In a last-ditch effort to save his career, sports agent JB Bernstein dreams up a wild game plan to find Major League Baseball’s next great pitcher from a pool of cricket players in India. He soon discovers two young men who can throw a fastball but know nothing about the game of baseball. Or America. It’s an incredible and touching journey that will change them all — especially JB, who learns valuable lessons about teamwork, commitment and family.

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Film Cast:

• J. B. Bernstein: Jon Hamm
• Tom House: Bill Paxton
• Brenda Paauwe: Lake Bell
• Rinku: Suraj Sharma
• Ash Vasudevan: Aasif Mandvi
• Dinesh: Madhur Mittal
• Amit: Pitobash
• Ray Arkin: Alan Arkin
• Lisette: Bar Paly
• Pete: Al Sapienza
• Chang: Tzi Ma
• Theresa: Allyn Rachel
• Indian Reporter: Ravi Naidu
• Hot Girl: Gabriela Lopez
• Basketball Player (uncredited): Tanner Anderson
• Scout: Tom Verducci
• Mark: Brett Zimmerman

Film Crew:

• Editor: Tatiana S. Riegel
• Music: A. R. Rahman
• Casting Director: Sheila Jaffe
• Supervising Sound Editor: Mark P. Stoeckinger
• First Assistant Director: Mike Topoozian
• Screenplay: Tom McCarthy
• Production Design: Barry Robison
• Producer: Joe Roth
• Director of Photography: Gyula Pados
• Director: Craig Gillespie
• Costume Designer: Kirston Leigh Mann
• Set Decoration: Jeanette Scott
• Producer: Mark Ciardi
• Producer: Gordon Gray
• Co-Producer: Tabrez Noorani
• Unit Production Manager: Kevin Halloran
• Co-Producer: Neil Mandt
• Executive Producer: Palak Patel
• Executive Producer: Connor Schell
• Art Direction: Jeremy Woolsey
• Executive Producer: Bill Simmons
• Casting Director: Seher Aly Latif
• Sound Designer: Alan Rankin
• Music Supervisor: Jon Mooney
• Hair Department Head: Theraesa Rivers
• Key Hair Stylist: Arturo Rojas
• Key Makeup Artist: Ron Pipes
• Second Assistant Director: Michael McCue
• Co-Producer: Michael Mandt
• Makeup Department Head: Lana Horochowski
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Sean Thigpen

Movie Reviews:

• r96sk: I can’t say there is anything overly noteworthy about ‘Million Dollar Arm’. but it’s well paced and features a great (true) story – it makes for a very enjoyable 124 minutes.
• Jon Hamm is a good choice to play lead character JB, he does carry the film with his performance. There are other pleasant performances though, Pitobash Tripathy (Amit) stands out most from those behind Hamm. Bill Paxton (Tom), Lake Bell (Brenda), Suraj Sharma (Rinku) and Madhur Mittal (Dinesh) merit props too.
• It’s a feel-good premise, one that is rather nice to see play out. The score is solid, as is the cinematography. It’s a positive that they spend a decent chunk of the film actually in India, I had a inkling they might’ve skipped it but thankfully they do not – they tell the story well. It’s probably Disneyfied in ways, but who cares.
• It isn’t anything necessarily special, but I certainly thoroughly enjoyed this. Recommended.