Fairfield library showing free film Friday

Fairfield Public Library will present a free movie Friday, with doors opening at 7 p.m. and the film beginning at 7:30 p.m.

A 2014 drama, comedy based on a true story follows a once-successful sports agent who now finds himself edged out by bigger, slicker competitors. He and his partner will have to close their business down for good if he doesn?t come up with something fast. Late one night, while watching cricket being played in India on TV, the agent comes up with an idea so radical it just might work. Why not go to India and find the next baseball pitching sensation? Setting off for Mumbai with nothing but a gifted but cantankerous scout in tow, he stages a televised, nationwide competition where 40,000 hopefuls compete before two 18-year-old finalists emerge as winners. The agent brings them back to the United States to train with a legendary pitching coach. The goal: get the boys signed to a major league team. Not only is the game itself difficult to master, but life in the U.S. with a committed bachelor makes things even more complicated ? for all of them. While the young men learn the finer points of baseball and American culture, they in turn teach the agent the true meaning of teamwork and commitment. Ultimately, what began as a purely commercial venture becomes something more and leads him to find the one thing he was never looking for at all ? a family.

The film is rated PG for mild language and suggestive content and runs two hours and 4 minutes.

See the library?s calendar on its website at www.fairfield.lib.ia.us for additional details about the movie. The library?s license does not allow it to announce the title of the film in the newspaper.

Organic popcorn and bottled water will be available for a donation. The donations help the library to renew its movie licenses.