Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius (Special Edition)
by Rowdy Herrington
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Actor: Aidan Quinn, Claire Forlani, James Caviezel, Jeremy Northam, Malcolm McDowellDirector: Rowdy Herrington
Brand: SONY PICTURES HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language); Chinese (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 128 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-11-30
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures
DVD Reviews of Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius (Special Edition)
DVD Review: Hero of the Golden Age of Sports
Summary: 5 Stars
This was a wonderful film. Beautifully made and acted. Great direction and music. Stunning. What a great story.
Kim
DVD Review: Excellent biography of a legend!
Summary: 5 Stars
Even though I am an avid golf fan (and golfer), I knew very little about Bobby Jones prior to viewing this film. I have since checked several (well-informed) "history of golf" books, and found that the movie seems to be very accurate. If there WERE any liberties taken, they were not significant nor did they alter the career or personal life of the man.
While he was a prodigy who became a legend of the game, he was also just a man, who had more important things to do with his life than continue to keep knocking a small ball toward a hole.
This movie helped me gain a greater understanding of who Bobby Jones really was, and brought admiration and respect for not only the golfer, but the man.
DVD Review: Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius
Summary: 4 Stars
Movie has a lot of historical information about Jones' beginning into golf.
Most of us know Jones through his black and white training films and his Master's association. This movie is a true biographical look into one of the true legends of golf. The acting is as good as the story line. A must see for all golfers.
DVD Review: A clinic film writing and direction
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this film during its first showing on the Golf channel. The Director and screenwriter, Rowdy Herrington is a friend. No doubt I'm prejudiced, but I hadn't seen this film.
You may be familiar with some of Rowdy's other work: Roadhouse, A Murder of Crows, The Stickup, or I, Witness. None of those would prepare you for this. I know those films and like them. They're generally contemporary movies with a good edge of suspense.
This is a period film with gorgeous costumes and brilliant cinematography. The story's first rate and told by master story tellers.
I was frankly amazed I hadn't heard of the film, which is probably why it wasn't a major hit. If you liked Chariots of Fire, Rocky, or Hoosiers, you'll love this movie, and now that I've seen it, I'm going to buy it.
DVD Review: Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius
Summary: 5 Stars
Beautifully done movie. You don't have to like golf to enjoy this story of a man's life. His achievements were many in spite of his physical handicap. He achieved everything everyone in his life wanted for him and when he retired from golf, he went on to realize his own dreams. A testament to all of us on how to live better and enjoy all the possibilities.
Description of Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius (Special Edition)
BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF GOLF ICON BOBBY JONES. JONES OVERCOMES HIS OWN INTENSE PASSION, PERFECTIONIS TENDENCIES &FIERCE TEMPER TO MASTER THE GAME. WHEN JONES REALIZES THAT HISUNPARALLELED SUCCESS IS DESTROYING HIS LOVED ONES, HES PRESENTEDWITH AN ASTOUNDING PROPOSITION, ONE THAT SHOCKS THE WORLD.Anyone who's ever been passionate about golf will find something to admire in Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius, a staidly reverent biopic about one of the game's greatest champions. In the title role, Jim Caviezel suffers almost as much as he did in The Passion of the Christ, portraying Jones--who made history by winning golf's elusive Grand Slam (four top tournaments in less than four months) in 1930--as a passionately committed golfer who silently endured chronic pain (a spinal disorder prompted his early retirement at age 28), stomach ailments, emotional torment, and borderline alcoholism while maintaining amateur status in the sport he so magnificently dominated. Jeremy Northam brings much-needed levity and rakish style as Jones' friend and rival golfer Walter Hagen, and Malcolm McDowell adds colorful character as Jones' friend and biographer O.B. Keeler while Claire Forlani suffers the typical biopic plight of the hero's wife, who offers compassionate empathy while wishing Jones had more time for family. With repetitive golf scenes and a somber tone of martyrdom, Bobby Jones was partially financed by Jones' estate, which may explain its respectable dullness and instant fate as a box-office dud. Still, director Rowdy (Road House) Herrington is clearly enamored of his subject, and some of that enthusiasm shines through the gloom. --Jeff Shannon
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