DVD Special Features:
Featurette - In into the Legend of Bagger Vance
'Making of' Featurette
Robert Redford Film Trailers: The Legend of Bagger Vance, Butch
Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Production Notes
Cast and Crew Biographies
Language: English, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English for the hard of hearing
1.85:1 widescreen 16:9 version
From .co.uk
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Based on the bestselling novel (
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Legend of Bagger Vance is a beguiling addition to the tiny genre
of feel-good mystical sports movies. In Georgia at the height of
the Depression, Adele Invergordon (Charlise Theron) organises a
golf tournament to publicise her inherited luxury hotel/golf
course. Taking part are two genuine golf stars of the period,
together with one-time Southern sporting hero, Rannulph Junuh
(Matt Damon). Shattered by the Great War, Junuh has retreated
into a bottle and it is up to a local boy, Hardy Greaves (an
excellent J Michael Moncrief making his screen debut, and as an
old man Jack Lemmon in his final film) and caddy Bagger Vance
(Will Smith) to help him find his lost swing.
Though it is never made explicit, Vance is an angel and the film
is really about redemption, the golf scenes being a not exactly
subtle metaphor for life itself. Some may find it corny and
unoriginal; the movie has much in common with director Robert
Redford's own The Natural (1984) as well as Heaven Can Wait
(1978) and Field of Dreams (1989). Yet after a clunky opening
Bagger Vance finds its swing and proves a delightful light
romantic drama, with gorgeous cinematography, fine performances
and a wonderful score by Rachel Portman.
On the DVD: The Legend of Bagger Vance on disc has an anamorphic
transfer of the original 1.85-1 image, and though a little dark
is very sharp and filled with detail and vibrant colours. The
Dolby Digital 5.1 sound does everything expected, being
atmospheric and showcasing the score to good effect. Extras are a
four-minute interview with Robert Redford and a three-minute
"featurette" which is really an extended trailer to complement
the teaser and conventional trailer also included. There are
several pages of electronic press kit production notes, and
biographies and filmographies of 18 of the film's stars and
production personnel. As Redford believes commentaries and
in-depth behind the scenes features ruin the magic of the movies
this is as extensive a collection as is likely to appear. Finally
there is a truly appalling trailer for the DVD of Butch Cassidy
and the Sundance Kid. --Gary S Dalkin
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From the Back Cover
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Academy Award-Winning Director, Robert Redford (A River Runs
Through It, The Horse Whisperer) brings to life the story of
Rannulph Junuh, (Matt Damon-The Talented Mr. Ripley, Saving
Private Ryan), a promising young golfer who loses his swing after
he experiences the harrowing frontlines of war. Once considered
Savannah's greatest sportsman and favourite celebrity, Junuh had
won the heart of the town's prettiest heiress, Adele Invergordon
(Charlize Theron-Cider House Rules, Devils Advocate). But when he
returned from war, he was a defeated man, giving up both golf and
Adele for the sake of alcohol.
When Junuh is given a chance to redeem himself by competing in a
celebrity golf tournament, he must first regain his swing and his
self-respect. It will take a miracle, in the form of a mysterious
caddy named Bagger Vance (Will Smith-Wild, Wild West, Men in
Black), for Junuh to get his game back as well as his life.
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