The Scout (film)
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| Directed by | Michael Ritchie |
| Produced by | Andre Morgan Albert S. Ruddy |
| Written by |
Roger Angell Andrew Bergman Albert Brooks Monica Johnson |
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| Music by | Bill Conti |
| Cinematography | László Kovács |
| Edited by |
Don Zimmerman Pembroke J. Herring |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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101 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20 million |
| Box office | $2,694,234 |
The Scout is a 1994 comedy film starring Brendan Fraser and Albert Brooks and directed by Michael Ritchie, the director of The Bad News Bears.
Al Percolo is a Major League Baseball scout with the New York Yankees who attends a game at a small college to see pitcher Tommy Lacy. Al gets himself invited to dinner at Tommy's house and convinces him and his Catholic parents that Tommy should sign a contract with the Yankees, which he does. Just as Tommy is about to make his major league debut, Al's latest discovery suffers an extreme case of stage fright. It leads him to vomit on the pitcher's mound at Yankee Stadium.
After this embarrassment to the organization, Al is banished to the Mexican countryside. While attending a game in Mexico, he gets his first look at Steve Nebraska, a young American with a consistent 100+ mph fastball and hits home runs on seemingly each at-bat. Steve is very popular with the fans, especially females.
Al notifies the Yankee brass of his find, but he is fired and told not to bring anyone back. He takes Steve back to the United States with him, becoming his unofficial agent. Steve freaks out in the middle of the terminal at Newark International Airport when he momentarily thinks Al is missing.
Al arranges an open audition at Yankee Stadium in front of representatives from every Major League Baseball team. A bidding war ensues after Steve strikes out Keith Hernández and homers off Bret Saberhagen. Nebraska signs a $55 million contract with the Yankees.
Difficulties arise as Yankee management demands that the eccentric Steve be psychiatrically evaluated in order to ensure he will not turn out to be as unstable as Al's earlier finds. Al picks a psychiatrist named H. Aaron and expecting a quick evaluation, followed by a massive payday for both Steve and himself. The doctor finds Steve to be a deeply troubled young man, severely abused as a child that he's blocked almost every memory of his early life.
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