What is it about the game of golf that makes good cinema? We can barely keep our eyes open during the PGA Tour. Its tranquil vibes are more relaxing than a glass of warm milk. And we can't name but a handful of players: Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, er... Is there a famous "Dave" in there? Still, we could pop in and enjoy at least a dozen films about the sport at a moment's notice on a lazy Saturday afternoon. There's something majestic about the luscious greens, the stillness of the crowd, the whispered play-by-play, and the distant thwack of a ball that translates to the big screen.
Or maybe it's the class struggle, as golf is seen as a gentleman's sport designed for the wealthy. A round of golf at Pebble Beach will set you back nearly 600! Or perhaps we're intoxicated by the psychology of the game,...
Or maybe it's the class struggle, as golf is seen as a gentleman's sport designed for the wealthy. A round of golf at Pebble Beach will set you back nearly 600! Or perhaps we're intoxicated by the psychology of the game,...
- 2/14/2023
- by Jeff Ames
- Slash Film
Welcome to The Best Movie You Never Saw, a column dedicated to examining films that have flown under the radar or gained traction throughout the years, earning them a place as a cult classic or underrated gem that was either before it’s time and/or has aged like a fine wine.
This week we’ll be looking at Freejack!
The Story: The year is 2009 – the future. The rich no longer die. Rather, their minds are stored on a program called “The Spiritual Switchboard” while “Bonejackers” steal bodies from the past that they can use. Enter race car driver Alex Furlong (Emilio Estevez), who’s stolen from the moment of his fatal accident to be used as a vessel by a mysterious client. But, when he’s awoken during the transfer, Alex escapes into the hellish future world, only to be pursued by the Bonejackers leader, Vacendak (Mick Jagger), with only his former lover,...
This week we’ll be looking at Freejack!
The Story: The year is 2009 – the future. The rich no longer die. Rather, their minds are stored on a program called “The Spiritual Switchboard” while “Bonejackers” steal bodies from the past that they can use. Enter race car driver Alex Furlong (Emilio Estevez), who’s stolen from the moment of his fatal accident to be used as a vessel by a mysterious client. But, when he’s awoken during the transfer, Alex escapes into the hellish future world, only to be pursued by the Bonejackers leader, Vacendak (Mick Jagger), with only his former lover,...
- 2/2/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
In his latest interview/podcast, host and screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with screenwriter Amanda Graham about 5 Mindsets to Have to Kick Doors Down if You’re an Outsider…
You belong. Continue to get better at whatever it is you do. The thing that makes you different is most likely the thing that is your greatest asset. There is never only one way to get to where you want to go. Find your people.
Recommended books that were discussed:
Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking by David Bayles & Ted Orland The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One by Jenny Blake The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
You’ve Got To Be Hungry: The Greatness Within to Win by Les Brown
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You belong. Continue to get better at whatever it is you do. The thing that makes you different is most likely the thing that is your greatest asset. There is never only one way to get to where you want to go. Find your people.
Recommended books that were discussed:
Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking by David Bayles & Ted Orland The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One by Jenny Blake The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
You’ve Got To Be Hungry: The Greatness Within to Win by Les Brown
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- 3/18/2022
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
By Patrick Shanley
Managing Editor
Will Smith has been a major box office earner for nearly two decades, but recent years have seen some low points in the star’s career, with 2012’s Men in Black 3 and 2013’s After Earth both underperforming. Though the star is known primarily for big summer blockbusters, he has received recognition from the Academy for his work in serious dramas.
This year, with the release of the controversial football-centered film Concussion, Smith is hoping to reassert himself as a serious actor and garner further attention from Oscar. With a Christmas release slated for the film, however, it will have stiff competition at not just the box office, but for awards season momentum as David O. Russell‘s Joy, Quentin Tarantino‘s The Hateful Eight, Alejandro G. Iñárritu‘s The Revenant, and Adam McKay‘s The Big Short are all opening that week with big Oscar potential.
Managing Editor
Will Smith has been a major box office earner for nearly two decades, but recent years have seen some low points in the star’s career, with 2012’s Men in Black 3 and 2013’s After Earth both underperforming. Though the star is known primarily for big summer blockbusters, he has received recognition from the Academy for his work in serious dramas.
