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Summer Catch

Role: Tenley Parrish
Released: August 24th, 2001
Directed By: Michael Tollin
Screenwriter: Kevin Falls (Story), Kevin Falls & John Gatins
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 – Sexual content, language and some drinking
Studio: Warner Bros.
Budget: $17,000,000 (Estimated)
Domestic Gross: $19,753,553
Foreign Gross: $18,894

About the Film

This summer couldn’t be more crucial for Ryan Dunne, a blue-collar kid with aspirations to become a major league baseball player. Every summer, the hottest college ball players descend upon Cape Cod to pursue their baseball dreams during the day and blow off steam in town at night. The first local boy in years to earn a slot in the team, Ryan finally got his shot…but the temptations off-field are getting in the way of his commitment to the game. Soon, a beautiful young woman who summers in the town with her family distracts Ryan. As the friction builds between his loyal townie friends and his cocky teammates, Ryan’s rivalry with hot-shot teammate Eric comes to a head. When a major league scout comes along, however, he tries to push the pangs of romance and player rivalry aside, because his sports talent may be his only ticket out of the small industrial town.

Cast

Freddie Prinze Jr. . . . Ryan Dunne
Fred Ward . . . Sean Dunne
Matthew Lillard . . . Billy Brubaker
Brittany Murphy . . . Dede Mulligan

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Trivia & Facts

- Real-life baseball player, Christopher Rosado (a Boston College graduate), appears briefly as the left-fielder on Ryan Dunne’s team.- John Schiffner is the real life coach and manager of the Chatham A’s.

- The batter at home plate when the camera pans Veterans Field (Chatham’s real home field on Cape Cod, the one with the playground) is Hyannis’s Brendan Harris, who made his major league debut in 2004 with the Chicago Cubs.

- Wilmer Valderrama’s film debut.

- The character of Miles Dalrymple played by Marc Blucas is partly named after Clay Dalrymple, a catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1960-1968.

- Curt Gowdy and Hank Aaron both make appearances in this film. Gowdy was the NBC play-by-play announcer in the booth when Hank Aaron hit home run number 715 to pass Babe Ruth on April 8th, 1974 in what was then known as Atlanta Stadium (later named Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium).

- Marc Blucas’ character can be seen wearing a Wake Forest baseball cap early in the movie. It is black with a yellow “WF” on the front. Blucas actually attended and played basketball on a full scholarship to Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem North Carolina. He started along with Tim Duncan there.

- Three of the movie’s cast include actor/actress who were in different series on the WB/ CW network. These include; Jessica Biel (“7th Heaven” as Mary Camden/ Mary Rivera); Marc Blucas (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” as Riley Finn) and Christian Kane (“Angel” as Lindsey McDonald)

- Brittany Murphy passed away December 2009. She was 31.

Movie Quotes

Ryan: [to Tenley] I love her.
Tenley: What?
Ryan: Oh! I mean you. I love “you”.Ryan: Scared of what?
Tenley: Of everything! Success? Love? You say you love getting on that mound and playing baseball! Why would you ever settle for cutting grass?

External Links

• Official Website
The Official website for Summer Catch.• Internet Movie Database
Additional cast and credits. Plot summary and more.•Brittany-Murphy.com
Fansite dedicated to co-star Brittany Murphy.