The Rookie Sneak Preview
2002, G, 127 min.
Directed by John Lee Hancock, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez, Brian Cox.

Dennis Quaid stars in this Austin Studio-lensed story of Jim Morris, a Texas high school baseball coach and chemistry teacher who, in 1999, became the oldest rookie major league pitcher to take the field in 40 years. The screening is a benefit for the Austin Film Festival’s Kids ’N Film program and the Texas Film COmmission. A reception with the cast and crew in attendance will precede the screening and a Q&A will follow. Tickets range between $12 and $25, depending on AFF membership discounts and reception attendance. Tickets are on sale at Star Tickets, 469-SHOW; AFF members must purchase tickets at the Paramount box office and present their membership card.

This article appears in March 15 • 2002.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.