Theater Release:
September 30, 2005
DVD Release:
December 31, 1969
Genre:
Drama
MPAA Rating:
Not Yet Rated
Main Cast:
Shia LaBeouf, Stephen Dillane, Peter Firth, Elias Koteas, Stephen Marcus, Josh Flitter, Peyton List
Director:
Bill Paxton
Producer:
Larry Brezner, Mark Frost, David Blocker
Screenwriter:
Mark Frost
Studio:
Walt Disney Pictures
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The Greatest Game Ever Played |
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 In The Greatest Game Ever Played, an amateur player from a working class family, Francis Ouimet (Shia LaBeouf of the movie Holes) stunned the golf world when he defeated his idol, the defending British champion Harry Vardon (Stephen Dillane) at the 1913 U.S. Open. It was an unlikely matchup – “the ingénue versus the seasoned champ” – making theirs quite possibly the greatest match the sport had ever known.
Caught between the hard life of his youth and a beckoning life of privilege, Francis needed to prove himself. His unfailing will gave him the ability to make it to the tournament. The Greatest Game Ever Played is a story of corage, passion and of the greatest American sports hero you have probably never heard of.
The Greatest Game Ever Played is directed by Bill Paxton with Elias Koteas (Traffic, Ararat) as Francis’ tough, hardworking father, newcomer Peyton List as Sarah Wallis, the beautiful young woman, who catches Francis’ heart, and Josh Flitter as Eddie Lowery, the pint-sized caddie who helps Francis find his way through the troublesome fairways to victory.
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