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| Registered: April 4, 2007 |  Posts: 883 |
| | Posted: | | | | Yeah, I'll admit it right away, I love golf movies. Unfortunately, I have a hard time finding any good ones  I own and like The Legend of Bagger Vance and The Greatest Game Ever Played. I plan to buy Bobby Jones but I'm not really interested in Tin Cup and certainly not in crap like Happy Gilmore. I'm not looking for golf(related) comedies in general too. Are there any other good ones out there I'm missing? | | | | - Jan |
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| Registered: April 8, 2007 |  Posts: 1,057 |
| | Posted: | | | | Hi Hydr0x,
How about Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis in "The Caddy."
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,494 |
| | Posted: | | | | Can you wait about 30 or 40 years...? I'm sure they'll do a docudrama on the life and times of Tiger Wood's rise from the Mike Douglas show to his retirement of the game.. trouble is with Golf it's such a laid back sport not too much action., & That's where the comedy has to come in to remind us to not fall asleep..  | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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| Registered: May 10, 2007 |  Posts: 87 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting widescreenforever: Quote:
trouble is with Golf it's such a laid back sport not too much action., & That's where the comedy has to come in to remind us to not fall asleep.. In other words you talking about the movie 'Caddyshack' with Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield and Bill Murray  | | | | Last edited: by Matt788 |
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| Registered: December 16, 2007 | | Posts: 926 |
| | Posted: | | | | There's Pat and Mike and if you like reading check out P.G. Wodehouse's golfstories. Funny stuff. |
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 |  Posts: 259 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting hydr0x: Quote:
Yeah, I'll admit it right away, I love golf movies. Unfortunately, I have a hard time finding any good ones
I own and like The Legend of Bagger Vance and The Greatest Game Ever Played. I plan to buy Bobby Jones but I'm not really interested in Tin Cup and certainly not in crap like Happy Gilmore. I'm not looking for golf(related) comedies in general too.
Are there any other good ones out there I'm missing? I love golf (movies) too and have these: Movies:The Legend of Bagger Vance Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius The Greatest Game Ever Played A Gentleman's Game (R1) Tin Cup Educational:Digital Golf School by Simon Holmes Golf Strategies with Robert Karlsson and Simon Holmes Crap:  Happy Gilmore Caddyshack Yes, it is hard to find (good) golf movies, and I'm afraid there aren't many more. In addition to above mentioned I know only these: - Follow the Sun (1951), the life story of Ben Hogan, starring Glenn Ford, but NOT available on DVD - Pat and Mike (1952), a fictional comedy starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, available on (R1) DVD - The Caddy (1953) a fictional comedy starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, NOT available on DVD - Dead Solid Perfect (1988), about life on the pro tours, starring Randy Quaid, NOT on DVD - Caddyshack II (1988), a fictional comedy and definitely crap by your standards, available on DVD (R1 and R2) - Miracle on the 17th Green (1999), a fictional drama starring Robert Urich, available on (R1) DVD - Who's Your Caddy (2007), a fictional comedy starring James Avery, probably crap by your standards (?), available on (R1) DVD | | | | Markku |
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| Registered: April 4, 2007 | | Posts: 883 |
| | Posted: | | | | thanks for the exhaustive list and all the other replies  A Gentleman's Game sounds interesting and I had no idea that Pat and Mike is a golf flick and I love Hepburn/Tracy movies. That's a must-have for me then | | | | - Jan |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | Lets not forget the timeless classics: Dorf on Golf & Dorf's Golf Bible   | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
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| Registered: April 4, 2007 | | Posts: 883 |
| | Posted: | | | | nah, always hated those on TV  | | | | - Jan |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 20,111 |
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| Registered: December 16, 2007 | | Posts: 926 |
| | Posted: | | | | Some of the best were made by W.C. Fields. In the 1915 silent "His Lordship's Dilemma" he utters the words "Hand me that putting niblick...."
More or less repeated at the end of "You're Telling Me" (1934) which someone describes as "The film climaxes with Fields' wonderful golf routine, in which he must deal with manmade hazards of all sorts. Tammany Young plays his infuriatingly inept caddie." But the best one is Fields in "The Golf Specialist" (part of it can be seen on You Tube). Also available as a Criterion edition of course.
"His Lordship's Dilemma" was thought to be lost but a copy was discovered in France (2006). |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | There's always Martin & Lewis' The Caddy.
Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
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| Registered: December 16, 2007 | | Posts: 926 |
| | Posted: | | | | Was mentioned already, Skip. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,494 |
| | Posted: | | | | | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
Terry | | | | Last edited: by widescreenforever |
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