The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)

Avaliação/utilizador:

7,3/10   

Diretor:

Bill Paxton

Escritores (WGA):

Mark Frost (book)
Mark Frost (screenplay)

Data de Lançamento:

30 Setembro 2005 (USA)

Gênero:

Drama | Histórico | Esporte

Argumento:

A golf drama based on the true story of the 1913 US Open, where 20-year-old Francis Ouimet defeated his idol, 1900 US Open champion, Englishman, Harry Vardon.

Plot Keywords:

Champion | Golfer | Golf | Barroom Brawl | Father Son Relationship

Prêmios:

3 nominations

Comentários dos utilizadores:

A great, great movie even for those (like me) who don't like golf!

Elenco

James Paxton	...	Young Harry Vardon
Tom Rack	...	Black Top Hatted Man
Armand Laroche	...	Black Top Hatted Man
Peter Hurley	...	Black Top Hatted Man
Gregory Terlecki	...	Black Top Hatted Man
Jonathan Higgins	...	Embry Wallis
Matthew Knight	...	Young Francis Ouimet
Luke Askew	...	Alec Campbell
Amanda Tilson	...	Young Sarah Wallis
Elias Koteas	...	Arthur Ouimet
Jamie Merling	...	Young Louise Ouimet
Eugenio Esposito	...	Young Raymond Ouimet
Marnie McPhail	...	Mary Ouimet
Stephen Dillane	...	Harry Vardon
Robin Wilcock	...	Bernard Darwin

MPAA:

Rated PG for some brief mild language.

Duração:

120 min

País:

USA

Língua:

Inglês

Cor:

Cor

Aspect Ratio:

1,85 : 1

Som:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certificação:

Australia:G | Singapore:PG | UK:PG | Argentina:Atp | USA:PG (certificate #41843) | Germany:o.Al. | Denmark:7 | Netherlands:AL | Canada:G (all jurisdictions)

Locais de filmagem:

Kahnawake, Québec, Canada

Companhia :

Fairway Films

Pegadinha:

The real Francis Ouimet and Eddie Lowery remained life long friends. When Ouimet died in 1967, Lowery was one of the pall-bearers.

Goofs:

Erros factuais: The seventeenth hole of The Country Club is shown as a dogleg right, and Harry hits his ball into an unseen trap on the right side of the corner of the dogleg. In reality, the seventeenth hole at The Country Club at the time of the 1913 US Open was a dogleg left, and Vardon hit his ball into a trap on the left side of the fairway.

Citações:

Harry Vardon: [to Lord Northcliff] Let me tell you something. I came here to win a trophy. And on the face of it Ted Ray or I should carry it off. Not for you, not for England, but for sheer bloody pride at being the best, *that's* why we do this. And if Mr. Ouimet wins tomorrow, it's because he's the best, because of who he is. Not who his father was, not how much money he's got, because of who he bloody is! And I'll thank you to remember that. And I'll thank you to show the respect a gentleman gives as a matter of course.

Conexões:

Referido em "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: (2005-09-23)" (2005)

Tilha Sonora:

You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)

A great, great movie even for those (like me) who don't like golf!

Bill Paxton has taken the true story of the 1913 US golf open and made a film that is about much more than an extra-ordinary game of golf. The film also deals directly with the class tensions of the early twentieth century and touches upon the profound anti-Catholic prejudices of both the British and American establishments. But at heart the film is about that perennial favourite of triumph against the odds.

The acting is exemplary throughout. Stephen Dillane is excellent as usual, but the revelation of the movie is Shia LaBoeuf who delivers a disciplined, dignified and highly sympathetic performance as a working class Franco-Irish kid fighting his way through the prejudices of the New England WASP establishment. For those who are only familiar with his slap-stick performances in "Even Stevens" this demonstration of his maturity is a delightful surprise. And Josh Flitter as the ten year old caddy threatens to steal every scene in which he appears.

A old fashioned movie in the best sense of the word: fine acting, clear directing and a great story that grips to the end - the final scene an affectionate nod to Casablanca is just one of the many pleasures that fill a great movie.