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At the Movies: Million Dollar Arm

A one-time successful sports agent, JB, leaves the massive company he worked for to start in his own agency, Seven Figures Management, with his business partner Aash. The company is in serious financial straits, and they lose the big client they’ve been grooming.

In a fit of inspiration, JB believes they can go to India, find a cricket bowler, and teach him to be a baseball pitcher. In order to pay for the scheme, he convinces a wealthy businessman to create a reality show titled “Million Dollar Arm” to help with his quest for fresh talent.

Upon arriving in India, he is quickly befriended by Amit, an overly eager man who loves baseball and wants to do anything he can to help. JB also brings in retired scout Ray to help him weed through the thousands of candidates who try to whip a baseball over 90 mph. Although at first the going is rough, they eventually find a pair of eager and promising prospects.

The duo travel back to the States with JB where they are then tutored by Tom House, a USC baseball coach whose approach to the game is as much mental as physical. The two young men are finally given a highly publicized tryout in front of scouts from numerous pro teams, as well as media from around the world.

Meanwhile, the fiercely single JB, whose personal life involves dating a string of models, begins to strike up something of a serious romance with his tenant, Brenda, a doctor who rents the guest house on JB’s beautiful L.A. Estate.

Director: Craig Gillespie. Cast: Jon Hamm, Aasif Mandvi, Bill Paxton, Madhur Mittal, Suraj Sharma. Rated: PG, Time: 2:03.

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