This year, with the release of the controversial football-centered film Concussion, Smith is hoping to reassert himself as a serious actor and garner further attention from Oscar. With a Christmas release slated for the film, however, it will have stiff competition at not just the box office, but for awards season momentum as David O. Russell‘s Joy, Quentin Tarantino‘s The Hateful Eight, Alejandro G. Iñárritu‘s The Revenant, and Adam McKay‘s The Big Short are all opening that week with big Oscar potential.
- 10/21/2015
- by Patrick Shanley
- Scott Feinberg
Exclusive: Basil Iwanyk’s Thunder Road has acquired screen rights to the Steven Pressfield hybrid history The Lion’s Gate: On The Front Lines Of The Six Day War. The producer will use the book as a template to tell the story of how Israel, faced with extinction as Jordan, Syria and Egypt prepared to attack, routed the enemy in less than a week in 1967 with a brilliant battle plan. By the time the smoke cleared, Israel had gained hold of three times as much land as it started with, taking over the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Sinai Peninsula, and Judaism’s holiest site, the Western Wall that was part of the ruins of Solomon’s Temple, real estate that hadn’t been in Jewish hands for 1900 years.
Though a period tale, it certainly is a topical one, because the repercussions are still felt today in the constant tension between Israel and its neighbors.
Though a period tale, it certainly is a topical one, because the repercussions are still felt today in the constant tension between Israel and its neighbors.
- 10/10/2014
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline
Top 10 Ryan Lambie 12 Nov 2013 - 07:05
The 1986 monster sequel King Kong Lives was a flop for producer Dino De Laurentiis, but a source of remarkable details for us...
Producer Dino De Laurentiis assembled an all-star cast and gathered a colossal budget for his 1976 remake of King Kong. Once again a story about a giant ape transported to New York and running amok, the 1976 King Kong overcame its production difficulties - including a malfunctioning 40ft tall mechanical ape designed by Carlo Rambaldi - and became a sizeable hit.
A decade later, De Laurentiis decided that it was finally time to make a sequel to King Kong, and brought back director John Guillermin (not to mention a much smaller budget of $10m) to make King Kong Lives. Unfortunately, by the middle of the 80s, nobody seemed to be particularly keen on seeing another giant ape movie - especially one full of countryside...
The 1986 monster sequel King Kong Lives was a flop for producer Dino De Laurentiis, but a source of remarkable details for us...
Producer Dino De Laurentiis assembled an all-star cast and gathered a colossal budget for his 1976 remake of King Kong. Once again a story about a giant ape transported to New York and running amok, the 1976 King Kong overcame its production difficulties - including a malfunctioning 40ft tall mechanical ape designed by Carlo Rambaldi - and became a sizeable hit.
A decade later, De Laurentiis decided that it was finally time to make a sequel to King Kong, and brought back director John Guillermin (not to mention a much smaller budget of $10m) to make King Kong Lives. Unfortunately, by the middle of the 80s, nobody seemed to be particularly keen on seeing another giant ape movie - especially one full of countryside...
- 11/11/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
The release of The Raid: Redemption has made us revisit our favourite martial arts flicks and pick five favourite films to suggest for Sound on Sight readers.
Before I give my five picks though, I would like to turn the floor over to a man who has been a friend of mine since grade seven at Oxford Street Junior High School in Halifax. As the line editor for Steve Jackson Games’ “Generic Universal RolePlaying System”, Sean Punch aka Dr. Kromm has been directly or indirectly responsible for a number of source-books on the Martial Arts including writing and editing Gurps Martial Arts.
I asked him earlier this week what films he would put on his list. He named three.
You’re not looking for goofy, cinematic Asian martial arts are you? Because I tend to like stuff that is more realistic, more like what commandos would use. You mentioned Steven Seagal...
Before I give my five picks though, I would like to turn the floor over to a man who has been a friend of mine since grade seven at Oxford Street Junior High School in Halifax. As the line editor for Steve Jackson Games’ “Generic Universal RolePlaying System”, Sean Punch aka Dr. Kromm has been directly or indirectly responsible for a number of source-books on the Martial Arts including writing and editing Gurps Martial Arts.
