The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)

Director:

Robert Redford

Writers (WGA):

Steven Pressfield (novel)
Jeremy Leven (screenplay)

Release Date:

3 November 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Sport

Tagline:

Some Things Can't Be Learned. They Must Be Remembered.

Plot:

A down-and-out golfer attempts to recover his game and his life with help from a mystical caddy.

Plot Keywords:

Golf | Caddy | Golfer | Game | Golf Course

Awards:

2 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Will Smith	...	Bagger Vance
Matt Damon	...	Rannulph Junuh
Charlize Theron	...	Adele Invergordon
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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kirk Bair	...	Citizen (uncredited)
Jon Drew	...	Groundskeeper (uncredited)
Jim Keisler	...	Groundskeeper (uncredited)
Jack Lemmon	...	Narrator / Old Hardy Greaves (uncredited)
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)

Directed by
Robert Redford

Writing credits (WGA)
Steven Pressfield		(novel)
Jeremy Leven		(screenplay)

Produced by
Chris Brigham	....	co-producer
Jake Eberts	....	producer
Michael Nozik	....	producer
Robert Redford	....	producer
Joseph P. Reidy	....	co-producer (as Joseph Reidy)
Karen Tenkhoff	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Rachel Portman

Cinematography by
Michael Ballhaus		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Hank Corwin

Production Design by
Stuart Craig

Art Direction by
Angelo P. Graham
W. Steven Graham

Set Decoration by
Jim Erickson
Michael Seirton

Costume Design by
Judianna Makovsky

Makeup Department
Pierce Austin	....	hair stylist: Mr. Smith
Wayne Herndon	....	hair stylist: Charlize Theron
Linda Kamp	....	background makeup supervisor
Deborah K. Larsen	....	makeup artist: Charlize Theron
Dennis Liddiard	....	makeup artist
Gary Liddiard	....	head makeup artist
Diane Maurno	....	makeup artist
Bunny Parker	....	head hair stylist
Betty Lou Skinner	....	hair stylist
Kathe Swanson	....	hair stylist
Chris Varosky	....	makeup artist
Janet Carey	....	additional makeup artist (uncredited)
Beka Wilson	....	assistant hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Denise Pinckley	....	production manager
Cordy Rierson	....	production manager
Michael Stricks	....	assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Anne Carroll	....	dga trainee
Douglas Plasse	....	assistant director
Joseph P. Reidy	....	first assistant director
Christopher Surgent	....	assistant director (as Chris Surgent)

