Where are the great golf movies?
rsg
literature, golf has not inspired a bounty of great films.
The most famous, "Caddyshack," is social satire. Its golf
scenes are funny only because Bill Murray, Chevy Chase and
Ted Knight are funny; the movie isn't really very
interested in the game of golf itself. The same goes for
"Happy Gilmore," one of only four golf movies ever to have
sold more than $20 million in tickets at the domesticbox
office. It stars Adam Sandler as a hockey-player-turned-
golfer and is best known for the scene in which Mr. Sandler
smacks game-show host Bob Barker upside the head.
That leaves "Tin Cup" and "The Legend of Bagger Vance" as
the only commercial successes plausibly about golf itself.
And the main reason they succeeded, it seems, is because
the movie makers cleverly figured out ways to minimize
their "golfiness."...
Continued: http://tr.im/GolfMovies
Halmyre
says...
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Grendel
The reason there are no 'Great Golf Movies' is because watching a
movie about golf would be just as boring as watching someone else play
golf and ALMOST as boring as playing golf yourself.
It's the same reason there's been no 'Great Wal-Mart Greeter Movies'.
Ain't nobody interested.
Yol Bolsun,
Grendel.
"I'm not cynical, just experienced."
william
>
> Ain't nobody interested.
>
I'm not. But there is "Pat and Mike" for the die-hards.
William
www.williamahearn.com
Alan Campbell
<rema...@reece.net.au> writes
Follow the sun?
http://www.pbase.com/alancampbell/image/87454431
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John van der Pflum
"The Greatest Game Ever Played" about Francis Ouimet, Harry Vardon,
and Ted Ray is a great one.
--
jvdp
Hey Annika, you'll never hold these:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rockpyle/3940732311/
Dave in Toronto
When you see a bunch of golfers in a bar demonstrating their technique
by swinging imaginary golf clubs at imaginary balls you can understand
why the sport is so often the butt of comedy sketches.
I guess most here have seen Robin Williams' _History of Golf_ but here
it is anyway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qPrR49qsDc
and then there is The Golfer's Story from _Dead Of Night_'
Dave in Toronto
moviePig
Although BOBBY JONES: STROKE OF GENIUS (2004) is also a bit of
worshipful Americana, it's quite a passable sports story, and pretty
much the best rendition I've seen of the (non-macho) mystique of
golf... (maybe elusive if you don't play...)
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Jim Nason
remember the title. It has been a long time since I've seen it.
Jim Nason
Captain Infinity
rsg wrote:
Martin & Lewis, "The Caddy" (1953). A classic.
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Brad Filippone
Do two-real shorts count? If so, how about "Should Married Men Go
Home?" with Laurel and Hardy, and "Divot DIggers" with Our Gang
(Little Rascals)?
Brad
Sol L. Siegel
@reece.net.au:
> (Wall Street Journal) - For a sport with a great
> literature, golf has not inspired a bounty of great films....
"The Greatest Game Ever Played" is actually watchable, and fairly close to
the facts.
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0388980/
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- Sol L. Siegel, Philadelphia, PA USA
Pjk
> rsg <remai...@reece.net.au> wrote in news:B12PEMMY40132.0048032407
There's one starring George Peppard, or has it been mentioned.
Pjk
Captain Infinity
Brad Filippone wrote:
Don't forget these guys:
http://www.posterart.com/ourposters/images/golf1.jpg
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The Giant Brain
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"Three Little Beers" with The 3 Stooges - one of their best shorts too.
gary hayenga
If there is, it hasn't.
I can't find one starring George Peppard. There was one starring
Robert Wagner, "Banning", 1967.
Lee O.
two-shoes' story, a bit sappy but it does have a good late-night nude in
the pool scene with a young lady. Annika might like that.
Cheers Lee O.
Alan Campbell
How about miracle on the 17th green?
http://www.pbase.com/alancampbell/image/55160375
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Howard Brazee
Hollywood. I hypothesize that this is because it's a team sport
where most of the players are just standing around at any one time. So
they can just show the one person they are interested in.
It is easy to be allegorical.
Hollywood can have _Field of Dreams_, about a relationship with one's
father (I liked the daughter in the book). And it can have _Damn
Yankees_ with stars that don't appear to be athletes.
Golf suffers by being an individual sport. It's hard to win one for
a greater cause.
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than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."
- James Madison
Captain Infinity
Howard Brazee wrote:
>It's interesting that baseball is by far the most common sport used by
>Hollywood. I hypothesize that this is because it's a team sport
>where most of the players are just standing around at any one time. So
>they can just show the one person they are interested in.
>
>It is easy to be allegorical.
