My favorite thing about this movie was how they portrayed Harry Vardon. I thought they would show him as the usual bad guy as they do in almost all sports movie's with the opposite player or team. I loved how they showed him as a good guy and not a villian.
shareI too liked the same thing.. obviously there was no villain in the movie expect those british sponsors.. and Vardon was cool enough and actually he was the one who inspired Francis..
shareThe book is equally about both Francis and Vardon. Naturally, the film streamlined the narrative, making it more about Francis, the more marquee-ready, movie-style hero. But Vardon is an equally noble and upstanding figure in the book.
shareI loved Vardon. I loved how he gave it to that guy that sponsored him. He was all about the game. It was his passion.
Crazy Diamond#35
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Yes. The book is amazing, I am reading it right now for my History of Sport in America class. It is fantastic, and equally about Francis and Harry.
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I'm gonna have to get that book now. The thing is I'm not a golf fan like that, I love it for the fact that they came from nothing, were seen as nothing, but overcame it all-and isn't that how most sports movies/books are? I still like them, though.
Crazy Diamond#35
-Not everyone; just maybe 99.999999% of them deserve to be flatheads.
Yeah, I love the scene where he chews out his sponsor about Ouimet being beneath them. I don't know about real life but in the movie he sees a lot of himself in Ouimet. They obviously have a lot in common as far as upbringing goes and for a man who just wanted to be accepted by the "gentleman" to hear one of them cut down Ouimet when they had the same background showed that all that mattered was who was better on the course on that day.
shareBiggest reason I was disappointed that Harry lost is because I know it pleased that jerk American golfer that was the defending U.S. open champion who mouthed off at Vardon and Ted Ray at the pre-tournament gathering the night before the first day of play. That guy was a serious butthead.
sharefrom the first scene wasnt it more than obvious that it was as much about vardon as ouimet ??
it opened with vardon and ended with ouimet and eddie...
This is YOUR LIFE and it is ending one minute at a time!
John McDermott was a hothead in real life. And he was chastised heavily by Americans for that speech. But he was the youngest to ever win the US Open.
sharethat 'jerk american golfer' who won the 1912 open was john mcdermott. the actor did a great job reenacting the boastful speech given by mcdermott. i found the mcdermott demeanor and his remarks to be vile.
about mcdermott: (source wikipedia)
McDermott is portrayed by actor Michael Weaver in the 2005 golf film The Greatest Game Ever Played, which tells the story of Ouimet's 1913 U.S. Open triumph. McDermott appears prominently in one memorable scene where, dashingly dressed and celebrating with a few drinks, he issues a loud, boastful challenge to a group of golfers in the clubhouse, before the start of the tournament; he also features in the golf sequences, contending for a while before falling back.
The portrayal of the boastful challenge (to Vardon) is apparently true to character, and based primarily on the infamous scene at the Shawnee-on-Delaware (PA) tournament shortly before the U.S. Open began.
He was (and remains to be) the youngest player to ever win the US Open.
however, and sadly---
(again from wikipedia) In 1914, McDermott visited the UK to compete in the British Open, but because of travel difficulties, he arrived too late to play. On his way home, his ship, the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II, collided with another vessel, the grain carrier Incemore, in misty conditions in the English Channel. The ship returned to port and the passengers were transferred to the SS Imperator, the next day.
This dangerous incident apparently had a serious effect upon him. Shortly afterward, upon his return home, he blacked out when entering the clubhouse at the Atlantic City Country Club, where he was the club professional. He was only 23 years old. He spent the rest of his life in mental hospitals and rest homes, or living with his family in Philadelphia, suffering from some form of mental illness.
im sure it would have been a big topic and lots of bad things said if it was the other way around too. they postponed the US Open just so Vardon would be able to play.
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