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In 1931 a major golf tournament is scheduled in the town of Savannah, Georgia, between the greatest golfers of the day: Bobby Jones (Joel Gretsch), Walter Hagen (Bruce [=McGill=]), and Rannulf Junuh (Damon). While Jones and Hagen are both at the top of their game, Junuh has many unresolved issues that hinder his performance. With the help of his caddy Bagger Vance (Smith), former girlfriend Adele Invergordon (Theron), and young Hardy Greaves (J. Michael Moncrief), Junuh must overcome his demons and find his swing if he is to have a chance of winning the tournament.
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In 1931 a major golf tournament is scheduled in the town of Savannah, Georgia, between the greatest golfers of the day: Bobby Jones (Joel Gretsch), Walter Hagen (Bruce [=McGill=]), (Creator/BruceMcGill), and Rannulf Junuh (Damon). While Jones and Hagen are both at the top of their game, Junuh has many unresolved issues that hinder his performance. With the help of his caddy Bagger Vance (Smith), former girlfriend Adele Invergordon (Theron), and young Hardy Greaves (J. Michael Moncrief), Junuh must overcome his demons and find his swing if he is to have a chance of winning the tournament.
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''The Legend of Bagger Vance'' is a 2000 film, based on 1 995 book, directed by Creator/RobertRedford, and starring Creator/WillSmith, Creator/MattDamon, and Creator/CharlizeTheron, about a golf match in the 1930s and one golfer's struggle to overcome his past.
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''The Legend of Bagger Vance'' is a 2000 film, based on 1 995 a 1995 book, directed by Creator/RobertRedford, and starring Creator/WillSmith, Creator/MattDamon, and Creator/CharlizeTheron, about a golf match in the 1930s and one golfer's struggle to overcome his past.
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''The Legend of Bagger Vance'' is a 2000 film, directed by Creator/RobertRedford, and starring Creator/WillSmith, Creator/MattDamon, and Creator/CharlizeTheron, about a golf match in the 1930s and one golfer's struggle to overcome his past.
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''The Legend of Bagger Vance'' is a 2000 film, based on 1 995 book, directed by Creator/RobertRedford, and starring Creator/WillSmith, Creator/MattDamon, and Creator/CharlizeTheron, about a golf match in the 1930s and one golfer's struggle to overcome his past.
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* AdaptedOut: Junuh is a widower with a daughter in the book but the film omits the girl.
* AlmightyJanitor: Bagger is just Junuh's caddy (and in the book a fellow war veteran who became his valet afterwards) but clearly holds a great deal of power and everyone recognizes how much Junuh relies on him.
* AngelUnaware:Bagger.Bagger is clearly a mystical figure but is there on earth and might not always realize it.
* AlmightyJanitor: Bagger is just Junuh's caddy (and in the book a fellow war veteran who became his valet afterwards) but clearly holds a great deal of power and everyone recognizes how much Junuh relies on him.
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* FriendlyRival: Bobby and June get along well enough, and eventually Hagen comes to be respectful towards as well.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Hagen ,who enjoys the most luxuries of the three golfers and wears a fancy suit onto the green.
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* RedemptionQuest: For Junuh.
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* PromotedToLoveInterest: In the book, Adelle is just the enterprising owner of the golf course and has little to no direct interaction with Junuh. In the film she was his girlfriend before the war and they get back together.
* RedemptionQuest: For Junuh. Who lets go of his guilt and drinking to save the towns business.
* RedemptionQuest: For Junuh. Who lets go of his guilt and drinking to save the towns business.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Junuh carries a lot of baggage from his wartime experiences.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Junuh carries a lot of baggage from his wartime experiences. In the book [[TheseHandsHaveKilled he's upset over having killed a group of German soldiers]]. In the film [[spoiler: [[SurvivorsGuilt He's traumatized about all of the men under his command dying in an ambush.]]]]
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* WholePlotReference: American audiences might not immediately realize it, but the entire story is based on the ''Bhagavad Gita'', part of the Literature/{{Mahabharata}}. Just as Krishna helps Arjuna understand his place in the universe in the ''Bhagavad Gita'', so too does Bagger Vance help Junuh find peace in the film. The name Rannulf Junuh (R. Junuh) is a reference to Arjuna, while the name Bagger Vance sounds similar to ''bhagavan'', an epithet of Krishna.
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* WholePlotReference: American audiences might not immediately realize it, but the entire story is based on the ''Bhagavad Gita'', part of the Literature/{{Mahabharata}}. Just as Krishna helps Arjuna understand his place in the universe in the ''Bhagavad Gita'', so too does Bagger Vance help Junuh find peace in the film. The name Rannulf Junuh (R. Junuh) is a reference to Arjuna, while the name Bagger Vance sounds similar to ''bhagavan'', an epithet of Krishna. This aspect of the story is more outright spelled out in the novel.
