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The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)
Released By: Walt Disney Home Entertainment   Rating: PG   In Theaters: 9/30/2005
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Studio: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Bill Paxton
Language: English
Official Website: http://www.greatestgameever.com/
Theatrical Release: 9/30/2005
Home Video Release: 4/11/2006
Cast: Jackie Burroughs, Luke Askew, Peter Firth, Shia LaBeouf, Justin Ashforth
Published ID: 137352
UPC: 786936277920, 786936771374,
Plot: The true story of an upset victory that helped change the sport of golf forever provides the basis for this period drama. Francis Ouimet (played by Shia LaBeouf) was born in 1893 to a working-class family in Massachusetts, and grew up fascinated by golf. However, at that time golf was considered a pastime of the wealthy and privileged, and British and Scottish players dominated the professional game. Ouimet's familial home was near the Brookline, MA, Country Club, and over the stern objections of his father, Francis got a job there as a caddy. Honing his skill in his spare time, Francis displayed a tremendous natural talent for the game and an understanding of its strategies, and 1913 he became the first amateur to play in the U.S. Open, held at the Brookline Country Club. Ouimet's presence was considered little more than a novelty at the time; Harry Vardon (Stephen Dillane), a British champion with six tournament victories under his belt, was considered a shoo-in to win, with Ted Ray (Stephen Marcus) his only serious competition. However, Vardon, a fellow working-class boy who had overcome tuberculosis to become Britain's premier professional golfer, had more in common with Ouimet than anyone expected, and the tournament unexpectedly became a hard-fought competition between an established star and a promising unknown. Directed by Bill Paxton in his second directorial effort, The Greatest Game Ever Played also stars Elias Koteas as Francis' father, Josh Flitter as the ten-year-old boy who becomes Francis' caddy, and Peyton List as Sarah Wallis, Francis' sweetheart. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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The Greatest Game Ever Played
Added 9/23/2009
This is the most outstanding golf movie bar none. The acting was supberb. This movie should go down as a classic!
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Great Golf!!
Added 9/4/2009
This is a great movie!! If you love golf, you gotta love this (plus a true story)!
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love it love shia
Added 8/24/2009
If you love Shia and love sports movies with heart, then this is the film for you. Golf lovers and lovers of film will adore this movie. get it today.
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The caddie carries the show
Added 8/14/2009
Bill Paxton directs this outstanding golf flick,"The Greatest Game Ever Played".I had to give the movie a slight edge over "The Legend of Bagger Vance",another outstanding film, directed by Robert Redford. I guess what it really comes down to, was the two performances by the caddies, Will Smith in the "The Legend of Bagger Vance" and Josh Flitter, who, in my opinion stole the show in "The Greatest Game Ever Played". Flitter portrayed Eddie Lowery, who was just a few inches taller than a "jumbo" driver,which is one of the club's of choice in this day and age for a weekend golfer.Eddie was the show stopper with all of his great lines in the flick...and the ending, well I won't go into that...but I was on the golf course the next day. I couldn't wait to get back out on the links.See them both, you'll be happy that you did.
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Excelent movie
Added 8/7/2009
I thought this was an excelent movie and brought to life one of the great true stories of early golf in America. It shows how Frances Ouimet paved the way for amateur golfers and made golf available to regular people rather than the rich and elitests.
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