Summer Catch

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Summer Catch
Promotional film poster for Summer Catch
Directed by	Michael Tollin
Produced by	Brian Robbins
Written by	Kevin Falls John Gatins
Starring	Freddie Prinze Jr. Jessica Biel Fred Ward Matthew Lillard Brian Dennehy Jason Gedrick Brittany Murphy
Music by	George Fenton Tarsha Vega
Cinematography	Tim Suhrstedt
Editing by	Harvey Rosenstock
Release date(s)	August 21, 2001
Running time	108 min
Country	United States
Language	English
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Summer Catch is a 2001 romantic comedy starring Freddie Prinze Jr., Jessica Biel and Matthew Lillard. The movie takes place on Cape Cod, however, the majority of it was filmed in North Carolina.

[edit] Plot

Freddie Prinze Jr. plays Ryan Dunne, a local baseball prospect who gets an opportunity to play in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Chatham Athletics. Dunne was born and raised in Chatham, Massachusetts, and dreams of playing in the major leagues. He helps his dad with his landscaping business and takes care of Veteran's Field, where the Chatham A's play. Ryan falls in love with Tenley Parish (Jessica Biel), whose family vacations on the Cape on Shore Road in Chatham. Ryan is distracted by Tenley, and feels a lot of pressure from scouts, family, the Parish family, and friends.

Former Philadelphia Phillies catcher Mike Lieberthal, center-fielder Doug Glanville and current Philadelphia Phillies left-fielder Pat Burrell, along with Cincinnati Reds star Ken Griffey, Jr make appearances in the end of the movie.