Watch: The Greatest Game Ever Played 2005 123movies, Full Movie Online – Near the turn of the twentieth century, young Harry Vardon becomes a champion golfer but learns that his amazing skill is no match for the class boundaries that exclude him from “gentlemanly” English society. A dozen years later, a young American, Francis Ouimet, fights against the same prejudice, as well as his own father’s disdain, for a chance to participate in the U.S. Open against his idol — Harry Vardon. The struggles of both men for acceptance provides the background for an amazing contest of skills..
Plot: A biopic of 20-year-old Francis Ouimet who defeated his golfing idol and 1900 US Open Champion, Harry Vardon.
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Great Disney Sports Movie
As a recreational golfer with some knowledge of the sport’s history, I was pleased with Disney’s sensitivity to the issues of class in golf in the early twentieth century. The movie depicted well the psychological battles that Harry Vardon fought within himself, from his childhood trauma of being evicted to his own inability to break that glass ceiling that prevents him from being accepted as an equal in English golf society. Likewise, the young Ouimet goes through his own class struggles, being a mere caddie in the eyes of the upper crust Americans who scoff at his attempts to rise above his standing.What I loved best, however, is how this theme of class is manifested in the characters of Ouimet’s parents. His father is a working-class drone who sees the value of hard work but is intimidated by the upper class; his mother, however, recognizes her son’s talent and desire and encourages him to pursue his dream of competing against those who think he is inferior.
Finally, the golf scenes are well photographed. Although the course used in the movie was not the actual site of the historical tournament, the little liberties taken by Disney do not detract from the beauty of the film. There’s one little Disney moment at the pool table; otherwise, the viewer does not really think Disney. The ending, as in “Miracle,” is not some Disney creation, but one that only human history could have written.
Wonderful
I saw this film in a sneak preview, and it is delightful. The cinematography is unusually creative, the acting is good, and the story is fabulous. If this movie does not do well, it won’t be because it doesn’t deserve to. Before this film, I didn’t realize how charming Shia Lebouf could be. He does a marvelous, self-contained, job as the lead. There’s something incredibly sweet about him, and it makes the movie even better. The other actors do a good job as well, and the film contains moments of really high suspense, more than one might expect from a movie about golf. Sports movies are a dime a dozen, but this one stands out.This is one I’d recommend to anyone.
Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr (120 min)
Budget 25000000
Revenue 15431177
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Biography, Drama, Sport
Director Bill Paxton
Writer Mark Frost
Actors Shia LaBeouf, Stephen Dillane, Elias Koteas
Country United States, Canada
Awards 3 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Technicolor Digital Intermediates, Los Angeles (CA), USA (digital intermediate), Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA (prints), Technicolor, Montreal (QC), Canada (HD dailies)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision2 Expression 500T 5229, Eastman EXR 50D 5245)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Spherical (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision Premier 2393)