Summer Catch
Promotional film poster for Summer Catch
Directed by	Michael Tollin
Produced by	Brian Robbins
Written by	Kevin Falls John Gatins
Starring	Freddie Prinze Jr. Jessica Biel Fred Ward Matthew Lillard Brian Dennehy Jason Gedrick Brittany Murphy
Music by	George Fenton Tarsha Vega
Cinematography	Tim Suhrstedt
Editing by	Harvey Rosenstock
Release date(s)	August 24, 2001
Running time	108 min
Country	United States
Language	English

Summer Catch is a 2001 romantic comedy starring Freddie Prinze Jr., Jessica Biel, and Matthew Lillard. The movie takes place on Cape Cod, however, the majority of the film was filmed in North Carolina. The Movie is available on DVD.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Soundtrack 4 Production 5 External links

[edit] Plot

Freddie Prinze Jr. plays Ryan Dunne, a local baseball prospect who gets an opportunity to play in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Chatham Athletics. Dunne was born and raised in Chatham, Massachusetts, and dreams of playing in the major leagues. He helps his dad with his landscaping business and takes care of Veteran's Field, where the Chatham A's play. Ryan falls in love with Tenley Parrish (Jessica Biel), whose family vacations on the Cape on Shore Road in Chatham. Ryan is distracted by Tenley, and feels a lot of pressure from scouts, family, the Parish family, and friends.

Former Philadelphia Phillies' players Mike Lieberthal, Doug Glanville, and Pat Burrell, along with former Cincinnati Reds' outfielder Ken Griffey, Jr., make appearances at the end of the movie.

[edit] Cast

• Freddie Prinze, Jr. - Ryan Dunne
• Jessica Biel - Tenley Parrish
• Fred Ward - Sean Dunne
• Matthew Lillard - Billy Brubaker
• John C. McGinley - Hugh Alexander
• Jason Gedrick - Mike Dunne
• Brittany Murphy - Dede Mulligan
• Beverly D'Angelo - Lusty House Mother (uncredited)
• Brian Dennehy - Coach John Schiffner
• Gabriel Mann - Auggie
• Bruce Davison - Rand Parrish
• Marc Blucas - Miles Dalrymple
• Wilmer Valderrama - Mickey Dominguez
• Corey Pearson - Eric Van Leemer
• Christian Kane - Dale Robin
• Zena Grey - Katie Parrish
• Traci Dinwiddie - Lauren
• Susan Gardner - Marjorie
• David Burke - Fan in Bar

[edit] Soundtrack

• Sweet Summer - Radford
• Jump - Clara Star
• Would You...? - Touch and Go
• Straight To... Number One - Touch and Go
• Bohemian Like You - The Dandy Warhols
• Soul Sound - Sugababes
• Let It Go - The Clarks
• Mr. Hawkins - Uncle Kracker
• Another Day - Nine Days
• Anything and Everything - Youngstown
• Everytime She Walks - Fastball
• I Like It - The Miami Allstars
• Going Back To Cali - Rick Rubin and LL Cool J
• Over My Head - Semisonic
• Makes No Difference - Sum 41
• The Whole Enchilada - Brett Laurence
• Wild Blue Night - Frina Harmon, Dillon O'Brian, and Matthew Gerrard
• Skin - Collective Soul
• Tell Her This - Diffuser
• What It Beez Like - Tarsha Vega
• Sometimes - Michael Franti and Spearhead
• Lovin Each Day -Ronan Keating

[edit] Production

The movie was also not filmed in New England because the spring season was too cold so the actual production site was in Southport, North Carolina. The Chatham A's baseball field that was used in the movie was actually built from a field that had been abandoned for about twenty years. Within about 8 weeks the field was complete with batting cages and a press box ready to film. The majority of the people casted for the roles of the teammates were actual minor league baseball players. Only seven of the thirty five people casted for the roles of the teammates were actors. The baseball players had to attend a four-week training camp within which they learned how to ignore the cameras on the field and to feel or act more as a team. All of the actors and baseball players had baseball practice everyday.

[edit] External links

• Summer Catch at the Internet Movie Database
• Summer Catch at Allmovie
• Summer Catch at Rotten Tomatoes
• Summer Catch at Box Office Mojo
• Summer Catch at Metacritic