Million Dollar Arm

Million Dollar Arm is a 2014 American biographical sports drama film directed by Craig Gillespie from a screenplay written by Tom McCarthy. The film is based on the true story of baseball pitchers Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel who were discovered by sports agent J.B. Bernstein after winning a reality show competition. The film stars Jon Hamm as Bernstein, Bill Paxton as pitching coach Tom House, Suraj Sharma as Singh, Madhur Mittal as Patel, and Alan Arkin. The films music is composed by A.R. Rahman. Produced by Joe Roth, Mark Ciardi, and Gordon Gray, the film was released theatrically by Walt Disney Pictures on May 16, 2014. Million Dollar Arm grossed 39.2 million on amillion budget.

J.B. approaches veteran baseball pitching coach Tom House Bill Paxton who explains cricket, the main sport played in India, and baseball have entirely different motions for bowling and pitching, and getting a fresh recruit ready for a tryout within one year is extremely unlikely, if not impossible. J.B. points how House has nothing to lose and everything to gain by taking up the challenge, and House agrees.J.B. flies to India and is devastated at the traffic, overcrowding, the lax way the Indians conduct business. He is joined by longtime elderly major league scout, Ray Poitevint Alan Arkin, and hires Amit Rohan Pitobash Tripathy as his interpreter. After lengthy tryouts in numerous cities, two youngsters emerge as the winners Rinku Singh Suraj Sharma and Dinesh Patel Madhur Mittal, and they are flown to the U.S. to begin their baseball training. The pair, who grew up in poverty in India, are quickly overwhelmed by the sights and sounds of America. After they accidentally set off a fire alarm at the hotel J.B. arranged for them, J.B. is forced to let them stay at his home. For their baseball training, J.B. dumps the pair by House and his staff while he runs off to close more deals. In so doing, the pair, who both barely speak English, feel abandoned. J.B.s tenant Brenda Fenwick Lake Bell is the only person who genuinely seems interested in their wellbeing. ........

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