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Josh Greenbaum has a golden touch when it comes to making films.

His first feature documentary 鈥淭he Short Game鈥� picked up the Audience Award at the South by Southwest Film Festival in 2013. Following that was his second film, 鈥淏ecoming Bond,鈥� which picked up the same award in 2017.

In 2021, Greenbaum traveled to New Mexico to film part of 鈥淏arb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar,鈥� his first feature film.

In 2024, he picked up a Peabody Award for the documentary, 鈥淲ill & Harper,鈥� and his upcoming film 鈥淪paceballs: The New One鈥� will be out in 2027.

His latest offering is 鈥淭he Dink,鈥� which premieres on Apple TV on Friday, July 24.

鈥淲e wanted to make a real, bighearted underdog sports movie 鈥� it just happens to be about a sport whose name is inherently humiliating,鈥� Greenbaum says. 鈥淗opefully people laugh, feel something and leave wanting to call a friend and play. Or, at minimum, argue about whether pickleball is actually a sport.鈥�

According to Apple TV, 鈥淭he Dink鈥� tells the story of a former tennis prodigy 鈥� Dusty Boyd, played by Jake Johnson 鈥� on his journey to redemption through pickleball.

The ensemble cast includes Mary Steenburgen, Ed Harris, Chloe Fineman, Aaron Chen, Patton Oswalt, Cleo King, Lynne Marie Stewart, Andy Roddick, John McEnroe and Ben Stiller.

The idea for 鈥淭he Dink鈥� came up in a conversation between longtime friends Johnson and writer Sean Clements, who wanted to set the comedy in the world of pickleball, the fastest-growing sport in America. A blend of tennis, ping-pong and badminton, pickleball has been around since the 1960s, and in recent years the game has gained popularity with enthusiasts of all ages.

Greenbaum didn鈥檛 want the film to be too serious but also wanted to acknowledge that day-to-day life can be hard.

鈥淪ometimes it鈥檚 nice to escape into a world that鈥檚 a little more joyful and a little funnier,鈥� he says. 鈥淲e鈥檙e the first people to make a pickleball film, and there wasn鈥檛 exactly a cinematic playbook for pickleball, so we approached the pickleball scenes like we were shooting the climactic fight in 鈥楻ocky.鈥� We had cranes, slow motion, sweat flying through the air, athletes staring each other down 鈥� all in service of a ball that weighs less than an ounce and has 40 holes in it. But I honestly think we proved that pickleball can be cinematic.鈥�

Greenbaum says he started playing pickleball two years before signing on for the film.

鈥淚 dipped my toe in at first and thought, 鈥極h, this is fun,鈥欌�� he says. 鈥淭hen I bought my own paddle, developed opinions about footwear and began using the word 鈥榢itchen鈥� in a way that had nothing to do with food. My wife and our daughters all play now, and we have a blast together.鈥�

When Greenbaum read the script, he connected with it and wanted to bring a feel-good movie to the world.

鈥淪ean鈥檚 script made me laugh immediately because the comedy was so incredibly specific. It took the structure and emotional stakes of a classic sports movie and applied them to a game where adults argue passionately over a perforated plastic ball. Underneath all of that, it鈥檚 about a guy who has spent his life staring backward and finally discovers that his second chance is waiting in the last place he鈥檇 ever agree to look.鈥�

Adrian Gomez is a freelance writer for the 近距离内射合集. He works for the New Mexico Film Office, focusing on industry research.