Guide Note

The 2005 comedy film Fever Pitch is loosely based on Nick Hornby's novel of the same name. A die-hard Boston Red Sox fan in a budding relationship must choose between his beloved Sox, and his girl.

Fast Facts

1. Directors: Farrelly Brothers
2. Release Date: April 8, 2005
3. Starring: Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon
4. Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
5. Run Time: 103 minutes
6. Known as The Perfect Catch outside the United States
7. Original script called for the Red Sox to lose; ending rewritten when it became apparent the team could (and ultimately did) win the 2004 World Series
8. Final scenes filmed on the field in St. Louis during Boston's World Series post-game celebration
9. Budget: #30 million
10. Domestic gross: $42 million

Jimmy Fallon plays Ben Wrightman, a school teacher and highly devoted Boston Red Sox season ticket holder. He meets the workaholic Lindsey Meeks, played by Drew Barrymore. The two hit it off and begin dating, in Winter. When Spring rolls around Lindsey discovers the Winter Ben and Spring Ben are two much different people as the Spring Ben spends most of his time with his other love, Red Sox baseball. Although Lindsay does attend Red Sox games with Ben, including Opening Day, she later finds herself as the 'other woman' in the relationship between Ben and baseball.