Tommy's Honour

Tommy's Honour (2017)

The pride of a father. The love of a wife. The soul of a rebel. The heart of a champion.

In 1866 St Andrews, Scotland, 15-year-old Tommy Morris is an avid golfer like his legendary and pioneering father, Tom Morris, now greenskeeper for The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, as well as the town's club- and ball-maker. The two-time winner of the first major golf tournament, The Open Championship, which he founded in 1860, Old Tom 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 consecutive times.

Date of release
2017-07-07
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (27)
Runtime
1h 57m
Genres
History, Drama, Romance
Director
Jason Connery

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Edinburgh

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.

Production

In 2010 producer Jim Kreutzer happened to read Kevin Cook's Herbert Warren Wind Book Award–winning 2007 book Tommy's Honor: The Story of Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris, Golf's Founding Father and Son, and immediately obtained the film rights for it. The project remained in development for several years, while Kreutzer did further research and interviewed people in Scotland who knew the story well.

In January 2014 Jason Connery, son of Sean Connery, was announced as the film's director. He stated:

I am so incredibly passionate and excited to tell this story. It is a story that is truly close to my heart as I grew up with my father on a golf course, and I have a home an hour from St. Andrews. This is an extraordinary and intimate tale of love and family at the beginning of the great game of golf. This story has to be told!

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.

Kreutzer, along with venture capitalist Keith Bank, established Gutta Percha Productions for the sole purpose of financing and producing Tommy's Honour. The film's additional producers are Bob Last, Tim Moore, and Kenneth C. Whitney. In June 2015 the production received a £400,000 grant from National Lottery Funding through Creative Scotland's Screen Production Fund.

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