Fever Pitch (1985 film)
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| Directed by | Richard Brooks |
| Produced by | Freddie Fields |
| Written by | Richard Brooks |
| Starring | Ryan O'Neal Catherine Hicks Giancarlo Giannini Bridgette Andersen Chad Everett John Saxon Hank Greenspun William Smith |
| Music by | Thomas Dolby |
| Cinematography | William A. Fraker |
| Editing by | Jeff Jones |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | November 22, 1985 (USA) |
| Running time | 96 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Gross revenue | $618,847 (USA) |
Fever Pitch is a 1985 movie starring Ryan O'Neal and directed by Richard Brooks. It was nominated for four Razzie Awards, including Worst Picture, as well as contributing to O'Neal's later Razzie nomination for Worst Actor of the Decade. (Fittingly, O'Neal was beaten by Sylvester Stallone: all four of the awards for which Fever Pitch was nominated were won by Stallone vehicles.) The original music score was composed by Thomas Dolby.
[edit] Plot
Steve Taggart is a Los Angeles sports writer who becomes obsessed with gambling. As Taggart gets deeper and deeper into debt, he compounds his problems with associated loan sharks, including the dangerous Dutchman.
Further complications are due to the fact that Taggart's newspaper editor has assigned him to write a series of stories about a compulsive gambler, advancing him considerable money to do so, unaware that Taggart's subject is himself. The writer's habit has already cost him his marriage, and his relationship with his daughter is in jeopardy. He goes to Gamblers Anonymous to try to get straight, then takes up with Las Vegas big-timer Charley to try to get even.
[edit] Cast
- Ryan O'Neal as Steve Taggart
- Catherine Hicks as Flo
- Giancarlo Giannini as Charley
- Bridgette Andersen as Amy
- Chad Everett as Dutchman
- John Saxon as Sports editor
- Hank Greenspun as Sun publisher
- William Smith as Panama Hat
- Keith Hefner as Sweeney
- Patrick Cassidy as Soldier
- William Prince as Mitchell
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