Art Department
Alan Allinger	....	construction general foreman
Rodney Armanino	....	construction coordinator
William Armstrong	....	lead scenic
Jack Ballance	....	set designer
Taylor Bennett	....	scenic gang boss (as Franklin T. Bennett)
Wren Boney	....	set dresser
Lewis Bowen	....	scenic foreman
Roland Brooks	....	charge scenic artist
Kenneth Bryant	....	lead man
John B. Clarey III	....	foreman
Randall S. Coe	....	construction foreman
Susan Dennis	....	property assistant
Abigail Drury	....	scenic painter
Erin Fite	....	art department production assistant
Patrick Fuhrman	....	chargehand
Hugh W. Griffith III	....	set dresser
Geoffrey S. Grimsman	....	set designer
Ted Haigh	....	graphic designer
Molly Hughes	....	art department assistant
J. Luther Jones III	....	carpenter
Rich Koll	....	carpenter
Marion Kolsby	....	assistant art director
Brian Kontz	....	plasterer
Alba Leone	....	buyer
Eric Luling	....	on-set dresser
Stephanie Macomber	....	scenic (as Stephanie Macomber Kern)
Michael Marcus	....	art designer
Jeffrey D. McDonald	....	assistant art director
Arturo Mendez	....	signs painter
Kay Michaels	....	art department coordinator
Joseph Andrew Miller	....	art department assistant
Thomas Minton	....	set designer
Christine Moosher	....	assistant set decorator
Swift Moseley	....	key greens
Christopher Neely	....	lead man
Erik L. Nelson	....	property master
William Scot Noonan	....	labor foreman
James Passanante	....	painter
Mari Phillips	....	set dresser
Alan Porter	....	drapery foreman
Thomas Michael Ryan	....	carpenter
John Sanders	....	props
Julia Starr Sanford	....	set designer (as Julie Starr Sanford)
Adam Scher	....	set designer
Jeffrey Schlatter	....	construction gang-boss
Cindy Seay	....	painter
John Eric Seay	....	carpenter
Michael Shapiro	....	set dresser
Bennet Silver	....	set dresser
Lance Totten	....	set dresser
Sylvia Trapanese	....	scenic artist
Greg Waddle	....	additional buyer
Scott D. Warner	....	gangboss
Steve A. Stephenson	....	carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Michael Axinn	....	foley editor
Jessica Bellfort	....	assistant adr editor
Steve Bowerman	....	boom operator
Lindakay Brown	....	dialogue editor
Mick Davies	....	utility sound
Tony Eckert	....	foley mixer
Sean England	....	machine room operator
Andre Fenley	....	supervising assistant sound editor
Richard Hymns	....	supervising sound editor
Peter F. Kurland	....	production sound mixer
Greg LaPlante	....	digital mastering
Frank 'Pepe' Merel	....	foley recordist (as Frank Merel)
Shannon Mills	....	assistant sound designer
Shannon Mills	....	sound effects editor
Richard Quinn	....	dialogue editor
Gary Rizzo	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Steve Romanko	....	sound
Gary Rydstrom	....	sound designer
Gary Rydstrom	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gary Rydstrom	....	supervising sound editor
Susan Sanford	....	foley editor
Gary Summers	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dennie Thorpe	....	foley artist
Ethan Van der Ryn	....	sound effects editor
Doug Winningham	....	assistant sound effects editor
Mary Works	....	assistant dialogue editor
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle	....	adr supervisor
Jennifer Barin	....	sound re-recordist (uncredited)
Brian Magerkurth	....	machine room operator (uncredited)
Juan Peralta	....	digital sound mix technician (uncredited)
John Soukup	....	sound transfer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Rodney M. Byrd	....	special effects foreman
Burt Dalton	....	special effects coordinator
Heath Hood	....	special effects technician (as G. Heath Hood)
Walter Kiesling	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Gianni Aliotti	....	resource coordinator
Michael A. Chang	....	studio technical supervisor: PDI
Richard Chuang	....	visual effects supervisor
Debbie Fought	....	compositor: PDI
Jonah Hall	....	digital artist
John Hanashiro	....	visual effects editorial
Albert Hastings	....	digital artist: PDI
Jason Heapy	....	visual effects coordinator: PDI
Les Hunter	....	visual effects producer: PDI
Mel Kangleon	....	color grader: PDI
Kat Kelly	....	visual effects editorial
Kristy King	....	visual effects production assistant
Michael Macias	....	digital paint artist: PDI
George Merkert	....	visual effects executive producer
Chris Milano	....	production assistant: PDI
Bertrand Ong	....	animator: PDI
Thomas Pushpathadam	....	animator: PDI
Federico Rivia	....	digital effects artist
Krzysztof Rostek	....	animator: PDI
Jeffrey Roth	....	matte painter: PDI
Greg Snyder	....	visual effects editorial
Alan Sonneman	....	matte painter: PDI
David Stephan	....	storyboard artist
Rahul Thakkar	....	software development
Chris Trimble	....	digital compositor: PDI
Mark R. Wilkins	....	technical supervisor: PDI
Erik Winquist	....	digital artist: PDI
Marlon Montgomery	....	animation technology (uncredited)
Stephen Sobisky	....	virtual effects project manager (uncredited)

Stunts
Davis Bates	....	stunts
Scott Dale	....	stunts
Cal Johnson	....	stunt coordinator
Cal Johnson	....	stunt double: Matt Damon
Anderson Martin	....	stunts
Phil Neilson	....	battlefield sequence coordinator
Phil Neilson	....	stunt coordinator
Bill Scharpf	....	stunts
Todd Warren	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Ismael Araujo Jr.	....	grip
Florian Ballhaus	....	camera operator
Florian Ballhaus	....	director of photography: second unit
Derek Bruyere	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
J. Patrick Daily	....	key grip
Lee Donaldson	....	grip
Rusty Edmonson	....	lamp operator
Larry Gianneschi IV	....	loader
Chris Jadick	....	electrician
David James	....	still photographer
Thomas Lappin	....	assistant camera
Dwight Joseph Lavers	....	dolly grip
Michael McGuire	....	rigging key grip
Charlie McIntyre	....	rigging gaffer (as Charles H. McIntyre III)
Daniel P. Moore	....	video operator
Charles 'Chaz' Norcross	....	electrician
Dan Rogers	....	grip
Andrew Rowlands	....	camera operator
John 'Fest' Sandau	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Mike Satterfield	....	electrician
Darrell B. Sheldon	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
Rob Springer	....	epk camera operator
Susan Starr	....	assistant camera
Phillip Todd	....	additional assistant camera
James R. Tynes	....	chief lighting technician
Tom Fendley	....	electrician (uncredited)
Jamie A. Marlowe	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Animation Department
Matthew Butler	....	greens forman

