The Legend of Bagger Vance

The Legend of Bagger Vance
by Robert Redford

The Legend of Bagger Vance
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Actor: Bruce McGill, Charlize Theron, Joel Gretsch, Matt Damon, Will Smith
Director: Robert Redford
Brand: Team Marketing
Producer: Chris Brigham
Producer: Jake Eberts
Producer: Joseph P. Reidy
Producer: Karen Tenkhoff
Producer: Michael Nozik
Writer: Jeremy Leven
Writer: Steven Pressfield
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), DTS 5.1
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 126 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-04-03
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Product features:
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  • Highest Quality Recording

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Movie Review: Gorgeous Cinematography
Summary: 4 Stars

This might not have broken box office records, but the Legend of Bagger Vance was a beautifully filmed movie. Capt Rannulph Junnuh learns to get his swing back and shakes his survivor's guilt with the help of a young fan, a lost love and a mysterious caddy.

Watch for the scenes at twilight by the water. The sunsets are gorgeous. I think this is cinematographer Michael Ballhaus's greatest work. Great story telling. Great acting. Excellent editing and score. Visually appealing.

Summary of The Legend of Bagger Vance

A disillusioned war veteran, Capt. Rannulph Junah (Matt Damon), reluctantly agrees to play a game of golf. He finds the game futile until his caddy, Bagger Vance (Will Smith), teaches him the secret of the authentic golf stroke which turns out also to be the secret to mastering any challenge and finding meaning in life.
The Legend of Bagger Vance doesn't break any new ground, but with Steven Pressfield's inspirational novel to guide them, director Robert Redford and screenwriter Jeremy Leven have tilled fertile soil with a graceful touch. Redford does for golf what A River Runs Through It did for fly-fishing: the sport is a conduit for a philosophy of living, and Redford achieves the small miracle of making golf a central metaphor that's visually compelling.

Set in Savannah, Georgia, during the early '30s, the story charts the redemption of disillusioned World War I veteran and former golf champion Rannulph Junuh (Matt Damon), who emerges from self-imposed obscurity in an exhibition match against legendary golfers Bobby Jones (Joel Gretsch) and Walter Hagen (Bruce McGill). Having earlier abandoned the socialite (Charlize Theron) who has organized the tournament to promote her late father's spectacular golf resort, Junuh now depends on the support of a young fan (perfectly cast newcomer J. Michael Moncrief) and the mysterious Bagger Vance (Will Smith), a smiling Jiminy Cricket who serves as Junuh's caddy, golf guru, and Socratic angel of mercy.

As Junuh regains the "authentic swing" he feared was lost forever, Redford guides his splendid cast through a spiritual journey that is specific to the discipline of golf and yet potently universal. As always, Redford also conveys his respect for nature and the rhythms of life as well as a sweet nostalgia for simpler times and purer values. With the casting of Jack Lemmon as the film's present-day narrator and elderly version of Moncrief's character, The Legend of Bagger Vance gains even greater dignity and, indeed, the glowing aura of legend. --Jeff Shannon

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