I asked him earlier this week what films he would put on his list. He named three.
You’re not looking for goofy, cinematic Asian martial arts are you? Because I tend to like stuff that is more realistic, more like what commandos would use. You mentioned Steven Seagal...
- 4/6/2012
- by Michael Ryan
- SoundOnSight
Here’s something you don’t often see, producer Jerry Bruckheimer out pitching a movie package. I’m told the Disney-based producer has been out this week with a pitch for Horse Soldiers, an adaptation of the Doug Stanton book that has a Ted Tally script rewritten by Peter Craig, and Nicolai Fuglsig attached to direct. Disney bought the book for Bruckheimer back in 2009. The true story revolves around 12 elite special forces soldiers and CIA operatives who secretly invaded Afghanistan after 9/11. They arrived on horses and helped Afghan fighters capture the city of Mazar-i-Sharif and topple the Taliban. The project has the same level of warfare evident in the Bruckheimer-produced Black Hawk Down, which got made by Sony and Revolution. It’s not the first Bruckheimer project that Disney jettisoned because it didn’t fit Rich Ross’s family film mandate. In June, 2010, Disney put in turnaround an adaptation of...
- 12/2/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Bad news for Jerry Bruckheimer (or maybe it's good?). Deadline is reporting that Disney has decided to "jettison" a project that Bruckheimer had been developing for a few years. Back in 2008 it was announced that he had secured the rights to adapt a World War II novel called Killing Rommel, by Steven Pressfield, about a daring attempt by a British battalion to capture and thwart German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's desert campaign. This decision was made by new Disney chief Rich Ross because "it didn't fit the studio's family-friendly franchise mandate." Well hell, move it somewhere else, this sounds like it'll be awesome! Apparently the tone of the movie is described as "Mad Max meets The Dirty Dozen, as the the British Long Range Desert Group tricked out their formerly sluggish armored vehicles to outmaneuver the deadly German tanks." Deadline says that several drafts of a script were written by...
- 6/16/2010
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
I have yet to read Steven Pressfield’s “Killing Rommel”, though I do have it on my reading list, somewhere between finishing “Point of Impact”, trying to slog my way through the first 100 pages of Justin Cronin’s monstrous “The Passage”, and starting on those Lee Child Jack Reacher novels that I’ve heard so much about. I was hoping to get “Rommel” done before the movie version from producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Disney came out, and now it looks like I might get that chance, because according to Deadline, Disney has all but killed Bruckheimer’s adaptation of the Pressfield novel. While he’s off in Hawaii shooting Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Bruckheimer just had a high-profile WWII project killed by Rich Ross because it didn’t fit the studio’s family-friendly franchise mandate. Though Bruckheimer put two years of work into it, Disney has jettisoned...
- 6/16/2010
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Even Jerry Bruckheimer isn't immune to the Disney turnaround blitzkrieg. While he's off in Hawaii shooting Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Bruckheimer just had a high-profile WWII project killed by Rich Ross because it didn't fit the studio's family-friendly franchise mandate. Though Bruckheimer put two years of work into it, Disney has jettisoned an adaptation of the Steven Pressfield historical novel Killing Rommel. Several drafts were written by Randall Wallace and Pressfield, best known for writing Gates of Fire and The Legend of Bagger Vance. Wallace, of course, wrote the WWII film Pearl Harbor for Disney and Bruckheimer [...]...
- 6/16/2010
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Randall Wallace is a busy man these days. Besides gearing up to direct “Secretariat” for Disney and adapting Steven Pressfield’s novel “Killing Rommel,” the “Braveheart” screenwriter is also set to write “The Last Pharaoh,” according to Variety.
Will Smith will take on the lead role in the film, which focuses on the pharaoh Taharqa and his battle against the Assyrians in ancient Egypt. A director has yet to be announced.
Smith most recently starred in Peter Berg’s action flick “Hancock.” He also recently wrapped principal photography for Gabriele Muccino’s upcoming drama “Seven Pounds.”
Wallace also wrote “Pear Harbor” and directed “The Man in the Iron Mask” and “We Were Soldiers.”...
