Tommy’s Honour is a new film about the Toms Morris, and if you read no further know that this magazine considers it a “must watch” for any fan of the game. [2] The book won the Herbert Warren Wind Book Award as the best golf book of 2007,[2] was one of the five books that Sports Illustrated selected as the "Books of the Year" in 2007,[3] and was #32 of "the 50 best sports books ever written" selected by The Telegraph.[4]. (446) IMDb 6.3 1 h 52 min 2017 PG. He now makes films all over the world to great commercial and critical success with A Cry in the Dark with Meryl Streep (1988), Dead Calm with Nicole Kidman (1989), Jurassic Park (1993) and The Piano (1993), The Horse Whisperer (1998), Jurassic Park III (2001), In Her Skin with Guy Pearce (2009), The Vow with Rachel McAdams (2012) and the upcoming A Long Way Down. Ophelia played the character, Carina Walters, The Collector’s aide. Tommy was ready to win championships just as the solo championship streak of his father (who was 30 years older) was ending. Earlier this year Ophelia reprised her role as Izzy Gould in the second series of BBC2’s British comedy series W1A, John Morton’s follow-up to multi-BAFTA-winning comedy series Twenty Twelve. Following this, Ophelia starred in the leading role in, Turnout, based on an original screenplay by director Lee Sales and actors Francis Pope and George Russo. Ophelia starred opposite Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu. A variety of roles in gritty British films, including Trainspotting, Tyrannosaur and Shallow Grave, is balanced with performances in blockbusters including Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Braveheart and War Horse. In 2005, Ophelia made her film debut in Roman Polanski’s award winning adaptation of the classic Dickens tale, Oliver Twist. Tommy's Honour. [37][38][39][7] It was released internationally in the spring of 2017,[7] and international sales of the film are handled by Timeless Films. In St Andrews, Scotland in 1866, 15-year-old Tommy Morris (Jack Lowden) is an avid golfer like his legendary and pioneering father, Tom Morris (Peter Mullan). In chronicling Morris’ tale, which encompasses personal tragedy as well as sporting triumphs, Connery and company take liberties concerning time and people’s ages. 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. Her critically acclaimed memoir, Motherland, was a Chicago Tribune “Editor’s Choice” selection in 2005. The review also opined that "As the principals play across the film's varied locations, in all weather, viewers get a true sense of golf's real grit, a more essential and raw essence of the sport than is achieved in most coverage today. "[52], Kate Muir in The Times concluded that the film is "fairly conventional, and your pleasure in it will probably be predicated on your love for the game. [41][42][43][44] The performances of the two leads, Mullan and Lowden, were widely praised. In 2007, he also founded Wind Chill Distribution LLC. In addition, Moore was an executive producer on J. Edgar, Hereafter, Gran Torino and Changeling, and served as a co-producer on the dual World War II epics Flags of Our Fathers and the award-winning Letters from Iwo Jima, which was Globe®-nominated for Best Picture. The award winning play premiered at the National Theatre in 2012. Ophelia was also featured in the February 2013 music video “Please Don’t Say You Love Me,” by singer Gabrielle Aplin. In 2014, Ophelia starred in the warped urban comedy film Eight Minutes Idle, and Inside No. Prior to forming the KB Partners’ venture funds, Mr. Bank co-founded and served on the Board and as President of MST Analytics, Inc., a semi-conductor product and services business and was a Principal at HSA, Inc., a Chicago based national real estate development, investment, management and brokerage firm. [14], Connery also noted that his father, a serious golfer in addition to being a renowned actor, gave him ideas and insight about making the film. [16] In June 2015 the production received a £400,000 grant from National Lottery Funding through Creative Scotland's Screen Production Fund.[9][17][18]. Additionally, he was an executive producer on Rob Lorenz’s Trouble with the Curve, starring Eastwood, Amy Adams and Justin Timberlake, and co-producer on Alison Eastwood’s directorial debut, Rails & Ties. It has been a very tough year, we are very sorry to share that Tommy's Honour Education Trust will end 31 December. At first matching his father’s success, Tommy’s talent and fame grew to outshine his father’s accomplishments and respect as founder of the Open Championship in 1860 with a series of his own triumphs. [21][22][23][24] The shoot lasted six weeks, but there was rain on only one day, which is unusual for Scotland. Connery then went on to direct Syfy’s highest viewed film of the year, 51, starring Bruce Boxleitner, and John Shea. [31] Sean Connery, who was unable to attend the EIFF debut of his son's film, screened Tommy's Honour in a cinema near his home in the Bahamas in July 2016. Based on a true story centering around two World Golf Hall of Fame members, the award-winning film Tommy’s Honour will make its network television … He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of SteadyMed, Ltd. (NASDAQ:STDY), Versatile Sports Partners, and Club Champion Golf. Ophelia recently made her professional stage debut in the revival of Lucy Prebble’s The Effect at Sheffield Theatres. 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. Starring Peter Mullan, Jack Lowden, Ophelia Lovibond, Sam Neill, Max Deacon, Kylie Hart. [32] It screened at the Haifa International Film Festival in mid-October 2016,[33][34] and at the BBC First British Film Festival 2016 in Australia, which began in late October 2016.[35]. The film is a must see for see for any movie-goer who enjoys period pieces, historical dramas, romance, and authentic “no frills” film-making. He directed and produced his first film Pandemic, which was sold worldwide, and led to the Sony release of his second film, The Devil’s Tomb, starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Ron Perlman and Ray Winstone. WhatsOnStage described the play as “brain-racing, pulse-quickening, pupil-dilating theatre that puts people front and centre. He went to boarding schools and then attended the universities at Canterbury and Victoria. 9, a dark British comedy anthology series written by Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton and produced by the BBC. Sam Neill was born in Northern Ireland, to army parents, a New Zealand-born father and an English-born mother. In 2009, Ophelia starred in Sam Taylor Johnson’s directorial debut Nowhere Boy, a biopic about John Lennon’s adolescence, the creation of his first band, The Quarrymen, and its evolution into The Beatles. Connery has also been an actor for over thirty years, appearing in more than 100 films and television shows. Guardians of the Galaxy has become the third highest-grossing Marvel Studios film at the domestic box office. Fever Lake in 1994 ( 446 ) IMDb 6.3 1 h 52 2017. Single malt on a rainy Sunday afternoon been involved in a row while still in his.. 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