Tommy's Honour is a 2016 historical drama film depicting the lives and careers of, and the complex relationship between, the pioneering Scottish golfing champions Old Tom Morris and his son Young Tom Morris. The film is directed by Jason Connery, and the father and son are portrayed by Peter Mullan and Jack Lowden. The film won Best Feature Film at the 2016 British Academy Scotland Awards.
The screenplay, written by Pamela Marin and Kevin Cook, is based on Cook's 2007 book, Tommy's Honor: The Story of Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris, Golf's Founding Father and Son. The book won the Herbert Warren Wind Book Award as the best golf book of 2007, was one of the five books that Sports Illustrated selected as the "Books of the Year" in 2007, and was #32 of "the 50 best sports books ever written" selected by The Telegraph.
The film opened the 2016 Edinburgh International Film Festival on 15 June 2016. It will go into theatrical release in the U.S. and internationally, and be broadcast on the Golf Channel, beginning in the spring of 2017.
Directed by : Jason Connery
Screenplay by :
- Pamela Marin
- Kevin Cook
Based on : Tommy's Honor: The Story of Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris, Golf's Founding Father and Son by Kevin Cook
Cast :
- Peter Mullan
- Jack Lowden
- Ophelia Lovibond
- Sam Neill
Production company :
- Gutta Percha Productions (U.S.)
- Tommy's Honour Productions/SellOutPictures (UK)
Distributed by :
- Roadside Attractions (U.S.)
- Timeless Films (International)
Release date :
- 15 June 2016 (Edinburgh International Film Festival)
- 17 April 2017 (United States)
- Spring 2017 (Internationally)
Running time : 117 minutes
Synopsis
In St Andrews, Scotland in 1866, 15-year-old Tommy Morris is an avid golfer like his legendary and pioneering father, Tom Morris. "Old Tom" is greens-keeper for The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, as well as the town’s club- and ball-maker. He is the three-time winner of the first major golf tournament, The Open Championship, which he founded in 1860. He also established golf's standard of 18 holes per round. But young Tommy is beginning to chafe at his father's dictates, especially in the rapidly changing world they live in.
Tommy soon outshines his father, winning The Open three times in a row while still in his teens. The "dashing young man of golf", he draws flocks of spectators to the sport and becomes its first touring professional.
Father and son repeatedly clash over the unwritten rules of social class, and this culminates when Tommy marries his sweetheart Meg, a woman of lower standing with a shameful secret in her past. As the story concludes, Old Tom makes a fatal misjudgement that strips Tommy of everything he holds dear. Following the results of that fateful choice, Old Tom takes on a personal mission that carries him through the final decades of his life: that of honouring his son Tommy.
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