Will Smith will take on the lead role in the film, which focuses on the pharaoh Taharqa and his battle against the Assyrians in ancient Egypt. A director has yet to be announced.
Smith most recently starred in Peter Berg’s action flick “Hancock.” He also recently wrapped principal photography for Gabriele Muccino’s upcoming drama “Seven Pounds.”
Wallace also wrote “Pear Harbor” and directed “The Man in the Iron Mask” and “We Were Soldiers.”...
- 9/9/2008
- by Franck Tabouring
- screeninglog.com
Hollywood Producer Jerry Bruckheimer plans to adapt Steven Pressfield’s World War II novel Killing Rommel for the big screen. Screenwriter Randall Wallace, known for writing Braveheart, Pearl Harbor and We Were Soldiers, will write the screenplay for Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Disney. IMDb reports that the novel contains “the same edge-of-your-seat drama, remarkable battle scenes, and strong characters” that Bruckheimer is known for in his films and television series. Published in May 2008, Killing Rommel focuses on British officer R. Lawrence “Chap” Chapman, his brigade and their plot to assassinate the German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel during late-1942/early-1943 in North Africa. Amazon reviews Pressfield’s novel saying, “Pressfield expertly juxtaposes the personal with the historical, with authentic battle descriptions.” The novel also [...]...
- 9/5/2008
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Walt Disney Pictures have acquired the rights to Steven Pressfield’s novel “Killing Rommel,” according to Variety.
The story of the book centers on the British Long Range Desert Group as it tries to stop German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, who defeated the British in the North African desert during WWII.
Randall Wallace will write the adaptation with Pressfield, whose novel “The Legend of Bagger Vance” also made it to the big screen in 2000.
Wallace’s writing credits include “Braveheart,” “Pearl Harbor” and “We Were Soliders.” He also recently signed on to direct Disney’s “Secretariat,” a film about American racehorse owner Penny Chenery.
The story of the book centers on the British Long Range Desert Group as it tries to stop German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, who defeated the British in the North African desert during WWII.
Randall Wallace will write the adaptation with Pressfield, whose novel “The Legend of Bagger Vance” also made it to the big screen in 2000.
Wallace’s writing credits include “Braveheart,” “Pearl Harbor” and “We Were Soliders.” He also recently signed on to direct Disney’s “Secretariat,” a film about American racehorse owner Penny Chenery.
- 9/4/2008
- by Franck Tabouring
- screeninglog.com
From pirates to princes to Nazis - Jerry Bruckheimer's latest acqusition is a novel titled Killing Rommel, written by Steven Pressfield and published earlier this year, about a British battalion's attempt to thwart German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's desert campaign during WWII. Screenwriter Randall Wallace, known for his Braveheart and Pearl Habor scripts, has been hired to adapt the screenplay for Bruckheimer and Disney. The novel has been said to contain "the same edge-of-your-seat drama, remarkable battle scenes, and strong characters" that Pressfield is known for in his previous books. Please just tell me that this is not Michael Bay's next film after Transformers 2 and I'll be quite happy. The story in Killing Rommel focuses on British officer R. Lawrence "Chap" Chapman and the British plot to assassinate the "Desert Fox," aka German field marshal Erwin Rommel, during late 1942 and early 1943 in North Africa. "Chap also falls...
- 9/3/2008
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Like its title character played with grinning wisdom by Will Smith, "The Legend of Bagger Vance" is a movie about something mysterious and universally human, but don't expect it to come right out with its inner truths.
Director-producer Robert Redford's latest endeavor in the nobler realms of mainstream filmmaking is structured mostly around a Savannah, Ga., golf tournament, but the real contest for audiences is weathering the tonal shifts and forgiving the screenplay's shallow depths and weak undercurrents.
Of course, devotees of golf, fans of leads Matt Damon and Charlize Theron and adult moviegoers hankering for a little romance might come away satisfied, but the DreamWorks/Fox co-presentation, distributed by DreamWorks, will not lead any dramatic comebacks at the boxoffice or dazzle many critics or be resurrected significantly come awards season. Often engagingly humorous, beautifully costumed and never dull to look at, "Bagger Vance" has too few characters with which one develops a satisfying bond, beginning with Damon's long-suffering World War I veteran.