Casting Department
Robin Carlan	....	extras casting assistant
Marty Cherrix	....	extras casting associate (as Marty Keener Cherrix)
Michael Hothorn	....	casting assistant
Kim McCray	....	extras casting assistant
Kim Petrosky	....	extras casting
Manny Poulos	....	casting associate
Terri Taylor	....	casting associate
Matt Woodard	....	extras casting assistant
Debra Zane	....	casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Cynthia Black	....	costumer
Layne Brightwell	....	key costumer
David Butler	....	costume production assistant
Celeste Cleveland	....	tailor
Kate Edwards	....	key costumer
Julian J. Filiberti	....	set costumer
K. Drew Fuller	....	costumer
Dorothy Masters	....	stitcher
Robert Mata	....	costumer: Mr. Smith
Janet Melody	....	seamstress
Linda N. Robinson	....	set costumer
Barnaby Smith	....	key set costumer
Josephine Willes	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Sam Adelman	....	assistant editor
Liza D. Espinas	....	associate editor (as Liza Espinas)
Dale E. Grahn	....	color timer
Thomas M. Harrigan	....	assistant editor
Anthony L. Jamison	....	assistant editor
Carter Reedy	....	assistant editor
Yvonne Valdez	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Bill Abbott	....	music editor
Jeff Atmajian	....	orchestrator
Barney Bigard	....	composer: song "Mood Indigo"
John Bissell	....	music supervisor
Bobby Collins	....	music consultant
Andrew Crowley	....	musician: trumpet
George Hamer	....	music contractor
Todd Homme	....	executive in charge of music
Lesley Langs	....	assistant music editor (as Leslie Langs)
Denise Okimoto	....	assistant music editor
Rachel Portman	....	orchestrator
David Snell	....	conductor
Tony Stanton	....	music copyist
Clarence Williams	....	composer: song "E Flat Blues"

Transportation Department
Michael W. Broomer	....	driver
Robert Buckman	....	transportation coordinator
Michael Hyde	....	transportation coordinator
Robert 'Bull' Maher	....	driver
Ken Nevin	....	transportation co-captain (as Ray Nevin)
Mike Robinson	....	special driver
Patricia Sammons	....	driver
Hank Van Apeldoorn	....	driver
Susan Van Apeldoorn	....	transportation

Other crew
Craig Bankey	....	unit publicist
Laura Banks	....	stand-in: Ms. Theron
Cassandra Barbour	....	rights and clearances
Andre Blair	....	stand-in: Mr. Smith
Chris Cozens	....	auricle operator
Julie Cummings	....	production assistant
Karen C. Eide	....	assistant production office coordinator
Lisa Jean Felski	....	construction accountant
Shawna-Nova Foley	....	craft service assistant
Robert George	....	second assistant accountant
Ginger Gonzalez	....	production assistant
Kurt Greufe	....	first assistant accountant
Nancy Herrmann	....	production assistant
Elizabeth Himelstein	....	dialect coach
Thomas Johnston	....	script supervisor
Floyd Justice	....	set medic
Matthew Krueger	....	production assistant
Dana Kullerd	....	set production assistant
Melissa Maready	....	set teacher
David Ray Martin	....	assistant location manager
Robin Meyers	....	additional script supervisor
Kate Miller	....	typist
Kathryn Mindala	....	accountant
Steven R. Molen	....	production executive
Joshua L.T. O'Malley	....	third assistant accountant
Colin Penney	....	production assistant
Meagan Riley-Grant	....	assistant: Ms. Theron
Jason Rody	....	set production assistant
Chris Romberg	....	first assistant accountant
Holly S. Rymon	....	production office coordinator
Per Saari	....	assistant: Mr. Redford
Laura Sevier	....	rights and clearances
Brad Simonsen	....	assistant to producer
Lewis Sparks	....	set production assistant
Lewis Sparks	....	stand-in: Mr. Damon
Diane Stockdale	....	choreographer
Robin Stockdale	....	choreographer
Carrie Sweeney	....	set production assistant
Sam Tedesco	....	supervising location manager
Andrew J. Young	....	location scout
Lenny Young	....	creative executive
Kirk Bair	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Rebecca Gnann	....	stand-in: Andrea Powell (uncredited )
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond representative (uncredited)
Ronda McCall	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Tim Smith	....	location assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
James Redford	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (as Twentieth Century Fox) (presents)
• DreamWorks SKG (as DreamWorks Pictures) (presents)
• Epsilon Motion Pictures (presents)
• Wildwood Enterprises (as Wildwood)
• Allied Filmmakers (as Allied)

