Other than Kevin Costner, no American actor is more closely-tied to sports moviesthan Dennis Quaid. The Any Given Sunday and American Underdog actor has been in, I think, hundreds of them. Give or take a few. And now he’s back with another, The Hill, a faith-based baseball drama based on the true story of Major League Baseball player, Rickey Hill.
As seen in the new trailer, The Hill stars Colin Ford (We Bought a Zoo) as Rickey Hill, a young kid from small-town Texas who becomes a baseball phenom despite being afflicted with a degenerative spinal disease that has him in leg braces. Quaid plays Rickey’s overprotective pastor father, who hopes his son will follow in his footsteps.
The film is directed by Jeff Celentano, and co-stars Joelle Carter, country music star Randy Houser, Bonnie Bedelia and Scott Glenn.
The Hill opens in theaters on August 25th.
Growing up impoverished in small-town Texas, young Rickey Hill shows an extraordinary ability for hitting a baseball, despite being burdened by leg braces from a degenerative spinal disease.His stern, pastor father (DENNIS QUAID) discourages Rickey from playing baseball to protect him from injury, and to have him follow in his footsteps and become a preacher. As a young man, Rickey (COLIN FORD) becomes a baseball phenomenon. His desire to participate in a try-out for a legendary major league scout divides the family and threatens Rickey’s dream of playing professional baseball.
