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The Greatest Game Ever Played is a american film of genre Drama directed by Bill Paxton released in USA on 30 september 2005 with Shia LaBeouf
The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)
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Add to a movie listThe Greatest Game Ever Played is a 2005 biographical sports film based on the early life of golf champion Francis Ouimet. The film was directed by Bill Paxton; Shia LaBeouf plays the role of Ouimet. The film's screenplay was adapted by Mark Frost from his book, The Greatest Game Ever Played: Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf. It was shot in Montreal, Canada, with the Kanawaki Golf Club, in Kahnawake, Quebec, the site of golf sequences.
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Set mainly in 1913, the film is about Francis Ouimet, the first amateur to win a U.S. Open. Amateur golf in that era was then a sport only for the wealthy, and Ouimet came from an immigrant family that was part of the working class. Ouimet watches an exhibition by legendary British golf pro Harry Vardon (Stephen Dillane) as a 7-year-old boy, and becomes very interested in golf. He begins as a caddy at The Country Club, a posh enclave located across the street from his home in suburban Brookline, Massachusetts, while making friends with the other caddies. He works on his own golf game at every chance, and gradually accumulates his own set of clubs. Francis practices putting at night in his room. He wins the Massachusetts Schoolboy Championship.Actors
Shia LaBeouf
(Francis Ouimet)
Stephen Dillane
(Harry Vardon)
Josh Flitter
(Eddie Lowery)
Peter Firth
(Lord Northcliffe)
Peyton List
(Sarah Wallis)
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