![]() She is heartbroken, and they separate.īen soon misses Lindsey and visits her in a futile attempt to reconcile. Ben becomes irate that he missed such a historic Red Sox moment, blaming Lindsey for making him miss the game. Moments later, he gets an ecstatic call from his friend Troy, who tells him the Sox overcame a seven-run deficit in the bottom of the ninth to pull off one of the greatest comebacks in team history. Ben and Lindsey enjoy the party, and after making love, he tells her it was one of the best nights of his life. To prove he is not obsessed, he misses a game against the Yankees to escort Lindsey to her friend's birthday party. She expresses concern that he is more committed to the Red Sox than to her, and days later calls him and confirms she isn't pregnant. Before leaving, she tells Ben she might be pregnant. Things get worse when Lindsey invites Ben to accompany her to Paris, and he declines because the Red Sox are in the heat of the pennant race. Lindsey is knocked out by a line drive foul and recovers but stops going to the games, suggesting Ben will have more fun if he goes with his friends. They continue attending the games together, but tension arises when Lindsey is up for a promotion and begins working on her laptop during the game. Lindsey, who knows little about baseball or the Red Sox, learns about the Curse of the Bambino from Ben's stadium friends (including Al Waterman, a sponge salesman who also narrates the story). On a school trip, Ben meets Lindsey Meeks, a successful, dedicated corporate executive, and they begin dating. Almost all of his possessions bear the Red Sox logo (except for his toilet paper, which is of the New York Yankees). From that day on, he is a die-hard Red Sox fan for life.Ģ3 years later, the adult Ben is still in Boston, working as a school teacher, and has inherited his uncle's season tickets. His uncle Carl takes him to a Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park to cheer him up. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $50 million.ħ-year-old Ben Wrightman has just moved to Boston with his mother after his parents' divorce. Both Fever Pitch films feature real-life dramatic sporting victories, the original focusing on Arsenal's last minute League title win in the final game of the 1988–1989 season, and the remake on the Boston Red Sox's long-awaited World Series Championship in 2004, unanticipated while the film was in production. While both the book and the original 1997 film are about soccer, the 2005 adaptation, aimed specifically at the U.S. Nick Hornby, who had written the original 1992 book and the 1997 screenplay adaptation, acted as an executive producer for the American remake. ![]() It stars Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon, and is a remake of the British 1997 film of the same title. Fever Pitch (released as The Perfect Catch outside the United States and Canada) is a 2005 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by the Farrelly brothers. ![]()
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