THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN
synopsis
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.
| international title: | The Phantom of the Open |
| original title: | The Phantom of the Open |
| working title: | The Fantastic Flitcrofts |
| country: | United Kingdom |
| sales agent: | Cornerstone Films |
| year: | 2021 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Craig Roberts |
| film run: | 102' |
| screenplay: | Simon Farnaby¨ |
| cast: | Mark Rylance, Sally Hawkins, Rhys Ifans, Mark Lewis Jones, Johann Myers, Jake Davies, Barry Aird, Christian Lees |
| cinematography by: | Kit Fraser |
| film editing: | Jonathan Amos |
| art director: | Sarah Finlay |
| costumes designer: | Sian Jenkins |
| music: | Isobel Waller-Bridge |
| producer: | Kate Glover, Nichola Martin, Tom Miller |
| executive producer: | Mary Burke, Christelle Conan, Emma Duffy, Rose Garnett, Mark Gooder, Christine Langan, James Swarbrick, Alison Thompson, Peter Touche |
| production: | BBC Films, Baby Cow Films, Ingenious Media |
| backing: | British Film Institute (BFI) |
| distributor: | A Contracorriente Films |
