Fever Pitch first Major League Baseball World Series victory in 86 years. This championship was entirely coincidental; the 2005 version was being filmed during the 2004 regular season, including scenes filmed at Fenway Park during actual games. As the Red Sox continued to progress through the playoffs, the Farrellys rewrote the script to include the historic moment. The movie was renamed "The Perfect Catch" outside North America to avoid confusion with the 1997 film. Fever Pitch Fever Pitch: A Fan's Life is a 1992 autobiographical essay by British author Nick Hornby. The book is the basis for two films: "Fever Pitch" (1997,
John Drew Barrymore what movies didn't," he said. In 1955, Barrymore was sued by Lanny Budd Productions for not making a series of movies in Europe. Barrymore counter-sued. Barrymore returned to features with support parts in "While the City Sleeps" (1956), for director Fritz Lang, and "The Shadow on the Window" (1957). In 1957 he appeared in a production of "Romeo and Juliet" and the Pasadena Playhouse opposite Margaret O'Brien. He guest starred in "Playhouse 90" (the original production of "The Miracle Worker"), "Climax!", "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse" and "Wagon Train". In 1958, he changed his middle name to Drew, although he had previously