Legend of Bagger Vance, The

The Legend of Bagger Vance is an American feature film of the sports drama and period piece genres. It is based on the novel The Legend of Bagger Vance: A Novel of Golf and the Game of Life written by Steven Pressfield and published in 1995. The film adaptation was directed by Robert Redford with a script written by Jeremy Leven. It was produced by Wildwood Enterprises and Allied Filmmakers and presented by Twentieth Century Fox, Epsilon Motion Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures. It premiered in the United States on November 3rd, 2000. The film stars Matt Damon as Rannulph Junuh with Will Smith as Bagger Vance. The character of Hardy Greaves is played by both J. Michael Moncrief and Jack Lemmon. Opposing golf players involved in the film include Bruce McGill as Walter Hagen, and Joel Gretsch as Bobby Jones.

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 * The tagline for this film is, "It was just a moment ago".


 * Co-producer Joseph P. Reidy is credited as Joseph Reidy in this film.