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 Release
Date: September 30, 2005
Genre: Drama
Cast: Shia Labeouf, Stephen Dillane, Elias Koteas,
Peyton List, Josh Flitter
Director: Bill Paxton
Written by: Mark Frost based on his book The Greatest
Game Ever Played
Producer: Larry Brezner, David Blocker
 Snyopsis:
From the studio that brought you “The Rookie” and
“Miracle” and director Bill Paxton, comes a story of
courage, passion and of the greatest American sports hero you have
probably never heard of…
An amateur player from a working class family, Francis Ouimet –
played by Shia LeBeouf (“Holes”) – shocked the
golf world when at the 1913 U.S. Open, flanked by his 10-year-old
caddie, he defeated his idol, the defending British champion Harry
Vardon – played by Stephen Dillane. An unlikely match-up –
“the ingénue versus the seasoned champ” –
theirs was the greatest match the sport had ever known.
Caught between a world of hardship and a beckoning life of privilege,
Francis needed to prove his unfailing will and ability to make it
to the tournament. Elias Koteas (“Traffic,” “Ararat”)
plays Francis’ tough, hardworking father. Newcomer Peyton
List is Sarah Wallis, the beautiful young woman, who catches Francis’
heart. Josh Filtter is Eddie Lowery, the pint sized caddie who helps
Francis find his way through the troublesome fairways to victory.
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CLIP
1 - EASY PEEZY
20
years old, a former caddie, relatively unknown but supremely
talented, Francis Ouimet became America’s first golf
hero. In a sport dominated by the British and the wealthy,
Ouimet showed the character and the skill to challenge the
greatest names in the sport at the time, Harry Vardon and
Ted Ray at the 1913 US Open at The Country Club in Brookline
Massachusetts.
Ouimet
played exquisitely in the playoff, the course was soaked and
muddy from a weeks worth of bad weather, but he managed a
72 whilst Vardon and ray posted a 77 and 78 respectively.
Vardon, one of Ouimets childhood heroes, was unable to hoist
the Open cup above his head and claim victory for England.
Instead, that honor went to the young amateur who used phone
books to practice accuracy and had never before been allowed
to walk the halls of golf clubs as an equal, let alone a celebrated
hero of Americas sporting elite.