The Legend of Bagger Vance

The Legend of Bagger Vance
The Legend of Bagger Vance
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert Redford
Screenplay by	Jeremy Leven
Based on	The Legend of Bagger Vance; 1995 novel; by Steven Pressfield
Produced by	Michael Nozik; Jake Eberts; Robert Redford;
Starring	Will Smith; Matt Damon; Charlize Theron;
Cinematography	Michael Ballhaus
Edited by	Hank Corwin
Music by	Rachel Portman
Production; companies	DreamWorks Pictures; 20th Century Fox; Allied Filmmakers
Distributed by	DreamWorks Distribution, LLC (North America) ; 20th Century Fox (International)
Release date	November 3, 2000;
Running time	126 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$80 million
Box office	$39.5 million

The Legend of Bagger Vance is a 2000 American sports film directed by Robert Redford, and starring Will Smith, Matt Damon, and Charlize Theron. The screenplay by Jeremy Leven is based on Steven Pressfield's 1995 book The Legend of Bagger Vance: A Novel of Golf and the Game of Life. The film is set in 1931 Georgia. It was the final film starring Jack Lemmon and Lane Smith.

The plot is loosely based on the Hindu sacred text the Bhagavad Gita. It depicts God, Krishna, tutoring a warrior-hero, Arjuna, played in the film by Smith and Damon. The film was criticized by several African American commentators and reviewers for employing the "Magical Negro" stereotype.^[3]

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