Rent The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
3.3 of 5 from 84 ratings
2h 1min
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- Synopsis:
Robert Redford brings to life the story of Rannulph Junuh, (Matt Damon) a promising young golfer who loses his swing after he experiences the harrowing frontlines of war. Once considered Savannah's greatest sportsman and favourite celebrity, Junuh had won the heart of the town's prettiest heiress, Adele Invergordon (Charlize Theron). But when he returned from war, he was a defeated man, giving up both golf and Adele for the sake of alcohol. When Junuh is given a chance to redeem himself by competing in a celebrity golf tournament, he must first regain his swing and his self-respect. It will take a miracle, in the form of a mysterious caddy named Bagger Vance (Will Smith) for Junuh to get his game back as well as his life. - Actors:
- Will Smith, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron, Bruce McGill, Joel Gretsch, J. Michael Moncrief, Peter Gerety, Lane Smith, Michael O'Neill, Thomas Jay Ryan, Trip Hamilton, Dermot Crowley, Harve Presnell, Danny Nelson, Bob Penny, Michael McCarty, Carrie Preston, Turner Green, Blake King, Andrea Powell
- Directors:
- Robert Redford
- Narrated By:
- Jack Lemmon
- Writers:
- Steven Pressfield, Jeremy Leven
- Studio:
- 20th Century Fox
- Genres:
- Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sports & Sport Films
- Collections:
- A History of Sports Films (Summer Edition), Cinema and the First World War, Drama Films & TV, A Brief History of Film...
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More emotional than you would think - The Legend of Bagger Vance review by AB
Despite the genre of stated Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sports & Sport Films, only the first and last are true! A film about golf, psychology, love, memories, war and township with some good acting and (probably) correct accents
I liked the film, as it didn't try to ram any details about golf down the viewer's throat, which would have spoiled it and instead made it about trust, help and friendships with a sporting background
I got quite emotional watching it, tears appearing, for no real reason I can fathom but it is a feel-good film that should have been more successful with its release than it was and I highly recommend a watch. The denouement of the round kept me guessing as well.
What I found amusing was that at the end of all the usual spiel about cast, crew, location etc, there was the usual bumpf about characters and events being fictitious and any relation to people, dead or alive, is coincidental. So Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen were figments of Robert Redford's imagination?
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