The Phantom of the Open (2022)

Movie Details

Original Title The Phantom of the Open

Original Language EN

Status Released

Popularity 0.7

Cast

Mark Rylance

Maurice Flitcroft

Popularity: 1.2

Sally Hawkins

Jean Flitcroft

Popularity: 4.8

Jonah Lees

James Flitcroft

Popularity: 0.4

Christian Lees

Gene Flitcroft

Popularity: 0.4

Jake Davies

Michael Flitcroft

Popularity: 0.3

Mark Lewis Jones

Cliff

Popularity: 0.8

Johann Myers

Willie

Popularity: 1.4

Rhys Ifans

Keith Mackenzie

Popularity: 5.3

Ash Tandon

Lloyd Donovan

Popularity: 1.5

Ian Porter

Dick Nelson

Popularity: 6.3

Nigel Betts

Tony Marsh

Popularity: 1.8

Afsaneh Dehrouyeh

Josie

Popularity: 0.7

Key Crew

Executive Producer Mark Rylance, Simon Farnaby, Craig Roberts

Writer Simon Farnaby, Scott Murray

Producer Kate Glover, Nichola Martin, Tom Miller

Editor Jonathan Amos

Screenplay Simon Farnaby

Director Craig Roberts

Production

BBC Film

GB

Baby Cow Productions

GB

BFI

GB

Ingenious Media

GB

Water & Power Productions

GB

Cornerstone Films

GB

Videos & Trailers

Maurice Flitcroft is So Close to Putting It In (Scene)

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Clip – “High Score”

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Clip – “Seve”

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Clip - “Little Maurice”

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First 7 Minutes

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Official US Trailer

Trailer

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Posters

Keywords

underdog northern england based on novel or book sports 1970s golf biography based on true story twins shipyard local legend cumbria barrow-in-furness

Reviews from TMDB

r96sk 8/10

Mar 24, 2022

Much more heartfelt than expected - pleasingly so! <em>'The Phantom of the Open'</em> 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.. ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Apr 4, 2022

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 ... Read more

Steve Parker 8/10

Aug 5, 2022

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 ... Read more