennis Quaid, J.d. Evermore, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez, Beth Grant
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  143 reviews
Sales Rank: 6681
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 127
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DISD24023D
ISBN: 0788838334
UPC: 786936165432
EAN: 9780788838330
ASIN: B000068DBE
Theatrical Release Date: March 29, 2002
Release Date: August 27, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: This item is NOT a former public library item and does NOT contain library markings. Unless specifically noted to the contrary, item may contain pubic library markings including stickers, stamps, etc. 100% of this purchase will support literacy programs through a nonprofit organization!
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Amazon.com
Jim Morris, the real-life hero of The Rookie, has an inspirational story all but guaranteed to put a smile on anyone's face. Happily, this G-rated Disney drama, based on Morris's published memoir of the same title, is suitable for an all-ages audience. Blessed with an awesome fastball, Morris nursed dreams of pitching for Major League Baseball during his 20s; injuries and bad luck, however, forced him to give up hope and become a teacher and coach. Years later, pressed by students and colleagues to try out for "the Show" one more time, Morris discovered he still had a powerful arm, and he was signed by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The Rookie is at its best throughout this first chapter in Morris's midlife adventure, though the rest of the film finds fresh angles on more familiar baseball-movie conventions. Dennis Quaid is soulful and charismatic as Morris, perfect in his depiction of a man both thankful and startled that destiny has given one of the good guys his due. Appropriate for ages 4 and up. --Tom Keogh
Product Description
When a shoulder injury ended his minor league pitching career 12 years ago jim resorted to the next best thing: coaching. But jims team knowing their coach is a great ball player makes a deal with him: if they win the district championship they want jim to try out for a major-league organization. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 05/16/2006 Starring: Dennis Quaid Jay Hernandez Run time: 118 minutes Rating: G
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 Motivating moive July 27, 2008
This is a great movie. It has a wonderful story of achieving ones dreams even long after most would have stopped fighting for their desires. Jimmy Morris gives it one last try and goes all the way to the bigs
 Baseball movie June 8, 2008
My husbands favorite baseball movie. He had it before and he wore it out. So I got it on dvd
The Rookie June 6, 2008
The Ordering of the product was easy, and fast. The shipping of the product was very quick and timely. The movie arrived in good condition. The actual feature on a scale of 1 to 10 was a 9. It was a story I had seen many times on TV. I liked it so I purchased it. It is a great movie for the whole family or one individual. It is an all around good movie.
I give it 4.5 stars
The Rookie... May 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
An excellent family movie. It doesn't get any better than this as far as family movies go. No foul language and NO nudity. It is a drama that is fun to watch as a family stuggles to deal with the father's sudden thrust into the limelight of an aged baseball player.
One man's dream of being in the major leagues comes true....
 Soooooo slow, it's painful March 31, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Oh my God, if this movie was any slower, it'd take a month to watch. They went a little nutso with the musical score, too.
But what really irks me is why they used a Scot, Brian Denis, to play Morris' father. You might remember Denis as the milky-eyed uncle of William Wallace in Braveheart ("You've got the look of your mother." "learn to use this, it'll teach you to use this.")and as the alcoholic father of Daphne Moon in "Frasier." They couldn't find, out of 158 million American males, an American to play an Amercian in a baseball film, set, guess where, in American? I guess Chow Young Phat was too busy to accept the role. Why not have Charo play his American mom? Shame on Diznee. Muy malo pelicula.
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