In the romantic comedy Fever Pitch, a Red Sox fanatic named Mr. Sehgal runs a deli and supplies cold cuts for the other fans. Older and bespectacled, he’s treated well and gets one onomatopoetic line, which he still flubs endearingly in an uncle-like way. He doesn’t seem like a professional actor, but Jimmy Fallon gets his name right.
Fever Pitch has the same problem as Kingdom of Heaven — when did they stop casting men and start casting boys? Pretty though they may be, they can’t carry a movie. But Drew’s leaner Barrymore profile is shaping up like Renee Russo, and she still casts charm like few others. The movie’s flat, with no romantic chemistry between the leads. But it’s surprisingly sweet, probably because Mr. About a Boy wrote the book on which it’s based.
The Red Sox may have won last year, but the Yanks just pinched Manchester United. It’s a feat just as improbable, and probably more relevant to Hornby’s memoir about soccer.
USA – at least leave our football (saaccerrr) teams alone. Please.
The Red Sox angle to this movie will simply kill it. The book is all about British football culture and its related rituals. Baseball just ain’t the same.
does anyone else think that it’s sad that we get excited about obscure desi references in movies, tv, literature, etc. or about a desi actor who has a minor role in a movie or tv show?
i remember being in middle or high school and my brother and i were watching ‘ER’ and got excited because there was a woman wearing a sari walking away from the camera in the background of the shot.
which then reminded me of something i read on CNN a couple weeks ago:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/02/tv.asianrepresentation.ap/
obviously it’s not a surprise that while we make up 5% of the population we have a 2.7% represenation, but i find it ridiculous and disheartening that we’re boxed into token positions–i.e. doctors or mini mart owners or immigrants.
anyways, that’s just me sounding off… sorry guys i’m cranky
It’s actually the owners of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who have taken over Man Utd. It’s great come-uppance for the first English team to have listed on the stock market in the hope of accumulating huge value, to be taken over by the craven and misanthropic owners of a NFL franchise from a third-tier city in Florida. Man Utd supporters: You had it coming. Good luck in getting rid of these fools before they destroy your club.
Correct, and they’re Yanks.
Fever Pitch has another problem- a better adaptation of Hornsby’s novel was made starring Colin Firth. Now, there’s a man vs. Fallon’s boy.
Sorry Manish, given the reference to Red Sox in the same sentence I thought you were referring to the NYY, who are frequently referred to as the “Yanks.”
And the NYY and Man Utd did/do have a marketing partnership.
Sorry if I misinterpreted you, but hey, thanks for the dictionary definition.
It was a dual-meaning pun shafted, apparently, by unclear writing.
Ah yes, the dreaded Pun Overreach. That happens to me too. It’s all good!
siddhartha
a plundered pun, der.
that makes manish a pun-dit.
Eh, they’ve been casting girls instead of women for years…finally we see two stars roughly the same age heading a film!
I can’t speak about Kingdom of Heaven though. That Bloom boy was a good Legolas, but that’s about all.