The Fever Pitch trailer is out. And as an avowed Nick Hornby fan (I’ve got signed copies of High Fidelity and How To Be Good, from when I saw him in New York) and Sox fan I’ve got to say… it looks terrible. What Hornby does well is write about the dilemmas of a guy growing up in a world where it’s easy to be stuck in perpetual adolescence. Fever Pitch, the book, talks about lots of conflicting emotions: Hornby recognises both that it’s selfish and childish to want to watch games every Saturday, and that he still wants to do it. The trailer makes it look like it’s Drew’s character “curing” Fallon’s obsession with the Sox with her love.
And of course, there’s the whole point about the film being forced into rewrite after the Sox won it all. They didn’t expect the Sox to win it all? Didn’t they read the book? The Arsenal need to win 2-0 on the last day. They get the goal in injury time, the last possible moment. It never is over till it’s over. Trust your source material.