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''Fever Pitch'' is a 1985 American film starring Ryan O'Neal, and written and directed by Richard Brooks. This turned out to be the final film for Brooks, director of such acclaimed pictures as ''Blackboard Jungle'', ''Elmer Gantry'', ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'' and ''In Cold Blood''. Co-starring in the film were Giancarlo Giannini, Chad Everett, John Saxon and Catherine Hicks. The original music score was composed by Thomas Dolby. The film failed at the box-office after it grossed only a little more than $600,000. ''Fever Pitch'' was nominated for four Razzie Awards, including Worst Picture, as well as contributing to O'Neal's later Razzie nomination for Worst Actor of the Decade. The film is listed in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book ''The Official Razzie Movie Guide'' as one of the 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made. ''Fever Pitch'' has not been released yet on DVD. ==Plot== Steve Taggart is a Los Angeles sports writer who becomes obsessed with gambling. He volunteers to do a series of articles for the daily newspaper Los Angeles Herald Examiner about a compulsive gambler he calls "Mr. Green," who is, in fact, himself. Reporter Taggart gets deeper and deeper into debt, compounding his money problems with associated loan sharks, including the dangerous bookmaker known as The Dutchman (Chad Everett). He soon learns the pro quarterback he covers in Los Angeles is also on the take to the Dutchman, paying off his own gambling debts. Taggart then journeys to Las Vegas to do a field report on his gambling series, where he meets a sexy casino hostess, Flo. (Catherine Hicks) In Las Vegas Taggart also checks out bookmakers, including the Leroy's in downtown Las Vegas. He meets local Vegas gambling and business figures, including Las Vegas Sun publisher Hank Greenspun for insight into the gambling world. The money complications spill over into Taggart's personal life, as when he brings his daughter (Bridgette Andersen) to Hollywood Park racetrack, where he goes to the pressbox, where real life reporters Jim Murray and Alan Malamud play themselves. Taggart later is physically assaulted by a trackgoer to whom he owes money. Taggart's newspaper editor (John Saxon) loves the series the newspaper has been running, and he has been advancing the writer considerable story money, still unaware that Taggart is actually the gambling risk-addicted and perennial loser "Mr. Green." Taggart also goes to Gamblers Anonymous to try to get and straight, also becoming more acquainted with Las Vegas high-roller Charley Peru (Giancarlo Giannini) to try to get even, and possibly get the Dutchman and his thug, Panama Hat played by William Smith off his back. To celebrate almost kicking his gambling habit, in an improbable ending, Taggart goes back to the dice tables, where his solution to getting out of gambling debt turns out to be continuing to gamble until he can win all the money he needs. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fever Pitch (1985 film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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