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Release Date: 2005

Cast: Elias Koteas, Peyton List, James Paxton, Shia LaBeouf, Jonathan Higgins, Peter Firth, Len Cariou, Josh Flitter, Max Kasch, Luke Askew, Tom Rack, Stephen Dillane

Categories: Movies, Drama Film, History, Sports, Period Piece

The Greatest Game Ever Played is a 2005 biographical sports film based on the early life of golf champion Francis Ouimet. The film was directed by Bill Paxton; Shia LaBeouf plays the role of Ouimet. It is distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The film's screenplay was adapted by Mark Frost from his book, The Greatest Game Ever Played: Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf. It was shot in Montreal, Quebec, with the Kahnawake Golf Club being the site of golf sequences. Set mainly in 1913, the film is about Francis Ouimet, the first amateur to win a U.S. Open. Golf in that... MORE

The Greatest Game Ever Played is a 2005 biographical sports film based on the early life of golf champion Francis Ouimet. The film was directed by Bill Paxton; Shia LaBeouf plays the role of Ouimet. It is distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The film's screenplay was adapted by Mark Frost from his book, The Greatest Game Ever Played: Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf. It was shot in Montreal, Quebec, with the Kahnawake Golf Club being the site of golf sequences. Set mainly in 1913, the film is about Francis Ouimet, the first amateur to win a U.S. Open. Golf in that era was considered a sport only for the wealthy and privileged, and Francis came from an immigrant family that was part of the low working class. Francis watches an exhibition by legendary British golf pro Harry Vardon (Stephen Dillane) as a 7-year-old boy, and becomes very interested in golf. He begins as a caddy at The Country Club, a posh enclave located across the street from his home in suburban Brookline, Massachusetts, while making friends with the other caddies. He works on his own golf game at every chance, and gradually accumulates his own set of clubs. Francis is so interested that we LESS