The Legend of Bagger Vance
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Cast & Crew
Robert Redford
Will Smith
Matt Damon
Charlize Theron
Bruce Mcgill
Jabulani Brown
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Rannulph Junuh has returned to Savannah a damaged, tortured soul, his youthful innocence shattered by the trauma of World War I. While he's been gone, his former fiancee, Adele Invergordon, has devoted herself to fulfilling her late father's dream of building a world-class golf course on a nearby island. To keep the dream alive in the depths of the Great Depression, she proposes an exhibition tournament featuring golf superstars Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen. When city officials insist that the match can only take place if a local golfer participates, Hardy turns to Junuh to defend his hometown's honor. Along the way he faces down his demons, fights for the love of the woman he abandoned and hits a hole in one with the help of a black caddie named Bagger who offers down-home folk wisdom, spiritual guidance and the secret to a perfect swing.
Director
Robert Redford
Cast
Will Smith
Matt Damon
Charlize Theron
Bruce Mcgill
Jabulani Brown
Trip Hamilton
Michael O'neill
Christopher Neely
Sonny Seiler
Blake King
Jack Lemmon
Charles Ward
Joseph Reidy
Neil Gonzaga
Bilaal Salaam
Andy Crowley
Hugh Baggett
Lane Smith
Jonathan Green
Thomas Jay Ryan
Andrew Davis
Valanie Lang
Leon Lamar
Turner Green
Harve Presnell
Dermot Crowley
John Bennes
Elliott Street
E Roger Mitchell
Peter Gerety
J Don Ferguson
Charles Seabrook
Ronald Steppe
Dearing Paige Hockman
Charles Riffenberg
Bob Penny
Carrie Preston
Michael Mccarty
Joel Gretsch
Shane Brown
Danny Nelson
Vijay Patel
Lucia Popp
George Green
Cory Carbaugh
J Michael Moncrief
Erika Mounts
Andrea Powell
Tannis Stoops
Wilbur T Fitzgerald
Bernard Hocke
Julie Jones
Kenneth Bryant
Dan Beene
Crew
Bill Abbott
Timothy D. Ackers
Sam Adelman
Gianni Aliotti
Alan Allinger
Kathi Almeida
Charles Alston
Ismael Araujo
Chris Arias
Rodney Armanino
William Armstrong
Norman Ash
Jason Asher
Jeff Atmajian
Jeff Atmajian
Pierce Austin
Michael Axinn
Jean Bair
Josephine Baker
Jack Ballance
Florian Ballhaus
Michael Ballhaus
Michael Ballhaus
Laura Banks
Cassandra Barbour
Davis Bates
Margo Baxley
Diallo Beckles
C David Becton
Judi Bell
Jessica Bellfort
Mark D Berrend
Barney Bigard
Deborah Latham Binkley
John Bissell
Andre Blair
Dennis Boling
Leslie Boston
Lewis Bowen
Steve Bowerman
Chris Brigham
Layne Brightwell
John T Bromell
Rolland M. Brooks
Michael W. Broomer
Lindakay Brown
Derek Bruyere
Laura Bryant
Roy Bryson
Robert Buckman
Joe Buda
Kat Bueno
Gary Burritt
David A Butler
Matthew Butler
Rodney Byrd
Anthony Byrnes
Kathleen Callahan
Anne Carroll
Dan Carter
Stephen Carter
Sue Carter
Butch Chaney
Michael A Chang
Marty Cherrix
Richard Chuang
Celeste Cleveland
Jeffrey Clifton
George M. Cohan
Clifton T Cooper
Hank Corwin
Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth Cotten
Chris Cozens
Stuart Craig
J Patrick Daily
Scott Dale
Burt Dalton
Mick Davies
Joseph Davis
Bob Day
J Demon
Susan Dennis
Chris Dibble
Billie Dixon
Lynn Dodson
Lee Donaldson
Walter Donaldson
John Dorst
Walter Doyle
William T Dreher
Abigail Drury
Louis Dumaine
Jake Eberts
Frank Ecker
Tony Eckert
Rusty Edmonson
Kate Edwards
Rick Eggers
Karen C Eide
Julie A. Elder
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
Lynn Elsner
Jim Erickson
Liza D Espinas
Cindy Evans
Trinette L Faint
Gabriel Faure
Andre Fenley
Jason Fetz
Arthur Fields
Irene Fili
Julian Filiberti
Erin Fite
Kevin Fleming
Erin Folsey
Deborah L Fought
Patrick Fuhrman
K Drew Fuller
Debbie Games
Juan M Garcia
Hal Gardener
Bryan Garofalo
Emily Gaunt
Elena Gavrilova
Daniel Gee
Robert George
Larry Gianneschi
Armando Gonzalez
Ginger Gonzalez
Angelo Graham
W Steven Graham
Dale Grahn
William J Gray
Kurt Greufe
Hugh W Griffith
Robert Griffon
Geoffrey S Grimsman
J R Grubbs
Ted Haigh
