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The Legend of Bagger Vance

Year:

2000

Duration:

126 min

Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Sport

IMDB rate:

6.7

Director:

Robert Redford

Awards:

2 wins & 10 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2000-11-03

Filming Locations: Beaufort, South Carolina, USA

Earnings

Budget: $60,000,000

Opening Weekend: $11,516,712 (USA) (5 November 2000)

Gross: $30,695,227 (USA) (1 January 2001)

Cast

Actor

Character

Charlize Theron

The Legend of Bagger Vance

Will Smith

Bagger Vance

Matt Damon

Rannulph Junuh

Bruce McGill

Walter Hagen

Joel Gretsch

Bobby Jones

J. Michael Moncrief

Hardy Greaves

Peter Gerety

Neskaloosa

Lane Smith

Grantland Rice

Michael O'Neill

O.B. Keeler

Thomas Jay Ryan

Spec Hammond

Trip Hamilton

Frank Greaves

Dermot Crowley

Dougal McDermott

Harve Presnell

John Invergordon

Danny Nelson

McManus

Bob Penny

Laidlaw

Michael McCarty

Delahunty

Carrie Preston

Idalyn Greaves

Turner Green

Eugene James

Blake King

Wilbur Charles

Andrea Powell

Mary Jones

John Bennes

Citizen

Jonathan Green

Citizen

Shane Brown

Citizen

J. Don Ferguson

Citizen

E. Roger Mitchell

Aaron

Leon Lamar

Card Player

Charles Riffenburg IV

Card Player (as Charles Riffenberg IV)

Cory Carbaugh

Card Player

Charles Seabrook

Card Player

Bilaal Salaam

Card Player

Charles Ward

Man #1

George Green

Man #2

Julie Jones

Woman #1

Valanie Lang

Girl #1

Bernard Hocke

News Photographer

Dan Beene

Willy

Elliott Street

Carter

Wilbur Fitzgerald

Roy (as Wilbur T. Fitzgerald)

Sonny Seiler

Sonny the Boarder

Joseph P. Reidy

Photographer (as Joseph Reidy)

Tannis Stoops

Anna Mae

Dearing Paige Hockman

Hagen Girl

Erika Mounts

Hagen Girl

Neil Gonzaga

Bar Patron

Ronald Steppe

Bar Patron

Hugh Baggett

Bar Patron

Jabulani Brown

Jones' Caddy

Vijay Patel

Hagen's Caddy

Kirk Bair

Citizen (uncredited)

Jon Drew

Groundskeeper (uncredited)

Jim Keisler

Groundskeeper (uncredited)

Jack Lemmon

Narrator /

Todd Peterson

Mayor of Shanty Town (uncredited)

Jesse Scott Nelson

Forecaddy (uncredited)

Todd Soley

Doughboy #1 (uncredited)

Steven G. Trigg

Shanty Town Resident (uncredited)

Ray Wineteer

Counsilman Ellis (uncredited)

Kenneth Wonderley

First Fan on Stage (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Matt Damon did not have any previous experience playing golf; he spent a month with golf pro Tim Moss in Hilton Head, South Carolina, to prepare for the role.

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The scene where Junuh calls a penalty on himself mirrors an actual event in the life of Bobby Jones.

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Brad Pitt was offered the role of Junuh but turned down.

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Goofs

During the big 1930 golf match, there are numerous scenes of drinking in a very socially acceptable and legal manner. From 1919 until 1933 the U.S. was under Prohibition. Although there was much laxity in enforcing this law, which led to its being repealed in only 14 years, this was a situation where someone could not have gotten away with violating it.

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During the tournament when Junuh strikes the ball on his first tee shot and on his final putt the sound of the club striking the ball is heard before the club head makes contact.

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Bobby Jones tells Junuh he is going to retire from golf after the tournament, which would set this part of the movie in 1930. However, in another scene a movie theatre is showing The Public Enemy with James Cagney, which wasn't released until the following year.

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Quotes

Rannulph Junuh: Alright I'll play in your stupid golf tournament (to Adel) I shoulda' let you finish what you started, now I got nothin' at all to show for it.

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Bagger Vance: See, the trick is... to find your swing...

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Rannulph Junnah: I could have killed you out there.

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Faq

The Ending of the Movie

At the end of the movie, an older Hardy Greaves has just had what appears to have been a heart attack. He announces that the game of golf is a game to be played and as he walks across the golf green, he sees none other than Bagger Vance waving him on, almost in the form of a welcome. As Hardy crosses the green, the sun is setting. Do you think that this means that Hardy had died and that Bagger was welcoming him into the next life? Just before Bagger left the match and let Hardy take over years before, Bagger told Hardy that he would see him again, that it would be just a short time. I would like to think this is how we are welcomed when our time comes.

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