The greatest game ever played / Walt Disney Pictures presents a Morra Brezner Steinberg Tenenbaum production ; a Bill Paxton film ; produced by Larry Brezner, Mark Frost, David Blocker ; screenplay by Mark Frost ; directed by Bill Paxton.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 39651 | DisneyLanguage: English, French Subtitle language: English, French Series: Disney DVDPublication details: [Burbank, CA] : Walt Disney Home Entertainment, [2006]Description: 1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 0788858408
- 9780788858406
- Greatest game ever played (Motion picture)
- Cinematographer, Shane Hurlbut ; art director, Pierre Perrault ; editor, Elliot Graham ; music, Brian Tyler ; costume designer, Renée April ; production designer, François Séguin ; visual effects, Colin Hui, Geoff D.E. Scott.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The true story of an upset victory that helped change the sport of golf forever provides the basis for this period drama. Francis Ouimet (played by Shia LaBeouf) was born in 1893 to a working-class family in Massachusetts, and grew up fascinated by golf. However, at that time golf was considered a pastime of the wealthy and privileged, and British and Scottish players dominated the professional game. Ouimet's familial home was near the Brookline, MA, Country Club, and over the stern objections of his father, Francis got a job there as a caddy. Honing his skill in his spare time, Francis displayed a tremendous natural talent for the game and an understanding of its strategies, and 1913 he became the first amateur to play in the U.S. Open, held at the Brookline Country Club. Ouimet's presence was considered little more than a novelty at the time; Harry Vardon (Stephen Dillane), a British champion with six tournament victories under his belt, was considered a shoo-in to win, with Ted Ray (Stephen Marcus) his only serious competition. However, Vardon, a fellow working-class boy who had overcome tuberculosis to become Britain's premier professional golfer, had more in common with Ouimet than anyone expected, and the tournament unexpectedly became a hard-fought competition between an established star and a promising unknown. Directed by Bill Paxton in his second directorial effort, The Greatest Game Ever Played also stars Elias Koteas as Francis' father, Josh Flitter as the ten-year-old boy who becomes Francis' caddy, and Peyton List as Sarah Wallis, Francis' sweetheart. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
DVD, NTSC; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
English or French dialogue with optional English (for the hearing impaired) or French subtitles; closed-captioned.
Shia LaBeouf, Stephen Dillane, Peter Firth, Elias Koteas, Stephen Marcus, Josh Flitter.
Cinematographer, Shane Hurlbut ; art director, Pierre Perrault ; editor, Elliot Graham ; music, Brian Tyler ; costume designer, Renée April ; production designer, François Séguin ; visual effects, Colin Hui, Geoff D.E. Scott.
Based on a true story and the novel by Mark Frost.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
Special features: A view from the gallery: on the set of The greatest game ever played; Two legends and the greatest game; From caddy to champion: Francis Ouimet (1963; including the only known interview with Francis Ouimet); audio commentaries (director Bill Paxton, writer Mark Frost).
Based on the 1913 U.S. Open golf championship-- at which two equally sympathetic young men, both of whom grew up economically and socially disadvantaged, go club to club in one of the most exciting and dramatic athletic events of the 20th century.
MPAA rating: PG.