Fever Pitch (1997 film)

Fever Pitch is a 1997 film starring Colin Firth, based loosely on Nick Hornbys bestselling memoir, Fever Pitch A Fans Life 1992. Hornby also wrote the screenplay.

The film also stars Neil Pearson as Pauls father and Mark Strong as Steve, Pauls best friend. Nick Hornby himself has a cameo role as a beaten opposition manager in a school football match in one scene. Parts of the film were shot on location in the surroundings of Arsenal Stadium in Highbury however as the terracing at Highbury had since been replaced, the scenes of fans on the terraces were instead filmed at Fulhams Craven Cottage stadium.In 2005, the film was remade in an American version also entitled Fever Pitch starring Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore, with the WorldSerieswinning 2004 Boston Red Sox replacing Arsenal. To avoid confusion, this 2005 remake is known as The Perfect Catch in the U.K. ........

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