The Phantom of the Open (2021) (original) (raw)
The story of golfer Maurice Flitcroft whose performance at the 1976 British Open Golf Championship made him a legend.
The story of golfer Maurice Flitcroft whose performance at the 1976 British Open Golf Championship made him a legend. (less)
Director: Craig Roberts
Writer: Simon Farnaby
Starring: Mark Rylance, Sally Hawkins, Rhys Ifans, Mark Lewis Jones, Ian Porter, Nigel Betts
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Review by Brian Orndorf, June 15, 2022
7 / 10
�The Phantom of the Open� explores the true story of Maurice Flitcroft, who experienced a vocational epiphany in 1975, looking to become a professional golfer in his mid-40s, despite never having played the game before. It was an obsession that brought him to the qualifying round of the 1976 British Open, where he shot a score of 121, with many labeling him the worst golfer in the history of the sport. The material (an adaptation of a 2010 biography by Scott Murray and Simon Farnaby, who also provides the screenplay) is ripe for a mockumentary-type of approach, but director Craig Roberts (�Jus ...read more...
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