May Prelude: ‘Million Dollar Arm’

Producers: Mark Ciardi (“The Rookie”, “Miracle”, “Secretariat”, “Invincible”), Gordon Gray (“The Rookie”, “Miracle”, “Secretariat”, “Invincible”), Joe Roth (“Alice in Wonderland”, “Snow White and the Huntsman”, “Oz the Great and Powerful”)

Director: Craig Gillespie (“Lars and the Real Girl”, “Fright Night”)

Screenwriter(s): Thomas McCarthy (“Up”)

Cinematographer: Gyula Pados (“The Duchess”, “Evening”, “Predators”, “Metallica Through the Never”)

Composer: A.R. Rahman (“Elizabeth: The Golden Age”, “Slumdog Millionaire”, “127 Hours”)

Cast: Jon Hamm, Lake Bell, Bill Paxton, Alan Arkin, Aasif Mandvi, Suraj Sharma, Madhur Mittal, Tzi ma

Clips:

Brenda (Lake Bell) tries to convince JB (Jon Hamm) to invest more in learning about the kids that he’s trying to bring into the big leagues.

JB (Jon Hamm) witnesses a player using a very unique way to pitch a baseball at high speeds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZdlqLFQtvw

Interviews:

Rinku Singh, the baseball player on whom ‘Million Dollar Arm’ is based, talks about the reality television show that led him to pitch for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGPGhvAGtXU

ESPN talks about the reality show in India, “The Million Dollar Arm”, more in depth and interviews Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel about their experience in the contest, their inexperience with baseball, and how far they’ve come to learning the game and American customs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC3gczLJLuE

Suraj Sharma talks about his role as Rinku Singh and about the difficulties that come with the process of selecting pitchers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j_105F0RmM

Jon Hamm discusses what interested him in the script, playing JB, his young co-stars, and shooting in India.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5icrBe_nb00

Review: COMING SOON!