>
>Hollywood can have _Field of Dreams_, about a relationship with one's
>father (I liked the daughter in the book). And it can have _Damn
>Yankees_ with stars that don't appear to be athletes.
>
>Golf suffers by being an individual sport. It's hard to win one for
>a greater cause.
Not only that, golf is the most boring sport in existence to watch.
Unless you're going up against Bob Barker, in which case you will have
your ass kicked, and the viewers may be awakened.
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art...@yahoo.com
I kinda liked "Dead Solid Perfect" which was rather golfy.
David Oberman
>>Golf suffers by being an individual sport. It's hard to win one for
>>a greater cause.
>
>Not only that, golf is the most boring sport in existence to watch.
What W.C. Fields does to the game of golf in THE BIG BROADCAST OF 1938
is by no stretch of the imagination boring.
(Of course, neither is it golf.)
____
Were everyone an expert, no one would be.
-- C. Rothland
Howard Brazee
<Infi...@captaininfinity.us> wrote:
>Not only that, golf is the most boring sport in existence to watch.
>Unless you're going up against Bob Barker, in which case you will have
>your ass kicked, and the viewers may be awakened.
Poker on ESPN indicates your post might be hyperbole.
chronicle
"With the sudden success of the Topless Golf Team, it wasn't long
before a Dutch film producer came calling to take some new team
members to the Dominican Republic for a week of golf & partying...":
Lord Buckeye
> (Wall Street Journal) - For a sport with a great
> literature, golf has not inspired a bounty of great films.
Who needs great films when there is youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKGeH8cnHq8
The Giant Brain
"Howard Brazee" <how...@brazee.net> wrote in message
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I never understood how poker can be considered a sport.
Watching people play poker on TV means you have no life whatsoever.
At least with golf there's the nice scenary.
Don't even get me started on tennis...
Steven L.
> It's interesting that baseball is by far the most common sport used by
> Hollywood. I hypothesize that this is because it's a team sport
> where most of the players are just standing around at any one time. So
> they can just show the one person they are interested in.
>
> It is easy to be allegorical.
>
> Hollywood can have _Field of Dreams_, about a relationship with one's
> father (I liked the daughter in the book). And it can have _Damn
> Yankees_ with stars that don't appear to be athletes.
>
> Golf suffers by being an individual sport. It's hard to win one for
> a greater cause.
Are you kidding?
Look at all the Rocky movies.
Or look at Chariots of Fire.
It's not that golf is an individual sport.
It's that there's no action--not even the action of running.
It's like movies about championship chess. No action.
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The Giant Brain
> It's interesting that baseball is by far the most common sport used by
> Hollywood. I hypothesize that this is because it's a team sport
> where most of the players are just standing around at any one time. So
> they can just show the one person they are interested in.
Offhand I'd say there's been more boxing films than baseball ones, altho I don't
have the empirical evidence to back that up.
And boxing is not a team sport...
Loudon Briggs
******
I wish it were longer... my favorite sport and my favorite comedy
team. Back in the late '20s and early '30s, my best friend and I used
to sit through two movie showings so we could see the L&H shorts three
times... before the first, between the first and second showing and
again at the start of the third. Our parents put a limit on us or we
would've stayed all day. :)
Way too short, but have fun!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jULdLkQSD0
--
Loudon R. Briggs lar...@bbz.net Phoenix, AZ
"How Can You Not Like A Game Where It's Okay To
Get Teed Off, Tote A Six-Iron, Shoot Birdies,
and If You're Under Par It's A Great Day!"
(from "Frank & Ernest" by Bob Thaves -- used with permission)
Invid Fan
<Gi...@Brain.invalid> wrote:
> "Howard Brazee" <how...@brazee.net> wrote in message
> news:6bouf5tft2iaf0fmk...@4ax.com...
> > On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:16:40 -0500, Captain Infinity
> > <Infi...@captaininfinity.us> wrote:
> >
> >>Not only that, golf is the most boring sport in existence to watch.
> >>Unless you're going up against Bob Barker, in which case you will have
> >>your ass kicked, and the viewers may be awakened.
> >
> > Poker on ESPN indicates your post might be hyperbole.
> >
> > --
> > "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
> > than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
> > to the legislature, and not to the executive department."
> >
> > - James Madison
>
> I never understood how poker can be considered a sport.
It's not, it's a game.
> Watching people play poker on TV means you have no life whatsoever.
Or you just like watching people make horrible mistakes. I treat it
like a reality show :)
--
Chris Mack *quote under construction*
'Invid Fan'
Invid Fan
<sdli...@earthlink.net> wrote:
I'd love to see a movie version of the musical CHESS. Yes, most of the
action occurs between matches :)
Brad Filippone
games have plenty of action!
