Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)

Director:

Rowdy Herrington

Writers (WGA):

Rowdy Herrington (story) and
Kim Dawson (story) ...

Release Date:

30 April 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Romance | Sport

Tagline:

There are finer things than winning championships.

Plot:

Jim Caviezel stars as golf legend Bobby Jones, the icon who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.

Plot Keywords:

Golf | Temper | Competition | 1930s | Athlete

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

James Caviezel	...	Bobby Jones (as Jim Caviezel)
Claire Forlani	...	Mary Malone Jones
Jeremy Northam	...	Walter Hagen
Malcolm McDowell	...	O.B. Keeler
Aidan Quinn	...	Harry Vardon
Brett Rice	...	Big Bob Jones
Connie Ray	...	Clara Jones
Devon Gearhart	...	Little Bobby (6 / 8)
Bubba Lewis	...	Bobby (14) (as Thomas 'Bubba' Lewis)
Dan Albright	...	Grandfather Jones
Paul Freeman	...	Angus
Alistair Begg	...	Stewart Maiden
Hilton McRae	...	Jimmy Maiden
Elizabeth Omilami	...	Camilla
Brian F. Durkin	...	Perry Adair

MPAA:

Rated PG for language.

Runtime:

USA:120 min | USA:129 min (TV version: Sony Pictures Television print) | Canada:128 min (Ontario)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:K-3 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | USA:PG (certificate #40746)

Filming Locations:

Agnes Scott College - 141 E. College Avenue, Decatur, Georgia, USA

Company:

Bobby Jones Films LLC

Goofs:

Factual errors: The 1930 Open Championship was played at Hoylake, not at St. Andrew's, as depicted.

Quotes:

Guy On Street: Hi, Bobby!
Robert Tyre Jones, Jr.: Hello.
Mary Malone Jones: Who was that?
Robert Tyre Jones, Jr.: I have no idea...
O.B. Keeler: It's 110 degrees... in the shade.
Robert Tyre Jones, Jr.: Well, I guess it's a good thing we don't have to play in the shade.

Soundtrack:

The Blue Danube Waltz, Opus 314

I wonder about the no. of those go gave it a "1"

Bobby Jones has the same feel as the many old movie biographies of the 1950s, like the Glenn Miller Story, but it is better written and better acted and certainly the historic artifacts are better, although it is true that everything looks so new! There is no high drama, but one gets a sense of the sheer effort it took for Jones to succeed. Anyone who knew only the bare outlines of his career, and about his background, may have assumed that he was a "natural"to whom the game came easily. The opposite is true and the movies demonstrates, ironically, why amateurs have disappeared from golf. The effort needed to excel is too great except for the most gifted of golfers. Tiger Woods would not be what he is if he had to work at another job for 9 months a year.

But my questions is: what do some people hate morality tales, but especially the ones that are true. Is it inverted snobbery? I think so.