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Synopsis: Roy McAvoy (Kevin Costner) was a golf pro with a bright future, but his rebellious nature and bad attitude cost him everything. Now working as a golf instructor, he falls for his newest pupil, Dr. Molly Griswold (Rene Russo), a psychiatrist who happens to be the girlfriend of PGA Tour star and Roy's rival, David Simms (Don Johnson). After he is humiliated by Simms at a celebrity golf tournament, McAvoy decides to make a run for the PGA Tour, as well as Molly's heart.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Production: New Line Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
60
Rotten Tomatoes:
69%
R
Year:
1996
135 min
1,040 Views


7.

MOLLY:

Aw, f***...

TIN CUP:

Well, you talk like a golfer -

Molly unloads a mighty second swing. The club head

bounces off the mat. The ball sits untouched.

MOLLY:

Sh*t.

TIN CUP:

'F***...' 'Sh*t...' these are

highly technical golf terms and

you're using them on your first

lesson -- this is promising.

MOLLY:

Awright, wise ass, show me.

Tin Cup takes the club from Molly, motions for her to

step back, tees up a ball, and rockets a drive into the

night.

TIN CUP:

Something like that.

He hands her back the club and tees up another ball.

Molly just looks at him.

MOLLY:

Impressive. Y'know, I tend to

process things verbally. Can you

break down into words how you did

that?

Tin Cup takes a deep breath -- this is his speech.

TIN CUP:

'What is the golf swing?' -- by

Roy McAvoy.

(beat)

The golf swing is a poem.

TIN CUP (CONT'D)

Sometimes a love sonnet and

sometimes a Homerian epic -- it is

organic and of a piece, yet it

breaks down into elegant stanzas

and quatrains. The critical

opening phrase of this song is the

grip, in which the hands unite to

form a single unit by the simple

overlap of the smallest finger...

(displays grip)

... held lightly, a conductor's

8.

baton.

(starts swing)

Lowly and slowly the clubhead is

pulled back, led into position

not by the hands but the body

which turns away from the target,

shifting to the right side without

shifting balance. Tempo is

everything, perfection unobtainable,

as the body coils, now to the top

of the swing, in profound equilibrium.

And then a slight hesitation, a nod

to the gods...

MOLLY:

A nod to the gods?

TIN CUP:

To the gods, yes... that he is

fallible. As the weight shifts

back to the left pulled now by

powers inside the earth -- it's

alive, this swing, a living

sculpture -- and down through

contact, always down, into terra

firma, striking the ball crisply

-- with character -- a tuning

fork goes off in your heart, your

balls -- such a pure feeling is

the well-struck golf shot -- And

then the follow through to finish,

always on line -- The reverse 'C'

of the Golden Bear, the steelworker's

power and brawn of Carl Sandburg's

Arnold Palmer, the da Vinci of

Hogan, the unfinished symphony of

Roy McAvoy.

MOLLY:

What? What's unfinished?

TIN CUP:

I have a short follow through -my

swing can look unfinished.

MOLLY:

Why?

TIN CUP:

Some say it's because that's the

best way to play through the winds

of West Texas... and some say it's

because I never finish anything.

You can decide. The point is every

finishing position is unique as if

that is the signature left to the

artist, the warrior athlete who,

9.

finally and thereby, has asserted

his oneness with and power over the

universe by willing a golf ball to

go where he wants and how and when,

because that is what the golf swing

is about...

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Ron Shelton

Ron Shelton (September 15, 1945 in Whittier, California) is an American Oscar-nominated film director and screenwriter. Shelton is known for the many films he has made about sports. more…

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