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The Rookie (2002)

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G | 2 hr 9 mins | Drama, Biopic, Sports | Released: 3/29/2002 |Box Office Total: $75.5M

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Synopsis:

Jim Morris never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury ended his pitching career twelve years ago. Now a married-with-children high-school chemistry teacher and baseball coach in Texas, Jim's team makes a deal with him: if they win the district championship, Jim will try out with a major-league organization. The bet proves incentive enough for the team, and they go from worst to first, making it to state for the first time in the history of the school. Jim, forced to live up to his end of the deal, is nearly laughed off the try-out field--until he gets onto the mound, where he confounds the scouts (and himself) by clocking successive 98 mph fastballs, good enough for a minor-league contract with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Jim's still got a lot of pitches to throw before he makes it to The Show, but with his big-league dreams revived, there's no telling where he could go.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
3/29/2002

Studio	Credit
Walt Disney Pictures	Studio
Director	Credit
John Lee Hancock	Director
Cast	Credit
Dennis Quaid	Jimmy Morris
Rachel Griffiths	Lorri
Jay Hernandez	Joaquin 'Wack' Campos
Beth Grant	Jimmy's Mother
Angus T Jones	Hunter
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
Daniel Kamin	Durham Manager Mac
Matt Williams	Owl Player No 1
Miguel Salas	Owl Player No 2
Eddie Alvarado	Owl Player No 3
Brandon Garner	Owl Player No 4
Ernest Vidaure	Owl Player No 5
Canuto Rey Guerrero	Owl Player No 6
Rebecca Spicher	Jessica
Raymond Rivera	Janitor
Marco Sanchez	Sanchez
Cynthia Dorn	Esther
Robert Logan	Steve Dearborn
Cory Shane Harris	Cory Jones
Seth Spiker	Tryout Catcher
Beau Holden	Orlando Heckler
Brandon Smith	Orlando Manager
Chris Sheffield	Snow Covered Catcher
Cameron Banfield	Jimmy's Brother
Barbie Burke	Female Student
Carlos A Gonzalez	David
Kyle Scott Jackson	Baseball Scout
Bert Beatson	Player with Headphones
Tony Moore	Kenny Justin
Brian Shoop	Durham PR Director
Mark Ciardi	Tim Stewart
Matt Targac	Player Behind Backstop
Tiger King	Durham Catcher
Willie Dirden	Locker Room Attendant
Chuck Morgan	Texas Rangers PA Announcer
Eric Nadel	Texas Rangers Radio Announcer
Richard Dillard	Devil Rays Manager
James Fletcher	Devil Rays Pitching Coach
John Wayne Shafer	Reporter No 1
Charles Sanders	Reporter No 2
Randall Wallace	Texas Oilman
Jaime Alvarado	Wack's Sister
Quincy Wickson	Little League Umpire
Keith Mears	High School Umpire No 1
Tim Jackson	High School Umpire No 2
John Williams	Orlando Umpire No 1
Jim Morris	Orlando Umpire No 2
Gavin Forbis	Orlando Umpire No 3
J.D. Evermore	Relief Pitcher No 1
Mark Ellis	Relief Pitcher No 2
Julio Cesar Cedillo	Relief Pitcher No 3
Fred Osuna	Major League Umpire No 1
Mark Baletka	Major League Umpire No 2
Production Credits	Credit
Gordon Gray	Producer
Philip Steuer	Executive Producer
Mark Ciardi	Producer
Mark Johnson	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Mayhem Pictures	Production Company
Gran Via Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Austin, Texas, USA
Arlington, Texas, USA
Writer	Credit
Michael Rich	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Donald H Walker	Production Accountant
Jim DeMarco	Post-Production Accountant
Amanda Curry	Assistant Accountant
Susan Bartholomew	Accountant - payroll accountant
Allen Connell	Accountant - payroll accountant
Dawn Robinette	Assistant Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Bart Brown	Set Dresser
David Hack	Lead Person - leadman
John A Frick	Assistant Art Director
Ana Martinez	Art Department Coordinator
David P Kelsey	Scenic Artist
Barry Robison	Production Designer
Barbara Munch	Set Designer
Kevin Constant	Art Director
Mark Hanks	Set Dresser
Colin DeRouin	Assistant Art Director
Shane Patrick	Set Dresser
Darren Patnode	Set Dresser - on-set dresser
Casting	Credit
Ronna Kress	Casting
Stacie Goodman	Casting Associate
Leigh French	Voice Casting
Connie Czernek	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Beth Sepko	Casting
Marcus Lopez	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Sheila Steele	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Craft Services	Credit
Joe Fiske	Craft Service
Colin Edlund	Craft Service - craft service assistant
Film Camera	Credit
W Basquette ('Rogers')	Video Assist/Playback - video assist
Ian Fox	Camera Operator
