Tin Cup

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Tin Cup
Tin Cup.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRon Shelton
Written by
Produced byGary Foster
Starring
CinematographyRussell Boyd
Edited by
  • Kimberly Ray
  • Paul Seydor
Music byWilliam Ross
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • August 16, 1996 (1996-08-16) (United States)
Running time
134 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$45 million[2]
Box office$75.8 million[2]

Tin Cup is a 1996 American romantic comedy and sports film co-written and directed by Ron Shelton,[3] and starring Kevin Costner and Rene Russo with Cheech Marin and Don Johnson in major supporting roles.[2] The film received generally positive reviews and was a moderate box office success grossing $75.8 million against its $45 million budget. Costner received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.

Plot[]

Roy "Tin Cup" McAvoy (Kevin Costner) is a former golf prodigy leading a generally aimless existence. He owns a ramshackle driving range in West Texas, where he drinks and hangs out with his pal Romeo Posar (Cheech Marin) and their friends. One day Dr. Molly Griswold (Rene Russo), a clinical psychologist, arrives looking for a golf lesson. She has been dating David Simms (Don Johnson), a top professional golfer who played with Roy in college. Roy soon becomes attracted to Molly.

The next day David Simms shows up at Roy's trailer ahead of a local benefit tournament. Roy thinks he is being invited to play, but Simms actually wants to hire him as a caddie (since Roy knows the course). During the round, Roy needles Simms about laying up instead of having the nerve to take a 230-yard shot over a water hazard. A bet amongst the other players is made and Simms fires Roy after he makes the long shot.

To get even with Simms, Roy decides to try and qualify for the U.S. Open. He makes a play for Molly who is already his therapist.

In the first qualifying round, with Romeo as his caddie, Roy's game is excellent but his head needs help. Roy insists on playing recklessly and he demands the driver instead of the safe play which is laying up. Roy and Romeo fight and Romeo quits. Amazingly, Roy still manages to advance to the final qualifying round.

Without Romeo, Roy barely succeeds at the sectional qualifying round, earning a spot in the U.S. Open. Romeo returns and helps Roy with some swing problems.

On the first day of the U.S Open, Roy shoots a horrendous 83. Meanwhile, Molly sees Simms' unpleasant side and decides she truly wants to help Roy. With renewed confidence, McAvoy shocks the golf world by making the cut with an impressive score. Roy's third round is also excellent and it moves him into contention.

On the last day of the U.S. Open tournament, Roy is in a three-way battle to win. For the 4th day in a row, Roy takes a shot that repeatedly fails to keep the ball out of the water hazard. On his 12th and final shot, facing disqualification, he reaches the green and amazingly, it goes in the hole. Roy realizes that he has blown a shot at winning the U.S. Open, but Molly re-assures him about how people will always remember his amazing shot.

Back in Texas, Molly tells Roy that he automatically qualified for next year's Open due to his standing. They kiss passionately as the movie ends.

Cast[]

Production[]

Tin Cup was based on a story by Ron Shelton and Tim Norville. It was scripted by Norville and received a rewrite from Shelton. Costner joined the project in June 1995, having previous worked with Shelton on Bull Durham. Filming was due to start on September 15, 1995.[4]

Janine Turner was reportedly the first choice for the role of Molly Griswold, but she turned it down. Michelle Pfeiffer was also approached before Rene Russo was then cast. Pierce Brosnan and Alec Baldwin were considered for the part of David Simms, before Don Johnson was placed in the film. John Leguizamo was offered the character of Romeo Posar, until Cheech Marin stepped in to do the role.

Kevin Costner trained extensively with Gary McCord to learn how to play golf, as stated in the foreword Costner wrote for McCord's book, Golf For Dummies. McCord, helped Costner develop a swing and pre-shot routine, is listed in the end credits as a golf consultant and has a cameo appearance in the film.[5]

The film's climactic scenes take place at a fictional U.S. Open tournament set in North Carolina. Some of the film was shot in Kingwood, Texas, and some was shot at Tubac GC in Tubac, Arizona. The movie's 18th hole is actually the 4th hole on Kingwood's Deerwood course; the lake that guards the front of the green on this beautiful and difficult par-5, actually a par 4 in real life, was built for the movie by the film company.

There are (credited) cameo appearances by pro golfers, including Phil Mickelson, Craig Stadler, John Cook, Johnny Miller, Lee Janzen, Billy Mayfair, Corey Pavin, Fred Couples and Peter Jacobsen—as well as TV golf broadcasters Jim Nantz, Ken Venturi, Gary McCord, Ben Wright, Frank Chirkinian, Lance Barrow, Peter Kostis, Jimmy Roberts, Brian Hammonds and George Michael—all playing themselves.

