Peter Gerety Neskaloosa as Neskaloosa. Michael O'Neill O. Keeler as O. Bob Penny Laidlaw as Laidlaw. Michael McCarty Delahunty as Delahunty. Robert Redford. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. A disillusioned war veteran, Captain Rannulph Junuh, reluctantly agrees to play a game of golf. He finds the game futile until his caddy, Bagger Vance, 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.
Some Things Can't Be Learned. They Must Be Remembered. Rated PG for some sexual content. Did you know Edit. But, after careful consideration, Redford decided that the movie would work better with younger men playing Bagger Vance and Rannulph Junuh.
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Personalize your media recommendations. How old is your kid? Have an account? Before Form was, I am. Before the movie is, I am outta here. As a director, most notably in his great, underappreciated Quiz Show, Redford has the gift of cutting through mumbo jumbo to find the soul of a tale.
Junuh, played with a seductive aura of privilege by Matt Damon , is a legend in Savannah, Georgia, in He has looks, intelligence, money, a tournament-winning golf style and the prettiest girl in town, Adele Invergordon Charlize Theron. Back from the trenches, he uses alcohol to retreat from Adele, from life, from golf.
Then, in , Adele and Savannah call on Junuh for a favor. No violins. Is he a real person or a spirit? You tell me. Oh, and the kid: He's necessary because he has to grow up and become an old man Jack Lemmon and tell the story, so that you can see that lessons were learned.
The photography by Michael Ballhaus makes the great course look green, limitless and sad--sad that every shot must fall and every game must end. There is a dusk here that is heartbreaking, like the end of every perfect summer day. The spectators do not make spectacles of themselves, but seem to identify with the aspirations of the players. Hagen and Jones know each other well, and during the marathon tournament they watch Junuh carefully, and decide that he will do.
Redford found the same feeling in " A River Runs Through It ," where the standards a man forms through his pastime give value to his whole life.
Golf, Bagger tells Junuh, is "a game that can't be won, only played. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from until his death in In , he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. Charlize Theron as Adele Invergordon. Michael Moncrief as Hardy Greaves. Will Smith as Bagger Vance. Bruce McGill as Walter Hagen. Matt Damon as Rannulph Junuh. Joel Gretsch as Bobby Jones.
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