Jon Hamm Receives CinemaCon Award & Screens MILLION DOLLAR ARM

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Actor Jon Hamm, star of the upcoming MILLION DOLLAR ARM, was on hand to receive the CinemaCon Award of Excellence in Acting from Chairman of The Walt Disney Studios Alan Horn at The Walt Disney Studios Exclusive Presentation.

Hamm also introduced a Special Screening Of MILLION DOLLAR ARM on March 26, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

A native of St. Louis, Hamm currently stars on AMC’s “Mad Men” as the high-powered, philandering advertising executive, Don Draper.

In 2012, Hamm starred in FRIENDS WITH KIDS (which he also produced), for writer/director/star Jennifer Westfeldt, opposite Adam Scott, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph and Megan Fox. His previous film credits include BRIDESMAIDS, Ben Affleck’s THE TOWN, Zack Snyder’s fantasy thriller SUCKER PUNCH, SHREK FOREVER AFTER, in which he voiced the character ‘Brogan,’ The Day The Earth Stood Still, Jennifer Westfeldt’s IRA & ABBY, KISSING JESSICA STEIN and WE WERE SOLDIERS.

AMC announced in September 2013 that the final season of Lionsgate’s “Mad Men” will be expanded to 14 episodes and equally portioned with seven episodes airing in spring of 2014 (Sunday, April 13, “The Beginning”) and the final seven episodes of this iconic series (“The End of an Era”) airing in the spring of 2015.

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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.

Directed by Craig Gillespie from a screenplay written by Tom McCarthy, Walt Disney Pictures’ drama MILLION DOLLAR ARM stars Jon Hamm, Aasif Mandvi, Suraj Sharma, Lake Bell, Madhur Mittal, Pitobash and Alan Arkin.

MILLION DOLLAR ARM opens in theaters May 16th.

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