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The phantom of the Open / Sony Pictures Classics, BFI, BBC Film and Ingenious Media present ; a Water & Power Productions and Baby Cow production ; screenplay by Simon Farnaby ; produced by Kate Glover, Nichola Martin, Tom Miller ; directed by Craig Roberts.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 58365 | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | (container)6628333 | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | (disc)Language: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publisher: Culver City, California : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2022]Description: 1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work) : Murray, Scott. Phantom of the Open: Maurice Flitcroft, the world's worst golfer
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Composer, Isobel Waller-Bridge ; editor, Jonathan Amos ; director of photography, Kit Fraser.
Cast: Mark Rylance, Sally Hawkins, Mark Lewis Jones, Christian Lees, Jonah Lees, Jake Davies, Johann Myers, Rhys Ifans.Summary: Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship Qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Dr. James Carlson Library DVD COMEDY PHANTOM Available 33111009969623
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD COMEDY PHANTOM Available 33111009969615
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Based on a true story, the sports dramedy centers on Maurice Flitcroft and his aspirational adventures on the golf course. Even though Flitcroft has never played golf before, he decides to pursue his lifelong dream by participating in the British Open golf tournament in 1976 with no prior experience. What follows is a heartwarming journey about what it takes to follow your dreams. Directed by Craig Roberts. Starring Mark Rylance, Sally Hawkins, and Ian Porter. ~ Farida Ezzat, Rovi

DVD, 2.35:1 wide screen, 5.1 Dolby digital, region 1.

English dialogue; English, Spanish, or French subtitles.

English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); English audio description track.

Mark Rylance, Sally Hawkins, Mark Lewis Jones, Christian Lees, Jonah Lees, Jake Davies, Johann Myers, Rhys Ifans.

Composer, Isobel Waller-Bridge ; editor, Jonathan Amos ; director of photography, Kit Fraser.

Based on the book "The phantom of the Open: Maurice Flitcroft, the world's worst golfer" written by Simon Farnby and Scott Murray.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2021.

Wide screen.

MPA rating: PG-13; for some strong language and smoking.

Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship Qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.

Special features: Finding Flitcroft; theatrical trailer.

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