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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Adult Language, Substance Abuse, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 2001 DVD Release: 12/04/2001 Format: DVD - Soft-Matted WSE for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 44 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Total Copies: 43 Genres: Comedy Drama, Romance, Teen Movie, Sports Drama, Sports Comedy

This blend of sports and youthful romantic comedy is from director Michael Tollin, who previously produced the sports drama Varsity Blues (1999). Freddie Prinze Jr. stars as Ryan Dunne, a ballplayer who's spending the summer as a pitcher for the famed, highly prestigious Cape Cod League, a non-professional farm team that has turned out numerous baseball legends. Ryan's under special pressure on a number of fronts. He's the first local boy to earn a slot in the league in years, and his blue-collar status earns him the enmity of a hot-shot college teammate, Eric Van Leemer (Corey Pearson). Although he's backed up by his best friend and team catcher Billy Brubaker (Matthew Lillard), Ryan adds more stress to his life by embarking on an affair with a beautiful, wealthy young Vassar graduate, Tenley Parrish (Jessica Biel), who's spending the summer on the Cape with her parents. Tenley is facing her own crisis as her father (Bruce Davison) pressures her to move to San Francisco and work with her uncle, though she'd rather remain in the East and become an architect. Summer Catch is the third onscreen teaming of Prinze and Lillard, and also stars Brian Dennehy, Wilmer Valderrama, Jason Gedrick, Fred Ward, and Brittany Murphy. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Freddie Prinze, Jr. - Ryan Dunne
Jessica Biel - Tenley Parrish
Jason Gedrick - Mike Dunne
Matthew Lillard - Billy Brubaker

Baseball and love collide in the teenage summer romance Summer Catch, starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jessica Biel. Warner has put a fair amount of effort into this 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer. This transfer looks great with the blue skies and green grass bright and evenly rendered. No edge enhancement, shimmer, or digital artifacting was spotted during the entire movie. The audio is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 in English and French. This audio track is not nearly as impressive as the video portions of the disc, since the bulk of the soundtrack is rather subdued. The rear speakers sometimes kick in during the narration by the main character, though otherwise this is a fairly uneventful track. Also included on the disc are English, French, and Spanish subtitles. Extra features for =Summer Catch include a commentary track by director Michael Tollin, actress Jessica Biel, and writer John Gatins. This is a fairly chatty commentary track, though none of the stories about the production of the film are particularly insightful. Also included on this disc are some deleted scenes that run about ten mintues long, and, not surprisingly, don't add up to anything special. Fans of the movie will be glad for the extra features, though the audio portions are only slightly above average. ~ Patrick Naugle, All Movie Guide