The Phantom of the Open (2021) Movie poster and book cover compared.

The Phantom of the Open

Craig Roberts, 2021

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The Phantom of the Open
Scott Murray, Simon Farnaby, 2010

The Phantom of the Open is a movie directed by Craig Roberts in 2021 and based on the book The Phantom of the Open: Maurice Flitcroft, The World’s Worst Golfer by Scott Murray and Simon Farnaby, first published in 2010. The movie features Mark Rylance, Sally Hawkins, Rhys Ifans, Mark Lewis Jones, Johann Myers, Jake Davies, and others.

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“The movie is better than the book”

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RATING

7.3

/ 10

Movie Poster: The Phantom of the Open (Craig Roberts, 2021)

7.6

/ 10

Book Cover: The Phantom of the Open (Scott Murray, Simon Farnaby, 2010)

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Storyline

Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.

Movie vs Book

Poster of The Phantom of the Open, the 2021 movie by Craig Roberts

Year

2021

Minutes

102

Movie Rate

7.30

Source: IMDb

Movie

The Phantom of the Open

Country: UK

Year: 2021

Length: 1h42m

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Cover of The Phantom of the Open, the 2010 book by Scott Murray and Simon Farnaby

Year

2010

Pages

384

Book Rate

7.60

S: Goodreads

Book

The Phantom of the Open

Subtitle: Maurice Flitcroft, The World's Worst Golfer

Country: UK

First published in: 2010

Length: 384 pages

Genre: Biography

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Poster of The Phantom of the Open, the 2021 movie by Craig Roberts

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2 votes

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Cover of The Phantom of the Open, the 2010 book by Scott Murray and Simon Farnaby

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