David Haines
Jonah Hall
George Hamer
John M Hanashiro
Elio Harmon
Thomas M Harrigan
John Harrington
John Harrington
Barbara Harris
Albert Hastings
Jason Heapy
Wayne Herndon
Nancy Herrmann
Stan Hill
Charles Hillin
Elizabeth Himelstein
Robert G Hoelen
David M Holt
G Heath Hood
Michael Hothorn
Molly Hughes
Les Hunter
Barry Hutchins
Michael Hyde
Richard Hymns
Lee Ivey
Eddie Jackson
Chris Jadick
David James
Anthony Jamison
Dean F Janik
Cal Johnson
Linda Johnston
Thomas R Johnston
Floyd Justice
Donna Kail
Linda Kamp
Mel Kangleon
Kathleen Kelly
Avery Kent
Ted Koehler
Marion Kolsby
Peter Kurland
Tim Lambert
Leslie Langs
Thomas F Lappin
James Larocca
Deborah Larsen
Dwight Lavers
Scott A Lawson
Joshua Lee
Jack Lemmon
Alba Domini Leone
Jeremy Leven
Julie Levine
Sam Lewis
Ted Lewis
Dennis Liddiard
Gary Liddiard
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Lane Smith (1936-2005)
Born in Memphis, Tennessee on April 29, 1936, Smith had a desire to act from a very young age. After a brief stint in the Army, he moved to New York to study at the Actors Studio and made his debut on off-Broadway debut in 1959. For the next 20 years, Smith was a staple of the New York stage before sinking his teeth into television: Kojak, The Rockford Files, Dallas; and small parts in big films: Rooster Cogburn (1975), Network (1976).
In 1978, he moved to Los Angeles to focus on better film roles, and his toothy grin and southern drawl found him a niche in backwoods dramas: Resurrection (1980), Honeysuckle Rose (1980); and a prominent role as the feisty Mayor in the dated Cold War political yarn Red Dawn (1984).
Smith returned to New York in 1984 and scored a hit on Broadway when he received a starring role in David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross and earned a drama desk award in the process. His breakthrough role for many critics and colleagues was his powerful turn as Richard Nixon in The Final Days (1989); a docudrama based on the book by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. He earned a Golden Globe nomination for his spot-on portrayal of the fallen President, and his career picked up from there as parts in prominent Hollywood films came his way: Air America (1990), My Cousin Vinny, The Mighty Ducks (both 1992), and the Pauly Shore comedy Son in Law (1993).
For all his dependable performances over the years, Smith wasn't a familiar presence to millions of viewers until he landed the plump role of Perry White, the editor of the Daily Planet in Superman: Lois and Clark which co-starred Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher (1993-1997). After that run, he gave a scorching performance as Reverend Jeremiah Brown in the teleplay Inherit the Wind (1999); and he appeared last in the miniseries Out of Order (2003). He is survived by his wife Debbie; and son, Rob.
by Michael T. Toole
Lane Smith (1936-2005)
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Released in United States Fall November 3, 2000
Released in United States on Video April 3, 2001
Released in United States 2000
Shown at the Savannah Film Festival (special advance screening) October 29 - November 4, 2000.
Robert Redford was previously attached to play the role of Rannulph Junah but will now serve as director/producer.
Beta Theatrical Motion Pictures is the distribution arm of Eureka--a European co-venture between Kirch Group of Germany and Mediaset of Italy.
Began shooting September 23, 1999.
Completed shooting December 22, 1999.
The National Council of Hindu Temples issued alert of concern for how this film is interpreting the religious text of the Bhagavad-Gita. The name Bagger Vance comes from Bhagavad, the Hindu word for God.
Released in United States Fall November 3, 2000
Released in United States on Video April 3, 2001
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at the Savannah Film Festival (special advance screening) October 29 - November 4, 2000.)