With an uncredited Jack Lemmon appearing in the prologue and epilogue and providing frequent narration, "Bagger Vance" is based on Steven Pressfield's novel, with the screenplay credited to Jeremy Leven ("Don Juan DeMarco"). Set in the present, Lemmon's scenes introduce Hardy Greaves as an old diehard on the course, suffering one of his many heart attacks. As he blacks out, we are transported to the Savannah of Greaves' youth, where the golf-loving lad -- played wonderfully by newcomer J. Michael Moncrief -- idolizes local champion Rannulph Junuh (Damon), who has a charmed life until he endures the horrors of trench warfare.
In summary fashion, Redford recounts Junuh's triumphs as a young phenom known to uncork a record drive from time to time and his well-publicized marriage with fetching society belle Adele Invergordon (Theron). After short, serviceable-at-best war sequences, Junuh, we're told, disappeared for 10 years. As the Depression clamps down, Adele's wealthy father is left with a brand new golf resort and no customers. In mere seconds, he has taken his own life and she has taken over the business, shooing away the human vultures with a vow to stage a high-profile golf tournament.
Real-life golf legends Walter Hagen (Bruce McGill) and Bobby Jones (Joel Gretsch) are signed up, but the locals want a Savannah boy to make it a threesome. Up jumps Greaves, who saw Junuh slink back into town recently like some hobo, and the boy finds his old hero playing cards and drinking to kill the brain cells that contain bad memories. Spurred nonetheless by echoes of his former glory but claiming that he has "lost his swing," Junuh takes a few hacks one night and has a fateful rendezvous with the Goddess Athena -- or is that trickster Smith coming out of the night?
Smith's Vance is an itinerant sage of the fairways who asks for only $5 to be Junuh's caddie, and he earns his fee several times over when, through a murky process of male bonding and stealth coaching, the troubled former state champ finds his "one true, authentic swing." Spread over two days and four rounds, the contest among Junuh, Hagen and Jones takes a few dramatic turns as Junuh starts strong but reaches the halfway point seemingly too far back to win.
There are no major surprises in store for those wise in the ways of sports flicks. What stands out to the film's diminishment are the idealizing of Smith's wispy character -- down to his conveniently disappearing into the landscape -- and the shortchanging romance between Damon and Theron. On the plus side are McGill and striking newcomer Gretsch in what could have been forgettable roles.
In other regards, particularly Michael Ballhaus' cinematography, Stuart Craig's production design and Judianna Makovsky's costumes, "Bagger Vance" is not altogether a cheating, fleetingly coy experience.
THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE
DreamWorks Distribution
DreamWorks Pictures and
20th Century Fox present
a Wildwood/Allied production
Director: Robert Redford
Screenwriter: Jeremy Leven
Producers: Robert Redford,
Michael Nozik, Jake Eberts
Based on the novel by: Steven Pressfield
Executive producer: Karen Tenkhoff
Director of photography: Michael Ballhaus
Production designer: Stuart Craig
Editor: Hank Corwin
Costume designer: Judianna Makovsky
Music: Rachel Portman
Casting: Debra Zane
Color/stereo
Cast:
Bagger Vance: Will Smith
Rannulph Junuh: Matt Damon
Adele Invergordon: Charlize Theron
Walter Hagen: Bruce McGill
Bobby Jones: Joel Gretsch
Hardy Greaves: J. Michael Moncrief
Running time - 127 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
Director-producer Robert Redford's latest endeavor in the nobler realms of mainstream filmmaking is structured mostly around a Savannah, Ga., golf tournament, but the real contest for audiences is weathering the tonal shifts and forgiving the screenplay's shallow depths and weak undercurrents.
Of course, devotees of golf, fans of leads Matt Damon and Charlize Theron and adult moviegoers hankering for a little romance might come away satisfied, but the DreamWorks/Fox co-presentation, distributed by DreamWorks, will not lead any dramatic comebacks at the boxoffice or dazzle many critics or be resurrected significantly come awards season. Often engagingly humorous, beautifully costumed and never dull to look at, "Bagger Vance" has too few characters with which one develops a satisfying bond, beginning with Damon's long-suffering World War I veteran.
