Summer Catch (2001) on Netflix
PG-1320011h 48mComedyDramaRomance
Ryan Dunne, a pitcher for the Chatham A's, hopes a summer in the Cape Cod Baseball League earns him a pro contract. Tenley Parrish, whose family summers in town, catches his attention.
- Netflix3.1/5
- IMDb5.1/1017,442 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes8%
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Plot summary
Every summer, college ballplayers arrive on Cape Cod to chase their major league dreams, and Ryan Dunne is the first local player in years to win a spot on the Chatham A's. He helps his father run a landscaping business, tends Veteran's Field, and has sworn off girls and drinking to keep his focus. Then, while mowing the lawn of a family that summers in town, he sees Tenley Parrish. On opening day, rival pitcher Eric Van Leemer throws a shutout while Ryan is sent to walk the stands collecting donations. That night, he and Tenley share a first kiss.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Summer Catch (2001)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The film was not shot in New England at all, because the spring season there was too cold. The actual production site was in Southport, North Carolina.
- The Chatham A's baseball field used in the film was built out of a field that had been abandoned for about 20 years. Within about eight weeks it was complete, with batting cages and a press box, ready to film; since the filming it has been abandoned once more and is simply an overgrown field.
- Only seven of the 35 people cast as the teammates were actors. The rest were actual minor-league baseball players, who had to attend a four-week training camp where they learned to ignore the cameras on the field and to act more as a team.
