The Greatest Game Ever Played
Bill Paxton, 2005
The Greatest Game Ever Played
Mark Frost, 2002
The Greatest Game Ever Played is a movie directed by Bill Paxton in 2005 and based on the book The Greatest Game Ever Played: Vardon, Ouimet and the Birth of Modern Golf by Mark Frost, first published in 2002. The movie features Shia LaBeouf, Stephen Dillane, Josh Flitter, Peter Firth, Peyton List, Elias Koteas, and others.
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Storyline
Set mainly in 1913, the film is about Francis Ouimet, the first amateur to win the U.S. Open. Amateur golf in that era was a sport only for the wealthy, and Ouimet came from an immigrant family that was part of the working class. In the 1913 US Open, 20-year-old Francis Ouimet played golf against his idol, 1900 US Open champion, Englishman Harry Vardon.
Movie vs Book
Year
2005
Minutes
120
Movie Rate
7.40
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Greatest Game Ever Played
Director: Bill Paxton
Country: USA
Year: 2005
Length: 2h
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Year
2002
Pages
488
Book Rate
8.86
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Book
The Greatest Game Ever Played
Subtitle: Vardon, Ouimet and the Birth of Modern Golf
Author: Mark Frost
Country: USA
First published in: 2002
Length: 488 pages
Genre: Biography
User polls & recommendations
“In screenplay terms, writing a novel is more like writing a full 22 episode season of a TV series, than it is a movie.”
JEFF LYONS (Screenwriter)
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