Movies and TvShows featuring "impossible-dream" theme.
In "The Rookie," a high school science teacher from Texas causes a stir when he makes a deal with his students: if the high school baseball team makes the playoffs, he will try out for a major league baseball team. Against all odds, he ends up fulfilling his lifelong dream of becoming a professional baseball player.
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In 1954, a teenage boy named Ralph becomes inspired to enter the Boston Marathon in hopes of miraculously healing his comatose mother. With the guidance of a sympathetic priest and his own determination, Ralph trains vigorously to overcome the odds and accomplish his seemingly impossible dream.
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