Distributors

• DreamWorks Distribution (2000) (USA) (theatrical)
• DreamWorks Distribution (2000) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Beta Theatrical Motion Pictures (2001) (Non-USA) (theatrical) (continental Europe)
• Icon Entertainment International (2001) (Non-USA) (theatrical) (????) (UK and the rest of the world)
• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (2001) (Non-USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2001) (Japan) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2001) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (2001) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Hispano Foxfilms S.A.E. (2001) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Independent Films (2001) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Rialto Film AG (2001) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• UGC-Fox Distribution (UFD) (2001) (France) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2004) (USA) (TV)
• DreamWorks Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD) (widescreen)
• DreamWorks Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Gativideo (200?) (Argentina) (VHS)
• PlazaVista Entertainment (2001) (Switzerland) (DVD) (as Medaria Home Entertainment)
• Tanweer Films (2012) (Bangladesh) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2012) (Bhutan) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2012) (India) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2012) (Nepal) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2012) (Pakistan) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2012) (Sri Lanka) (TV)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Germany (2001) (Germany) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS) (rental)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS) (retail)
• Vlaamse Radio en Televisie (VRT) (2004) (Belgium) (TV) (VRT1)
• Yorin (2004) (Netherlands) (TV)

Special Effects

• Pacific Data Images (PDI)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Chapter III Records  soundtrack published by
• City of Savannah, Georgia  the producers wish to thank (as City of Savannah)
• Colleton River Golf Course  the producers wish to thank
• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Helen Uffner Vintage Clothing  vintage clothing rentals
• Jekyll Island Club Hotel  the producers wish to thank
• Kiawah Island Inn and Resort  the producers wish to thank
• Paskal Lighting  lighting and grip equipment
• Savannah Film Commission  the producers wish to thank
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services
• South Carolina Department of Commerce  the producers wish to thank
• South Carolina Film Office  the producers wish to thank
• Studio City Productions  marketing and promotion (syndication)
• The Georgia Film Office  the producers wish to thank (as Georgia Film, Video & Music Office)
• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation  author and creator: Berne Convention (as Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation)

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sexual content

Runtime:

126 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX | SDDS | DTS-ES

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Brazil:Livre | Chile:TE | Finland:K-7 | France:U | Germany:6 (bw) | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:M | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/6 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | Australia:PG | Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37600) | South Korea:12 | Netherlands:6 (re-rating) | Canada:PG | Italy:T

Filming Locations:

Beaufort, South Carolina, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Originally, the lead roles were going to be played by Morgan Freeman and Robert Redford. But, after careful consideration, Redford decided that the movie would work better with younger men playing Rannulph Junuh and Bagger Vance.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The closing disclaimer states that all persons depicted in the movie are fictional, even though Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen, who were real people, are major characters in the story.

Quotes:

Rannulph Junnah:This is getting embarrassing.
Bagger Vance:Oh no sir, this has been embarrassing for quite some time.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Whitney: Faking It (#1.12)" (2012)

Soundtrack:

In Paradisium

This film worked for me.

I guess I'm really into the "winning through adversity" films. I really enjoyed films such as "The Natural" and "The Legend of Bagger Vance." I think the two were about equal. They both show the hero overcoming adversity through a sport's golden age which is what makes this movie great. If you showed a golf or baseball movie today it would not be as believable because they no longer play for the love of the game but for the money. This was set in a time when the game was more dignified. I never though much of Will Smith, thinking of him mostly as a comedy type actor but I think his greatness hit its peak when he started doing these drama type productions. Smith is sensational in his roll. If Redford had a mental picture of Bagger Vance before this movie started, I think he actually saw how Will Smith performed in this film. Matt Damon was good also.

Overall, a great "feel good" film. 9/10