Brad
Halmyre
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>
> It's the same reason there's been no 'Great Wal-Mart Greeter Movies'.
The Paz Vega film "10 Items or Less" comes very close.
Ed
Hor...@net.net
<Gi...@Brain.invalid> wrote this crap:
>I never understood how poker can be considered a sport.
>Watching people play poker on TV means you have no life whatsoever.
>At least with golf there's the nice scenary.
>Don't even get me started on tennis...
>
IMO the most boring show is watching people cook. Where's the sport?
Where's the rules? Where's the scoring? Where's the action or
danger?
I hate cooking. I go to my favorite restaurant and have beautiful
waitresses bring me food.
Vote for Palin-Ahhnold in 2012.
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Hor...@net.net
<spirosd...@yahoo.com> wrote this crap:
>
>>
>> It's the same reason there's been no 'Great Wal-Mart Greeter Movies'.
>
>
>The Paz Vega film "10 Items or Less" comes very close.
One of the best movies I saw this year was, "Mall Cop." An ordinary
security guard steps up and takes on an entire gang of thieves.
How's this for a movie plot: Our hero is out late at night practicing
his putting. There is a huge tournament in the morning, so he needs
the practice. There has been lots of betting on the tournament and
the clubhouse safe is filled with money. A gang of criminals arrives
to break into the club, and crack the safe. Our hero discovers the
plan and has to work fast to foil their efforts. Put in a dog and a
girlfriend and you have a great movie.
Vote for Palin-Arnold in 2012.
Howard Brazee
<Gi...@Brain.invalid> wrote:
>> It's interesting that baseball is by far the most common sport used by
>> Hollywood. I hypothesize that this is because it's a team sport
>> where most of the players are just standing around at any one time. So
>> they can just show the one person they are interested in.
>
>Offhand I'd say there's been more boxing films than baseball ones, altho I don't
>have the empirical evidence to back that up.
>And boxing is not a team sport...
I agree with you.
Boxing is one on one. Golf doesn't have that aspect.
Captain Infinity
Howard Brazee wrote:
>On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:56:25 -0500, "The Giant Brain"
><Gi...@Brain.invalid> wrote:
>
>>> It's interesting that baseball is by far the most common sport used by
>>> Hollywood. I hypothesize that this is because it's a team sport
>>> where most of the players are just standing around at any one time. So
>>> they can just show the one person they are interested in.
>>
>>Offhand I'd say there's been more boxing films than baseball ones, altho I don't
>>have the empirical evidence to back that up.
>>And boxing is not a team sport...
>
>I agree with you.
>Boxing is one on one. Golf doesn't have that aspect.
Glof is man against Ball, Man against Hole. Rarely does a sport enter
such rarefied atmosphere. Man against Hole. Always bet on the Hole,
lads, always bet on the Hole.
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Jim Beaver
<Hor...@net.net> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:12:47 -0800 (PST), EdSmithers
> <spirosd...@yahoo.com> wrote this crap:
>
>>
>>>
>>> It's the same reason there's been no 'Great Wal-Mart Greeter Movies'.
>>
>>
>>The Paz Vega film "10 Items or Less" comes very close.
>
> One of the best movies I saw this year was, "Mall Cop." An ordinary
> security guard steps up and takes on an entire gang of thieves.
>
> How's this for a movie plot: Our hero is out late at night practicing
> his putting. There is a huge tournament in the morning, so he needs
> the practice. There has been lots of betting on the tournament and
> the clubhouse safe is filled with money. A gang of criminals arrives
> to break into the club, and crack the safe. Our hero discovers the
> plan and has to work fast to foil their efforts. Put in a dog and a
> girlfriend and you have a great movie.
No. Put in a dog and you have a movie. A bad one.
Jim Beaver
Invid Fan
<f27079a4-ee86-448c...@c3g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>,
Brad Filippone <Brad_Fi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Yes, but it's not action you can follow on screen. You can show the
audience a point in a baseball game and they know exactly what the hero
must do to win. Show them a position in chess, and they can't see the 5
moves the hero must discover to mate soon enough for it to be
interesting.
dugjustdug
> "The Greatest Game Ever Played" is actually watchable, and fairly close to
> the facts.
> - Sol L. Siegel, Philadelphia, PA USA
Loved the flick. Big variation in the playoff round where Ouimet took
'em by (guessing here) 5 strokes v. the "gotta make this one to win"
final scene. I guess "walking up to 18 with this thing in the bag"
just doesn't make good theatre. ;-)
Steven L.
Yes, that's another problem.
The rules of baseball, the "national sport," are known to virtually the
entire nation. So movie about baseball can find a mass audience. The
scriptwriter doesn't have to introduce tedious dialogue explaining the
rules--everyone in the audience already understands what the pitcher and
batter are doing, etc.
