The Phantom of the Open
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2022
1h 42m
PG-13
English
Drama, Comedy
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Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.
The Phantom of the Open
Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.
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Cast
Maurice Flitcroft
Jean Flitcroft
James Flitcroft
Gene Flitcroft
Michael Flitcroft
Cliff
Willie
Keith Mackenzie
Lloyd Donovan
Dick Nelson
Tony Marsh
Josie
Laurent Lambert
Gerald Hopkins
Bruce Atkins
Golfer 1
Golfer 2
Greenkeeper
Jenny
John Pegg
Seve Ballesteros
Jim Howard
Young Maurice
Genial Father
Young Mike
Directed By: Craig Roberts
Written By: Simon Farnaby (Screenplay), Scott Murray
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Steve Parker
2 years ago
PHANTOM OF THE OPEN is a hilarious true story of the world's worst golfer, Maurice Flitcroft (played by Mark Rylance). In 1976, Maurice tried to qualify for the British Open and shot the worst round in history. Despite his lack of skill, Maurice became a folk hero and inspired other dreamers to neve More
r96sk
3 years ago
Much more heartfelt than expected - pleasingly so!
'The Phantom of the Open' is a very sweet film, with Mark Rylance being the absolutely perfect lead for it - great performance from him! I also enjoyed the humour, with many lines amusing me - including one that was lost in translation.. More
'The Phantom of the Open' is a very sweet film, with Mark Rylance being the absolutely perfect lead for it - great performance from him! I also enjoyed the humour, with many lines amusing me - including one that was lost in translation.. More
Peter McGinn
2 years ago
It is a cliché that there are some performers people would watch reading from a phone book. An exaggeration, perhaps, but the leads in this movie, Mark Rylance and Sally Hawkins, approach that status for me. I also appreciated and recognized Mark Lewis Jones, though I knew not from where as I watch More
CinemaSerf
3 years ago
Based on the true story of Maurice Flitcroft who was almost as bad a golfer as me, Mark Rylance is on super form. He works at the Barrow-in-Firness shipyard just as it's about to be wound down. Looking for something new to do, he alights on golf - a game he is singularly useless at. Having managed t More
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