From the producers of “Invincible” and “Miracle” comes the sports biography film, “Million Dollar Arm” starring Jon Hamm. The movie will be shown at the historic Marion Palace Theatre on Friday, June 27 at 7:30 pm and Saturday, June 28 and Sunday, June 29 at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm.
The film follows the story of sports agent, JB Bernstein (Hamm) as he stages an unconventional recruitment strategy to get talented Indian cricket players to play Major League Baseball. In a last ditch effort to save his career, JB concocts a scheme to find baseball’s next great pitching ace. Hoping to find a young cricket pitcher he can turn into a major league baseball star, JB travels to India to produce a reality show competition called “Million Dollar Arm.” With the help of a cantankerous but eagle-eyed retired baseball scout (Alan Arkin) he discovers Dinesh (played by Madhur Mittal from “Slumdog Millionaire”) and Rinku (played by Suraj Sharma from “Life of Pi”), two 18 year old boys who have no idea about playing baseball, yet have a knack for throwing a fastball.
JB brings the boys to America to train. While the Americans are definitely out of their element in India – the boys, who have never left their rural villages – are equally challenged when they come to the States. As the boys learn the finer points of baseball – JB learns valuable life lessons about teamwork, commitment and what it means to be a family.
This film is rated PG for mild language and some suggestive content and runs 2 hours, 4 minutes.
Movie tickets are $4/Adults, $3/Seniors (62 & over), $2/Children (12 and under). For more information call the Marion Palace Theatre Box Office at 740-383-2101 or visit www.marionpalace.org.
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