There have been plenty of movies and TV shows about gambling: Poker,
dice, etc. Again, those rules are known to most.
The rules of chess are known to only a minority of Americans. And
knowing the rules doesn't mean you'll understand the strategy.
Golf is the same way--it's too esoteric. When the Golfer takes a swing,
the audience isn't going to break out in cheers.
David Goldstein
> <spirosd...@yahoo.com> wrote this crap:
>
>>
>>>
>>> It's the same reason there's been no 'Great Wal-Mart Greeter Movies'.
>>
>>
>>The Paz Vega film "10 Items or Less" comes very close.
>
> One of the best movies I saw this year was, "Mall Cop." An ordinary
> security guard steps up and takes on an entire gang of thieves.
I rented that movie, watched it for 20 minutes and, after nearly falling
asleep, decided that gouging out my eyeballs would be better than watching
that movie to the end,
David
golfbum18
wrote:
> On 14 Nov 2009 16:06:55 -0000, rsg <remai...@reece.net.au> wrote:
>
>
>
> >(Wall Street Journal) - For a sport with a great
> >literature, golf has not inspired a bounty of great films.
> >scenes are funny only because Bill Murray, Chevy Chase and
> >Ted Knight are funny; the movie isn't really very
> >interested in the game of golf itself. The same goes for
> >"Happy Gilmore," one of only four golf movies ever to have
> >sold more than $20 million in tickets at the domesticbox
> >office. It stars Adam Sandler as a hockey-player-turned-
> >golfer and is best known for the scene in which Mr. Sandler
> >smacks game-show host Bob Barker upside the head.
>
> >That leaves "Tin Cup" and "The Legend of Bagger Vance" as
> >the only commercial successes plausibly about golf itself.
> >And the main reason they succeeded, it seems, is because
> >the movie makers cleverly figured out ways to minimize
> >their "golfiness."...
>
> >Continued:http://tr.im/GolfMovies
>
> and Ted Ray is a great one.
> --
> jvdp
> Hey Annika, you'll never hold these:http://www.flickr.com/photos/rockpyle/3940732311/
>
> http://www.rsgcincinnati.com
Have to agree with John. "Greatest Game Ever Played" is a winner. Not
only a good golf movie but shows the thinking of the day about the
sport, its best players, and how politics entered into winning a
losing for your country. Excellent job, not to mention the effects.
Almost up there with "Bagger Vance."
John van der Pflum
<golf...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Have to agree with John. "Greatest Game Ever Played" is a winner. Not
>only a good golf movie but shows the thinking of the day about the
>sport, its best players, and how politics entered into winning a
>losing for your country. Excellent job, not to mention the effects.
I love the scene where Harry Vardon berates the big, fat, pompous ass.
curtjester1
> (Wall Street Journal) - For a sport with a great
> literature, golf has not inspired a bounty of great films.
> The most famous, "Caddyshack," is social satire. Its golf
> scenes are funny only because Bill Murray, Chevy Chase and
> Ted Knight are funny; the movie isn't really very
> interested in the game of golf itself. The same goes for
> "Happy Gilmore," one of only four golf movies ever to have
> sold more than $20 million in tickets at the domesticbox
> office. It stars Adam Sandler as a hockey-player-turned-
> golfer and is best known for the scene in which Mr. Sandler
> smacks game-show host Bob Barker upside the head.
>
yardage. Padraig Harrington has a beautiful Happy Swing as seen on
the Golf Lesson From The Pros series on TGC. I believe too in the
relevance of hockey players being better at golf than their sports
counterparts because of similar physics of the swing and their
successes.
CJ
Dave in Toronto
>
> - Show quoted text -
The documentary _ Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine_ was a
fascinating look at the surpisingly ruthless world of chess
tournaments.-http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379296/
I remember seeing years ago a movie about chess - can't remember the
title it was European (perhaps German) B/W. A man is sentenced to a
long term of solitary confinement. He manages to smuggle one book
into his cell - it is a book about chess. He learns to play and at a
certain time of day the sun shining through the bars of his cell casts
a grid on the floor and he plays mental games of chess on the grid.
When he leaves prison he is an expert on chess who has never played a
game. Ring a bell with anyone?
Dave in Toronto
Dave in Toronto
horse fly
golf...baseball..football....basketball...etc....sports movies usually
sucks....because we all know if it is not real....how can it be....we
want the real thing....so to make a really good sports movie...you have
to have real play...or it just dont fit.....you can make funny or sad
sports movie....but not real ones...i liked watching the tin
cup....caddy shack...the others....because they were funny.....that was
the only reasons for watching...