ADVISORY/Jim Morris Personal Appearance Tour -- The Inspiring True-Life Hero From Disney's ``The Rookie''; Aug. 28 at Barnes & Noble Books and Edison Field Anaheim Angels Game.Entertainment Editors ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Aug. 28) --(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)
WHO: Jim Morris, the teacher and Major League Baseball pitcher who
inspired Disney's hit family film, THE ROOKIE.
WHAT: To celebrate Disney's THE ROOKIE on DVD and video.
WHEN: Wednesday, August 28, 2002
WHERE: Barnes & Noble Bookstore
The Grove
189 Grove Drive, Los Angeles, Suite K 30
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Anaheim Angels Game -- Edison Field
Anaheim, CA
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Jim Morris will throw out first pitch and meet the press
"The Rookie" spray bottle entry giveaway
Angels vs. Tampa Bay Devil Rays
YOUR COVERAGE IS INVITED -- CREDENTIALS ARE REQUIRED
In THE ROOKIE, Dennis Quaid ("Traffic," "Frequency") stars as real-life baseball player Jim Morris, a minor league pitcher who sees his big-league career denied by a serious injury. Morris becomes a teacher and coach, motivating kids on and off the baseball diamond while imagining what might have been. When his own players challenge Morris to try out for a major league team, Morris finds out that you're never too old to follow your dreams. THE ROOKIE'S all-star cast includes Rachel Griffiths (TV's "Six Feet Under," "The Adventures of Tom Thumb Tom Thumb, 1838–83, American entertainer, whose original name was Charles Sherwood Stratton, b. Bridgeport, Conn. His career as General Tom Thumb began in 1842, when the showman P. T. Barnum gave him the title and arranged with the child's parents for his exhibition as a midget. His height then was less than 2 ft (61 cm), and at no time did it exceed 33 in. (84 cm). and Thumbelina"), Jay Hernandez ("Crazy/Beautiful") and Brian Cox ("The Affair of the Necklace"). |
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