Das größte Spiel seines Lebens

Originaltitel: The Greatest Game Ever Played

2005
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2 Std.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,4/10

34.377

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Shia LaBeouf in Das größte Spiel seines Lebens (2005)

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69 Fotos

Docudrama Period Drama Biography Drama Sport

Bei den US Open von 1913 spielte der 20-jährige Francis Ouimet Golf gegen sein Idol, den US-Open-Champion von 1900, den Engländer Harry Vardon.Bei den US Open von 1913 spielte der 20-jährige Francis Ouimet Golf gegen sein Idol, den US-Open-Champion von 1900, den Engländer Harry Vardon.Bei den US Open von 1913 spielte der 20-jährige Francis Ouimet Golf gegen sein Idol, den US-Open-Champion von 1900, den Engländer Harry Vardon.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,4/10

34.377

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 3 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
Filmed at the Kanawaki Golf Club outside Montreal, Quebec. The producers had the white clubhouse painted yellow for the film. Members liked the change so much they kept the color after filming.

Patzer
During the playoff, Harry Vardon's ball blocks Francis Ouimet's ball's path on the green, a play called a "stymie." That only applied to singles match play. The playoff for the 1913 US Open was medal (stroke) play, and the stymie rule would not have applied. The USGA eliminated that rule in 1952.

Zitate
Harry Vardon: [to Lord Northcliff] Let me tell you something. I came here to win a trophy. And on the face of it Ted Ray or I should carry it off. Not for you, not for England, but for sheer bloody pride at being the best, *that's* why we do this. And if Mr. Ouimet wins tomorrow, it's because he's the best, because of who he is. Not who his father was, not how much money he's got, because of who he bloody is! And I'll thank you to remember that. And I'll thank you to show the respect a gentleman gives as a matter of course.

Verbindungen
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Into the Blue/Serenity/The Greatest Game Ever Played/Mirrormask/Capote/The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)

Soundtracks
You Made Me Love You
Written by James V. Monaco and Joseph McCarthy
Recording arranged by Jennifer Hammond

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Ausgewählte Rezension

8/10

A great, great movie even for those (like me) who don't like golf!

Bill Paxton has taken the true story of the 1913 US golf open and made a film that is about much more than an extra-ordinary game of golf. The film also deals directly with the class tensions of the early twentieth century and touches upon the profound anti-Catholic prejudices of both the British and American establishments. But at heart the film is about that perennial favourite of triumph against the odds.

The acting is exemplary throughout. Stephen Dillane is excellent as usual, but the revelation of the movie is Shia LaBoeuf who delivers a disciplined, dignified and highly sympathetic performance as a working class Franco-Irish kid fighting his way through the prejudices of the New England WASP establishment. For those who are only familiar with his slap-stick performances in "Even Stevens" this demonstration of his maturity is a delightful surprise. And Josh Flitter as the ten year old caddy threatens to steal every scene in which he appears.

A old fashioned movie in the best sense of the word: fine acting, clear directing and a great story that grips to the end - the final scene an affectionate nod to Casablanca is just one of the many pleasures that fill a great movie.