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 |