“Hey, nothing’s sacred from a putting standpoint anymore,” Rogers said. “It’s good to get away from the excitement of Hollywood.”Īs part of Cook’s sermon, in the book and movie, that the game is played out in front of the player, the author introduces a concept called “Face-On Putting.” It involves the player facing the hole and using a long putter to strike the ball from that unorthodox direction. “Golf is my passion,” he told the Missourian newspaper not long before landing the role in the movie. ![]() Now a Missouri resident, he has been a familiar figure over the years in amateur events in that state. The 28-year-old Black, even before getting a week of Zen-master instruction from Duvall’s Crawford, is an accomplished player who began competing at age 16 in his home state of Alabama. “I relate it to Glenn Ford playing Ben Hogan in ‘Follow the Sun.’ He was far away from looking like a player. Seven Days in Utopia Cast & Crew Matthew Dean RussellDirector Robert DuvallJohnny Crawford Lucas BlackLuke Chisholm Melissa LeoLily Deborah Ann WollSarah. Guess the rent of this 3-bedroom Tobin Hill home with backyard oasis.29 San Antonio attractions you must experience at least once in your life.Massive hammerhead shark filmed on TikTok near Galveston Island.‘Not an invasion’: Why there’s so many gnats in San Antonio right now.Lovable ‘Brady Bunch’ star immersed herself in San Antonio-area church.Diving head first into Camp Hot Wells' uncharted waters for a soak.Lawyer currently leading Texas attorney general’s office has been swept up in Ken Paxton's legal challenges.“I don’t think there was any photo-shopping needed to make it look like something. “I think it represents a real live, good-looking kind of player,” said Bill Rogers, San Antonio’s ranking golf royal. In a movie that is effectively a Hill Country Hallmark card, as warm and fuzzy as a sunset over Twin Sisters, Black’s performance with a club in his hands ranks as the most realistic. It’s a script that represents the backdrop of many sports movies, including beloved golf flicks such as “Tin Cup,” “The Legend of Bagger Vance” and “The Greatest Game Ever Played,” but this one works at a level that golfers in the audience will appreciate.īlack, long removed from the child actor who held his own in “Sling Blade,” has a wonderful swing. Once there, he crashes his rental car through Duvall’s fence - in a scene reminiscent of the start of “Doc Hollywood” - and straight into a journey of reclamation of game and spirit. Lead actor Lucas Black, looking greyhound-lean and earnest in the mold of many of today’s PGA Tour regulars, plays a young player who guns his rental car toward the hills not long after experiencing a total meltdown during a professional tournament in San Antonio.Īt a familiar crossroads to many of us who have made that drive, he makes the right turn toward the aptly named hamlet of Utopia. No drinking is shown, and this scene discourages it. ![]() "Seven Days in Utopia" blog See More CollapseĪnd that’s where the film, which opens Friday, hits it straight and true. Robert Duvalls character is an ex-alcoholic and he keeps his last empty beer bottle to remind him what trouble drinking has caused in his life. Book by Utopia sports psychologist becomes movie
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