(Jon Hamm)
The Durban International Film Festival presented Disney’s Million Dollar Arm (USA, 2014) as its
closing night film. Directed by Craig Gillespie and starring Jon Hamm it was
screened on July 26 at the Suncoast CineCentre Supernova.
Million Dollar Arm
follows a once-successful sports agent named JB Bernstein (Hamm) who finds
himself edged out by younger, slicker competitors. While watching cricket being
played in India on late night TV, he comes up with an idea so radical it just
might work – why not go to India and find the next baseball pitching sensation?
Setting off for Mumbai, JB stages a televised, nationwide
competition entitled Million Dollar Arm.
40,000 hopefuls compete and two 18-year-old finalists, Rinku (Life of Pi) and Dinesh (Slumdog Millionaire), emerge as winners.
But JB’s job really begins when he returns to America to try to get the two
young men signed to a major baseball league. Also starring Alan Arkin and Bill
Paxton, Disney’s Million Dollar Arm
releases nationwide in cinemas on September 19.
Talking about the film, Festival Manager, Peter Machen, says,
“Million Dollar Arm is a film that is
both accessible and engaging, as well as being beautifully crafted and filled
with great performances, making it a strong festival title, as well providing
an enjoyable note on which to close the festival after ten days of intense
viewing"
For more information on The Durban International Film
Festival go to http://www.durbanfilmfestival.co.za/
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