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Twelve-year-old poet Marty Jones wants to be a baseball star. Motivated by the quirky success of Mark 'The Bird' Fidrych, Marty writes a poem to the Detroit Tigers' star rookie pitcher. Fidrych writes back, propelling Marty on a winning streak.
Inspired by Detroit Tigers’ rookie sensation Mark “The Bird” Fidrych, Marty pens a poem to his hero and receives a life-changing letter in return, setting him on a winning streak in his own Little League games. Fast forward 30 years, and Marty is a middle-aged advertising executive stuck in a rut.
Apr 19, 2009 · Fidrych is the movie’s inspiration — Fidrych the man, a fully formed extension of the quirky Detroit Tigers pitcher who took baseball by storm for one giddy season as “the Bird” in 1976, then...
Synopsis. It's 1976 in Detroit. Twelve-year-old poet Marty Jones wants to be a baseball star. Motivated by the quirky success of Mark 'The Bird' Fidrych, Marty...
Jun 24, 2009 · Mike's movie - Dear Mr. Fidrych - debuts this Friday night June 26 at the Detroit-Windsor International Film Festival. Mr. Fidrych will not be in attendance. The Bird passed away less than three months ago, killed while working alone on a dump truck on his Massachusetts farm.
Jun 20, 2010 · Working on nights and weekends, Cramer wrote, directed and starred in an independent film titled "Dear Mr. Fidrych". In the first half of the movie, Marty Jones (played by Cramer's son Noah) is an intellectual 12-year-old boy, who is teased by school bullies for his interest in poetry.
Movie Info. A father takes his son on a road trip to reconnect. Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama. Original Language: English. Director: Mike Cramer. Writer: Mike Cramer....
- Adventure, Comedy, Drama
