Movie
Fever Pitch
Overview
When Ben Wrightman, a young teacher, begins dating pretty businesswoman Lindsey Meeks, the two don't seem to have a lot of the same interests, but they fall in love, regardless. Their romance goes well until baseball season begins, and Lindsey soon realizes that Ben is completely obsessed with the Boston Red Sox. Though she tries to understand Ben's passionate team loyalty, eventually it threatens to end their otherwise happy relationship.
Details
- Release date
- 2005-04-06
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Romance, Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- ELC Productions, Alan Greenspan Productions, Mars Media Beteiligungs, Fox 2000 Pictures, Flower Films, Wildgaze Films
- Country
- Germany, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Drew Barrymore as Lindsey Meeks
- Jimmy Fallon as Ben Wrightman
- Jason Spevack as Ben - 1980
- Jack Kehler as Al
- Maureen Keiller as Viv
- Daniel Greene as Waiter
- Ione Skye as Molly
- Marissa Jaret Winokur as Sarah
- KaDee Strickland as Robin
- JoBeth Williams as Maureen Meeks
- Siobhan Fallon Hogan as Lana
- Brett Murphy as Ryan
Crew
- Bobby Farrelly - Director
- Peter Farrelly - Director
- Lowell Ganz - Screenplay
- Babaloo Mandel - Screenplay
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