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16 August 1996 (USA) moreTagline:
Golf pro. Love amateur.Plot:
A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
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Costner's best movie? Maybe more (64 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Kevin Costner | ... | Roy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy | |
| Rene Russo | ... | Dr. Molly Griswold | |
| Don Johnson | ... | David Simms | |
| Cheech Marin | ... | Romeo Posar | |
| Linda Hart | ... | Doreen | |
| Dennis Burkley | ... | Earl | |
| Rex Linn | ... | Dewey | |
| Lou Myers | ... | Clint | |
| Richard Lineback | ... | Curt | |
| George Perez | ... | Jose | |
| Mickey Jones | ... | Turk | |
| Michael Milhoan | ... | Boone | |
| Gary McCord | ... | Himself | |
| Craig Stadler | ... | Himself | |
| Peter Jacobsen | ... | Himself |
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Rated R for language and brief nudity.Parents Guide:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Singapore:PG (cut) | South Korea:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Germany:o.Al. (w) | Iceland:L | Netherlands:AL | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:15 | USA:RFun Stuff
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The scene at the end of the movie where Kevin Costner hits the shot into the water hazard again and again was based on an actual event. Gary McCord the commentator with the handlebar mustache in the movie is an actual commentator and former pro. In a tournament he had a similar shot to Costner's. He needed a birdie to win and went for it. He shot over and over again and finally got it in 15 strokes. In the movie Costner gets it in 12. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: In the bar after the first round, Roy commented that he didn't shoot an 82 because he missed a four footer on the 18th. The scoreboard showed that Roy shot 5 (par) on the 18th to shoot 83. Yet, following Roy's shot into the water on the 18th in the third round, Jim Nance (TV Commentator) stated that he had found the water for the third straight day. If Roy had put the ball in the water with his second shot on the 18th in the first round and missed a four footer on that green the best score he could have had would have been a 6. (Drive + shot into water + penalty stroke + approach shot + missed putt + made putt = 6) moreQuotes:
Roy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy: I assume I have the confidentiality of the doctor-client privilege in regards to this outfit? moreSoundtrack:
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From an acting standpoint, "Tin Cup" may be Kevin Costner's best movie. Here he plays Roy McAvoy, a burned-out, washed-out, down-n-out golf pro a way out in West Texas. He's broke, drunk most of the time, and convinced of his own worthlessness -- hence his attraction to poetry and a puffed-up opinion of his own heroics on the golf course (he's got to have something hold on to). Roy is just this side of being a complete bum -- this is one of the few movies I've seen on any subject that actually addresses the financial condition of its loose-living hero.
"Tin Cup" is all about the dire straits of this character, and Costner is more than up to the challenge of playing this guy convincingly. Costner for once packs everything into his performance: charm, wit, sarcasm, hopelessness, bitterness, and more than a little arrogance. He is funny, laidback and shows remarkable athletic skill. He tops his career-best work in "Bull Durham" here (not surprising, since this is another Ron Shelton film).
The movie also works great as a classic heroic Quest story. McAvoy is on a mythic quest, not for the perfect 18 holes, certainly not for money, but for love. "Tin Cup" could easily have been titled "Quixote Jousts at Windmills in West Texas." Best of all, McAvoy KNOWS he's on a quest; when he refers to it in his dialogue, it sounds pathtically funny, but when you hold this story up to the ancient pattern of the heroic quest as described by Joseph Campbell, it really rings true.
Probably the most interesting aspect of "Tin Cup" is that it also works as a metaphor for what Costner has done with his career. Here's a guy who could have played it safe and easy after all those Oscars, but took off on crazy flights of fancy like "Waterworld" and lost badly. (He continued to play unsafe shots after 1996, with almost every movie that followed this one.) McAvoy plays the game his way, on a dare, on a bet, with outrageous egotism and a willingness to lose it all -- publicly. That's what Costner has done at his own game. Was "Open Range" the dreaded safe shot that corrected his course?