Many of the golf shots by Roy McAvoy (Kevin Costner) were made by Costner himself.[6]

The scene at the end of the movie where Roy McAvoy hits the shot into the water hazard again and again was based on an actual event. Gary McCord is an actual commentator and pro on the Champions Tour. In a tournament where he had a similar shot to McAvoy's, he needed a birdie to win and went for it. He shot over and over again and finally got it in 16 strokes. In the movie, McAvoy holes out the shot and gets it in 12.[7]

The scene with a Costner golf shot that knocked a pelican off its perch was also a real-life scenario inspired by McCord.[citation needed]

The film included product placement from Taylor Made. Don Johnson's character David Simms uses a Taylor Made golf bag and clubs. Costner also used Taylor Made but the prop department repainted and sanded the clubs to make them look suitably rough.[8]

Other[]

An annual golf tournament located in Charlotte, NC that benefits the American Cancer Society is named the "Tin Cup Tournament". It is the American Cancer Society's largest single-day golf event in the Carolinas. Play is always on the second Monday of August. The 2004 REMAX World Long Drive Champion, David Mobley, is an annual celebrity guest. Most recently, the location is at Ballantyne Resort Golf Course. A yearly golf outing in Appleton, WI is called the Tin Cup Open and players are only able to play with a 7 iron club, inspired by McAvoy's qualifying meltdown. The outing raises funds for the local Early Intervention Program of Outagamie and Winnebago Counties and is a yearly big draw.

After carding a quadruple bogey and a double bogey on the 17th and 18th holes of the 2013 Players Championship, "Tin Cup" became a nickname for professional golfer Sergio García.[9]

Eddie Pepperell was disqualified from a tournament in 2019 after running out of balls in a moment that was compared to the movie.[10][11]

Reception[]

Box office[]

The movie debuted at No. 1.[12] In its opening weekend the film earned $10.1 million and went on to earn $54 million at the US box office, and a worldwide total of $75.8 million against a budget of $45 million.[2]

Critical response[]

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 72% based on reviews from 53 critics. The site's consensus states: "Breezy and predictable, Tin Cup is a likeable sports comedy that benefits greatly from Kevin Costner's amiable lead performance."[13] On Metacritic the film has a score of 60 out of 100, based on reviews from 19 critics.[14] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade B on scale of A to F.[15]

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3 out of 4 and wrote: "Well written. The dialogue is smart and fresh."[16] Todd McCarthy of Variety magazine wrote: "Amiable and constantly amusing rather than uproarious, this mangy tale of a ne'er-do-well's fitful assault on personal and professional respectability benefits greatly from Kevin Costner's ingratiatingly comic star turn, his most appealing work in years."[17]

Soundtrack[]

The soundtrack was released through Sony in 1996.

  1. "Little Bit Is Better Than Nada" - The Texas Tornados
  2. "Cool Lookin' Woman" - Jimmie Vaughan
  3. "Crapped Out Again" - Keb' Mo'
  4. "Big Stick" - Bruce Hornsby
  5. "Nobody There But Me" - Bruce Hornsby
  6. "Let Me into Your Heart" - Mary-Chapin Carpenter
  7. "I Wonder" - Chris Isaak
  8. "This Could Take All Night" - Amanda Marshall
  9. "Back to Salome" - Shawn Colvin
  10. "Just One More" - George Jones
  11. "Where Are You Boy" - Patty Loveless
  12. "Every Minute, Every Hour, Every Day" - James House
  13. "Character Flaw" - Joe Ely
  14. "Double Bogey Blues" - Mickey Jones

References[]

  1. ^ Tin Cup at the American Film Institute Catalog
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Tin Cup". The Numbers.
  3. ^ Maslin, Janet (August 16, 1996). "Tin Cup (1996) When Golf Is Life And Life a Game". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  4. ^ Variety Staff (5 June 1995). "Costner is 'Tin's' man". Variety.
  5. ^ Gary McCord & John Huggan, Golf for Dummies. New York: John Wiley & Sons (1999): 21[ISBN missing]
  6. ^ Auclair, T.J. "Story behind 'Tin Cup' hole". PGA.com. PGA/Turner Sports Interactive. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  7. ^ Williams, Doug. "Listed: The 10 worst holes in PGA history". ESPN.com. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  8. ^ John Horn (June 5, 1996). "Product Placement: Consumerism Reaches New Heights in Movies". AP NEWS.
  9. ^ Mark Cannizzaro (May 13, 2013). "Tiger Woods wins Players Championship by two strokes; Sergio Garcia puts three balls in water over final two holes". New York Post. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  10. ^ "Eddie Pepperell disqualified in Turkey for running out of balls". The Independent. 2019-11-09. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  11. ^ "Pepperell makes watery exit after Tin Cup moment". Reuters. 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  12. ^ Snow, Shauna (1996-08-20). "Morning report". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-12-30.[dead link]
  13. ^ "Tin Cup (1996)". Rotten Tomatoes.
  14. ^ "Tin Cup". Metacritic.
  15. ^ "TIN CUP (1996) B". CinemaScore. Archived from the original on 2018-12-20.
  16. ^ Ebert, Roger (1996). "Tin Cup movie review & film summary (1996)". Chicago Sun-Times.
  17. ^ McCarthy, Todd (5 August 1996). "Tin Cup". Variety.

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