The Legend of Bagger Vance is a sports drama film from actor and director, Robert Redford. The movie stars Will Smith, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron,
Bruce McGill, and Joel Gretsch. It is about a war veteran, Captain Rannulph Junuh, played by Matt Damon, who reluctantly agrees to play a game of golf. While he isn’t into it, his caddie changes his mind. The caddie, Bagger Vance, played by Will Smith, teaches him all about golf and the authenticity behind the game, which ends up being a huge lesson about life and
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Was Legend of Bagger Vance based on a book?The Legend of Bagger Vance: A Novel of Golf and the Game of Life is a 1995 American novel by Steven Pressfield that was adapted into the 2000 film The Legend of Bagger Vance.
What does the end of Bagger Vance mean?The Ending of the Movie. At the end of the movie, an older Hardy Greaves has just had what appears to have been a heart attack. He announces that the game of golf is a game to be played and as he walks across the golf green, he sees none other than Bagger Vance waving him on, almost in the form of a welcome.
What war is in Bagger Vance?Movie Info
Once-promising local golfer Rannulph Junuh (Matt Damon), whose career and life were derailed by World War I, is brought in to play alongside the stars, but his game is weak -- until the enigmatic Bagger Vance (Will Smith) offers to coach him back into the great golfer he once was.
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