With an uncredited Jack Lemmon appearing in the prologue and epilogue and providing frequent narration, "Bagger Vance" is based on Steven Pressfield's novel, with the screenplay credited to Jeremy Leven ("Don Juan DeMarco"). Set in the present, Lemmon's scenes introduce Hardy Greaves as an old diehard on the course, suffering one of his many heart attacks. As he blacks out, we are transported to the Savannah of Greaves' youth, where the golf-loving lad -- played wonderfully by newcomer J. Michael Moncrief -- idolizes local champion Rannulph Junuh (Damon), who has a charmed life until he endures the horrors of trench warfare.
In summary fashion, Redford recounts Junuh's triumphs as a young phenom known to uncork a record drive from time to time and his well-publicized marriage with fetching society belle Adele Invergordon (Theron). After short, serviceable-at-best war sequences, Junuh, we're told, disappeared for 10 years. As the Depression clamps down, Adele's wealthy father is left with a brand new golf resort and no customers. In mere seconds, he has taken his own life and she has taken over the business, shooing away the human vultures with a vow to stage a high-profile golf tournament.
Real-life golf legends Walter Hagen (Bruce McGill) and Bobby Jones (Joel Gretsch) are signed up, but the locals want a Savannah boy to make it a threesome. Up jumps Greaves, who saw Junuh slink back into town recently like some hobo, and the boy finds his old hero playing cards and drinking to kill the brain cells that contain bad memories. Spurred nonetheless by echoes of his former glory but claiming that he has "lost his swing," Junuh takes a few hacks one night and has a fateful rendezvous with the Goddess Athena -- or is that trickster Smith coming out of the night?
Smith's Vance is an itinerant sage of the fairways who asks for only $5 to be Junuh's caddie, and he earns his fee several times over when, through a murky process of male bonding and stealth coaching, the troubled former state champ finds his "one true, authentic swing." Spread over two days and four rounds, the contest among Junuh, Hagen and Jones takes a few dramatic turns as Junuh starts strong but reaches the halfway point seemingly too far back to win.
There are no major surprises in store for those wise in the ways of sports flicks. What stands out to the film's diminishment are the idealizing of Smith's wispy character -- down to his conveniently disappearing into the landscape -- and the shortchanging romance between Damon and Theron. On the plus side are McGill and striking newcomer Gretsch in what could have been forgettable roles.
In other regards, particularly Michael Ballhaus' cinematography, Stuart Craig's production design and Judianna Makovsky's costumes, "Bagger Vance" is not altogether a cheating, fleetingly coy experience.
THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE
DreamWorks Distribution
DreamWorks Pictures and
20th Century Fox present
a Wildwood/Allied production
Director: Robert Redford
Screenwriter: Jeremy Leven
Producers: Robert Redford,
Michael Nozik, Jake Eberts
Based on the novel by: Steven Pressfield
Executive producer: Karen Tenkhoff
Director of photography: Michael Ballhaus
Production designer: Stuart Craig
Editor: Hank Corwin
Costume designer: Judianna Makovsky
Music: Rachel Portman
Casting: Debra Zane
Color/stereo
Cast:
Bagger Vance: Will Smith
Rannulph Junuh: Matt Damon
Adele Invergordon: Charlize Theron
Walter Hagen: Bruce McGill
Bobby Jones: Joel Gretsch
Hardy Greaves: J. Michael Moncrief
Running time - 127 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
- 11/1/2000
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Actor Matt Damon has a painful new passion - golf. Matt, who has been taking five-hour golf lessons every day for six weeks to train for his golfing role in Legend of Bagger Vance, The (2000), admits he's hooked - even though it did land him in the hospital. Damon says, "I play baseball. I couldn't understand golf because the ball doesn't really move. Which is why I swung really hard one day. I swung myself right into the doctor's office." But Damon, who sustained a separated rib, wasn't deterred by the injury and has since become a regular fixture on the golf course. The only person not so happy on the set of the movie, based on Steven Pressfield's 1955 novel, was Robert Redford who, as director, didn't get to swing a club. He joked, "No wonder I'm in such a bad mood. Everyone gets to play golf but me!"...
- 9/22/2000
- WENN
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