Richard Mosier	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Deana Newcomb	Photography - still photographer
Robert Presley	Steadicam Operator
Dave Christensen	Lighting - assistant chief lighting technician
John Schwartzman	Director of Photography
Adam Schwartz	Camera - film loader
R Todd Schlopy	Steadicam Operator - Steadicam 1st assistant
Thomas D Lairson Jr	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Brown Cooper	Camera Operator - "B" camera operator
Peter K Munson	Assistant Camera Operator - "B" 1st assistant camera
Management	Credit
Wesley Scott Lewis	Manager - baseball equipment manager
Music	Credit
Sonny Kompanek	Orchestrations
Steve Earle	Song
Steve Earle	Song Performer
Sandy Park	Music Contractor
Adam Milo Smalley	Music Editor
Carter Burwell	Music
John Bissell	Music Supervisor
Twangtrust	Song - song producer
Bryan Elliot Lawson	Music - assistant music editor
Johnny Caruso	Music Editor
Ryan Adams	Song Performer
Ryan Adams	Song
Nat King Cole	Song Performer
Byran Parker	Music - assistant music editor
Allison Moorer	Song Performer
David Torn	Music - featured musician
Ethan Johns	Song - song producer
Paul Burch	Song Performer
Mel Torme	Song
David Weiss	Music - featured musician
Bob Wells	Song
The WPA BallClub	Song Performer
Tony Finno	Music - music preparation
Adriana Marnescu	Music - music preparation
Guy Clark	Song Performer
Allison Moorer	Song
Elvis Presley	Song Performer
Doyle Primm	Song
Evan Barker	Music - music preparation
Paul Greenstein	Song
Jefferson Airplane	Song Performer
John Hiatt	Song Performer
Paul Burch	Song
Guy Clark	Song
Willie Nelson	Song Performer
Rodney Crowell	Song
John Fogerty	Song Performer
Mildred Hill	Song
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs	Song Performer
Patty Hill	Song
Dave Hole	Song Performer
Duane Jarvis	Song Performer
Elvis Presley	Song
Eileen Rose	Song Performer
Jorma Kaukonen	Song
John Hiatt	Song
Erik Schrody	Song
Larry Muggerud	Song
House of Pain	Song
Beth Nielsen Chapman	Song
John Fogerty	Song
Domingo Samudio	Song
Dave Hole	Song
Duane Jarvis	Song
Eileen Rose	Song
Production Management	Credit
Leigh A Wilbourn	Assistant Production Coordinator
Susann Jones	Post-Production Supervisor
Joey Hudgins	Location Assistant
Gina Grande	Script Supervisor
Richard E Chapla Jr	Production Supervisor
James Crowley	Location Manager
H Gordon Boos	Assistant Director
Daniel Salas-Porras	Production Coordinator
Philip Steuer	Unit Production Manager
Shanti Delsarte	Assistant Production Coordinator
Rick Eckart	Production Coordinator - baseball unit coordinator
Philip Hardage	Assistant Director
Shoshana Partos	Location Manager
Publicity	Credit
Stuart Fink	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Miguel Rivera	Foley - foley supervisor
Edward Steidele	Foley Artist
Lucy Sustar	Foley Mixer
Brad Sokol	Assistant Sound Editor
Mark Zimbicki	Boom Operator
Devon Curry	ADR Editor
Claudia Carle	ADR - ADR recordist
Darrell Hanzalik	ADR Supervisor
Ann Hadsell	ADR Mixer
David E Fluhr	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Gilian Johnson	Sound Editing - sound editing facilities manager
Nyabingi Kuti	Foley Recordist
William Levins	Foley Editor
Jennifer Murphy	Sound Mixer - production sound mixer
Jon Johnson	Sound Editor
Christian P Minkler	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Brian Basham	ADR - ADR recordist
Ron Bedrosian	ADR Mixer
Michael Farrow	Sound Mixer - score recorder & mixer
Ben Wilkins	Sound Editor
Tanya Yarbrough	Assistant Sound Editor
Jerry Trent	Foley Artist
Preston Oliver	ADR - ADR recordist
Dean Dravin	ADR Mixer
Brian Jennigs	Sound Editor
Jeff Sawyer	Sound Editor
Tami Treadwell	ADR - ADR recordist
Bob Deschaine	ADR Mixer
Mike McNerney	ADR - ADR recordist
Weldon Brown	ADR Mixer
Jeremiah Clifton	ADR - ADR recordist
Shay Levin	ADR Mixer
Kyle Crusham	ADR - ADR recordist
Visual Effects	Credit
Brian King	Titles - title designer
Randy E Moore	Special Effects Coordinator
J F Stampfer	Special Effects Assistant
Hal Cohen	Effects Supervisor
Jaqueline Alard	Visual Effects - effects compositor
Margaret Johnson	Special Effects Supervisor
Michael Curtis	Visual Effects - effects compositor
William Koshowany	Visual Effects - effects compositor
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Anna Abbey	Set Costumer
Angela Angel	Hair Assistant - assistant hairstylist
Ron Berkeley	Makeup Artist
Barry Delaney	Costume Supervisor
Becki Drake	Makeup Assistant - assistant make-up artist
Kelly Nelson	Hair Stylist
Bruce Finlayson	Costume Designer
Daniel A Molaschi	Set Costumer
Krista Schluderman	Set Costumer

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