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* FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator / NostalgicNarrator: The now-elderly Hardy Greaves. This was the last film role for Creator/JackLemmon, who narrates in voiceover and also has an onscreen cameo at the end.
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* FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator / NostalgicNarrator: The now-elderly Hardy Greaves. This was the last film role for Creator/JackLemmon, who narrates in voiceover and also has an a brief onscreen cameo at the end.
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* BookEnds: The film starts and ends with the elderly Hardy Greaves in the present playing a game of golf himself.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Junuh takes an extra stroke noted [[spoiler: after his ball moves a smidgen but no one but him, Hagen and Bagger sees it]].
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Junuh takes calls an extra stroke noted on himself [[spoiler: after his ball moves a smidgen but no one but him, Hagen Hardy, and Bagger sees see it]].
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* WholePlotReference: American audiences might not immediately realize it, but the entire story is based on the ''Bhagavad Gita'', part of the {{Mahabharata}}. Just as Krishna helps Arjuna understand his place in the universe in the ''Bhagavad Gita'', so too does Bagger Vance help Junuh find peace in the film. The name Rannulf Junuh (R. Junuh) is a reference to Arjuna, while the name Bagger Vance sounds similar to ''bhagavan'', an epithet of Krishna.
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* WholePlotReference: American audiences might not immediately realize it, but the entire story is based on the ''Bhagavad Gita'', part of the {{Mahabharata}}.Literature/{{Mahabharata}}. Just as Krishna helps Arjuna understand his place in the universe in the ''Bhagavad Gita'', so too does Bagger Vance help Junuh find peace in the film. The name Rannulf Junuh (R. Junuh) is a reference to Arjuna, while the name Bagger Vance sounds similar to ''bhagavan'', an epithet of Krishna.
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* UnderdogsNeverLose: [[spoiler:Played with. Junuh makes his putt; the other two don't, which ends the tournament in a three-way tie - an outcome ''everyone'' is perfectly happy with.]]
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* UnderdogsNeverLose: [[spoiler:Played with. Junuh makes his putt; the other two don't, which ends the tournament in a three-way tie - an outcome ''everyone'' is perfectly happy with.]]
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* WorldWarOne: The war Junuh went off to fight in.
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* WorldWarOne: UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne: The war Junuh went off to fight in.
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* FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator / NostalgicNarrator: Creator/JackLemmon as the now-elderly Hardy Greaves. It was Lemmon's last film role.
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In 1931 a major golf tournament is scheduled in the town of Savannah, Georgia between the greatest golfers of the day, Bobby Jones (Joel Gretsch), Walter Hagen (Bruce [=McGill=]), and Rannulf Junuh (Damon). While Jones and Hagen are both at the top of their game, Junuh has many unresolved issues that hinder his performance. With the help of his caddy Bagger Vance (Smith), former girlfriend Adele Invergordon (Theron), and young Hardy Greaves (J. Michael Moncrief), Junuh must overcome his demons and find his swing if he is to have a chance of winning the tournament.
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In 1931 a major golf tournament is scheduled in the town of Savannah, Georgia Georgia, between the greatest golfers of the day, day: Bobby Jones (Joel Gretsch), Walter Hagen (Bruce [=McGill=]), and Rannulf Junuh (Damon). While Jones and Hagen are both at the top of their game, Junuh has many unresolved issues that hinder his performance. With the help of his caddy Bagger Vance (Smith), former girlfriend Adele Invergordon (Theron), and young Hardy Greaves (J. Michael Moncrief), Junuh must overcome his demons and find his swing if he is to have a chance of winning the tournament.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Lane Smith ([[Series/LoisAndClark Perry White]]) as a sports reporter.
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* NostaglicNarrator: Creator/JackLemmon as the now-elderly Hardy Greaves.
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''The Legend of Bagger Vance'' is a 2000 film about a golf match in the 1930's and one golfer's struggle to overcome his past.
In the 1930s a major golf tournament is scheduled in the town of Savannah, GA, between the greatest golfers of the day, Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen, and Rannulf Junuh. While Jones and Hagen are both at the top of their game, Junuh has many unresolved issues that hinder his performance. With the help of his caddy, Bagger Vance, and young Hardy Greaves, Junuh must overcome his demons and find his swing if he is to have a chance of winning the tournament.
In the 1930s a major golf tournament is scheduled in the town of Savannah, GA, between the greatest golfers of the day, Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen, and Rannulf Junuh. While Jones and Hagen are both at the top of their game, Junuh has many unresolved issues that hinder his performance. With the help of his caddy, Bagger Vance, and young Hardy Greaves, Junuh must overcome his demons and find his swing if he is to have a chance of winning the tournament.
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''The Legend of Bagger Vance'' is a 2000 film film, directed by Creator/RobertRedford, and starring Creator/WillSmith, Creator/MattDamon, and Creator/CharlizeTheron, about a golf match in the 1930's 1930s and one golfer's struggle to overcome his past.
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