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a Truly Moving Picture, 4 September 2005
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tollini from United States
I saw this film on September 1st, 2005 in Indianapolis. I am one of the
judges for the Heartland Film Festival that screens films for their
Truly Moving Picture Award. A Truly Moving Picture "...explores the
human journey by artistically expressing hope and respect for the
positive values of life." Heartland gave that award to this film.
This is a story of golf in the early part of the 20th century. At that
time, it was the game of upper class and rich "gentlemen", and working
people could only participate by being caddies at country clubs. With
this backdrop, this based-on-a-true-story unfolds with a young, working
class boy who takes on the golf establishment and the greatest golfer
in the world, Harry Vardon.
And the story is inspirational. Against all odds, Francis Ouimet
(played by Shia LaBeouf of "Holes") gets to compete against the
greatest golfers of the U.S. and Great Britain at the 1913 U.S. Open.
Francis is ill-prepared, and has a child for a caddy. (The caddy is
hilarious and motivational and steals every scene he appears in.) But
despite these handicaps, Francis displays courage, spirit, heroism, and
humility at this world class event.
And, we learn a lot about the early years of golf; for example, the use
of small wooden clubs, the layout of the short holes, the manual
scoreboard, the golfers swinging with pipes in their mouths, the
terrible conditions of the greens and fairways, and the play not being
canceled even in torrential rain.
This film has stunning cinematography and art direction and editing.
And with no big movie stars, the story is somehow more believable.
This adds to the inventory of great sports movies in the vein of
"Miracle" and "Remember the Titans."
FYI - There is a Truly Moving Pictures web site where there is a
listing of past winners going back 70 years.
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