DISNEY’S MILLION DOLLAR ARM PITCHING CONTEST
OFFERS A
CHANCE TO WIN $1 MILLION
Contestants Can Test Their Fastball Skills at
Downtown Disney District in Anaheim, Calif., ESPN
Wide World of Sports Complex at the Walt Disney World® Resort in Florida or
the Tribeca Family Festival in New York
Nine Finalists
Will Advance to the Final Contest Held at
Disney’s
“Million Dollar Arm” World Premiere in Hollywood, California
Burbank, Calif.
(April 11, 2014): Disney is giving amateur baseball pitchers in the nation a chance
to compete for a $1 million prize in the Million Dollar Arm Pitching Contest. The
Million
Dollar Arm Pitching Contest is being held to celebrate the opening of Disney’s
“Million
Dollar Arm,” an incredible true story about two young men who went from never
throwing a baseball to getting a Major League tryout.
Amateur baseball pitchers—male or female, who are legal U.S. residents at least 18 yrs. of age or older... are invited to qualify to compete
in the preliminary rounds of the Million Dollar Arm Pitching Contest at either Walt
Disney World® Resort in Florida, Disneyland® Resort in California or at the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Day at the Tribeca
Family Festival in New York City. The three (3) contestants from each location who
throw the fastest pitches will advance to the finals & have a chance
to compete for a $1 million prize at the world premiere of Disney’s “Million Dollar
Arm” in Hollywood, California.
Official rules are available on
Disney.com’s “Million
Dollar Arm” homepage at... http://disney.com/PitchingContest.
Presented by SUBWAY® restaurants, the three (3) qualifying events will
take place on April 25 & 26, from 7 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., at both Downtown
Disney District in Anaheim, Calif. and ESPN Wide World of Sports
Complex at Walt Disney World® and on April 26 only, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the Tribeca/ESPN
Sports Day during the Tribeca Family Festival in New York City.
Contestants will throw three pitches, each tracked by a radar gun, in an
attempt to throw the fastest pitch. All participants will receive tickets for
themselves & a guest to see an advance screening of Disney’s “Million Dollar
Arm” at an AMC Theatres location later that evening.
Nine finalists chosen during these qualifying events will have a
chance to compete for the $1 million prize at the world premiere of Disney’s
“Million Dollar Arm.” The top three eligible pitchers with the fastest pitches
from each qualifying round location will be flown with his or her guest to the
final contest, which will take place at the world premiere of Disney’s “Million
Dollar Arm” in Hollywood, Calif., on May 6. Each of these finalists
will throw three pitches on Hollywood Boulevard. Any eligible finalist who
throws one 100 mph strike (out of three pitches) will become a potential winner
of the $1 million grand prize.
The nine
finalists and their guests will be VIPs at the film’s premiere along with
stars, filmmakers, major league players, coaches, scouts and celebrities.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY: Subject to Official Rules available at event or at http://disney.com/PitchingContest.
ABOUT THE MOVIE:
Based on a true story, sports agent JB Bernstein
(Jon Hamm) finds that business has changed and things aren’t going well for his
career. In a last ditch effort to save his livelihood he concocts a scheme to
find baseball’s next great pitching ace. Hoping to find a young cricket pitcher
he can turn into a major league baseball star, JB travels to India to produce a
reality show competition called “The Million Dollar Arm.” With the help of
cantankerous but eagle-eyed retired baseball scout Ray Poitevint (Alan Arkin),
he discovers Dinesh (played by Madhur Mittal from “Slumdog Millionaire”) and
Rinku (played by Suraj Sharma from “Life of Pi”), two 18-year-old boys who have
no idea about playing baseball, yet have a knack for throwing a fastball.
Hoping to sign them to major league contracts and make a quick buck, JB brings
the boys home to America to train. While the Americans are definitely out of
their element in India, the boys, who have never left their rural villages, are
equally challenged when they come to the States. As the boys learn the finer
points of baseball, JB, with the help of his charming friend Brenda (Lake
Bell), learns valuable life lessons about teamwork, commitment and what it
means to be a family.
MILLION DOLLAR ARM opens in theaters everywhere on May 16th!
