Fever Pitch (Widescreen) - Comedy Classic Movies on DVD (2005) Starring Drew Barrymore & Jimmy Fallon; Directed by Peter Farrelly & Bobby Farrelly; 20th Century Fox : OLDIES.com

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Item Number:
XFOX 198413D

DVD Features:

Package Type: Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen - 2.35

Audio:

Dolby Surround 5.1 - English
Dolby Surround - French, Spanish
Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

Audio Commentary - 1. Peter and Bobby Farrelly - Directors
Deleted Scenes
Gag Reel
Featurette - 1. Love Triangle
2. Break the Curse
3. Fox Movie Channel Presents - Making a Scene FEVER PITCH
4. Inside Look: In Her Shoes
Trailer - 1. Theatrical Trailer
2. Comedy Trailer

Entertainment Reviews:

Entertainment Weekly - 04/15/2005

"The two actors are wonderfully matched....It's been a while since a movie made the game of love this winning."

Los Angeles Times - 04/08/2005

"A sweet and often hilarious movie about modern romance and its fearsome adversary, modern life..."

New York Times - 04/08/2005

"[T]horoughly winning..."

Chicago Sun-Times - 04/08/2005

"Jimmy Fallon is perfectly cast in the role....He achieves a kind of perfection in his high spirits, his boyish enthusiasm, his dependence on the Sox for a purpose in his life, and his bafflement about romance. "

Premiere - 10/01/2005

"Barrymore's appealingly camp-free performance is one of the draws..."

Product Description:

The Farrelly Brothers (THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, DUMB & DUMBER) take a slight departure from their signature breed of over-the-top, gross-out humor and opt instead for sensitive restraint with this genuinely sweet love story. Credit is due in part to the writing team of Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel (SPANGLISH) who adapt Nick Hornby's popular British novel, moving it to Boston and exchanging the protagonist's obsession with soccer for an all-consuming love of baseball. Ever since his first childhood visit to Fenway Park, easygoing schoolteacher Ben (Jimmy Fallon) has been in love with the Boston Red Sox. When he meets a successful workaholic named Lindsey Meeks (Drew Barrymore), he warns her that being such an avid fan has been a problem in his past relationships. On the brink of turning 30, Lindsey is eager to make what seems like an otherwise promising romance work, and she agrees to go with Ben to opening day (of the eventful 2004 season when the Red Sox won the World Series for the first time in 86 years).

As baseball season proceeds, the truly obsessive nature of Ben's hobby is revealed, and a love triangle is set up in which baseball plays the role of the other woman. Lindsey's feelings for Ben are put to the test again and again as his love for the game threatens to outweigh his feelings for her. While the film's structure is pretty typical of a romantic comedy, FEVER PITCH offers quirky characters that ring true. Fallon and Barrymore display a genuine chemistry and Fallon proves (after leaving SNL) that he can pull off the romantic lead. With the exception of Yankee fans, FEVER PITCH should appeal to anyone who has ever really loved another person (or a pastime).

Plot Keywords:

Couples | Love | Theatrical Release

Cast and Crew:

Starring		Drew Barrymore & Jimmy Fallon
Directed by		Peter Farrelly & Bobby Farrelly
Produced by		Alan Greenspan, Gil Netter, Drew Barrymore, Nancy Juvonen, Bradley Thomas & David Zucker
Screenwriting by		Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel
Composition by		Craig Armstrong
Performer		Lenny Clarke, Jack Kehler, James B. Sikking & Ione Skye
Source Writer		Nick Hornby