Tin Cup

Director: Ron Shelton Ron Shelton

Overview

Roy McAvoy (Kevin Costner) is a talented golf pro, who owns his own driving range. That sounds impressive, but the reality is quite different. While it's true that Roy is indeed a talented golfer and does own a driving range, it is in a tiny, unheard of Texas backwater. With almost no customers, he is likely to go broke. His golfing talents remain untapped and his life is rapidly going nowhere. To pass the time, he drinks a lot of beer with his buddies, or swings at a bucket of balls. Sometimes, he even plays real golf, and his friend and assistant Romeo (Cheech Marin) caddies for him. That's all there is for Roy, until he is wakened from his deathlike reverie by a visit from a newcomer in town, psychologist Molly Griswold (Renee Russo). Teaching her how to swing a club reminds him of feelings he had nearly forgotten. Discovering that she is the girlfriend of his old golfing rival, David Simms (Don Johnson), goads him yet further, and he returns to the PGA golf tour to compete in the U.S. Open. Maybe he'll get Molly for himself, maybe not, but in the meantime he has some things to prove to himself.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/30/2009
UPC:	0883929077236
Original Release:	1996
Rating:	R
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:15:00
Sales rank:	19,910

Special Features

Closed Caption; Production notes

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Kevin Costner	Roy "Tin Cup" McAvoy,Grandchild
Rene Russo	Dr. Molly Griswold
Cheech Marin	Romeo Posar
Don Johnson	David Simms
Linda Hart	Doreen
Dennis Burkley	Earl
Rex Linn	Dewey
Lou Myers	Clint
Richard Lineback	Curt
George Perez	Jose
Mickey Jones	Turk
Michael Milhoan	Boone
Amy Alcott	Actor
Gary McCord	Himself
Craig Stadler	Himself
Kris Ancira	Golden Tassel Dancer
Peter Jacobsen	Himself
Tommy Armour III	Actor
Jim Nantz	CBS Announcer
Ken Venturi	CBS Announcer
Ben Wright	CBS Announcer
Brad Britton	Jacobsen's Caddie
Frank Chirkinian	CBS Coordinating Producer
Bill Caplan	US Open Starter
Lance Barrow	CBS Director
Brian Hammons	1st Golf Channel Announcer
John Cook	Actor
Mike Ritz	2nd Golf Channel Announcer
Bill Costner	Grandparent With Dog
Peter Kostis	Golf Channel Reporter
Jimmy Roberts	ESPN Reporter
Sharon Costner	Grandparent With Dog
Fred Couples	Actor
Steve Elkington	Actor
Arina Gasanova	19th Hole Waitress
Sandy Gibbons	Local Qualifier Official
Rob Harris	Simms' Agent
Harold Herthum	Bartender
Susan Cabral	Patient in Exit Room,Actor
Lee Janzen	Actor
Jess King	Guy at Bar
Frederick Lewis	Guy at Bar
Steven "Sven" Lewison	Simms' Caddie
Bruce Lietzke	Actor
Andrew Magee	Actor
Jeff Maggert	Actor
John Mahaffey	Actor
Allan Malamud	US Open Reporter
Billy Mayfair	Actor
Blaine McCallister	Actor
Nick Kiriazis	Guy at Bar
Sharyn McCreedy	Golden Tassel Waitress
Gregory Avellone	Actor
Jim McLean	Actor
Phil Mickelson	Actor
David Ogrin	Actor
William Ross	Composer
Jerry Pate	Actor
Tom Purtzer	Actor
George Micheal	Host of "The Sports Machine"
Del Roy	Local Qualifier Starter
Mike Standly	PGA Golfer
Corey Pavin	Actor
Tom Todoroff	Guy at Bar
Howard Twitty	Actor
D.A. Weibring	Actor
Gregory Buff White	PGA Tour Player
Kevin Wilson	Mickelson's Caddie
Melissa Young	Beautiful Blonde

Technical Credits

Ron Shelton

John Norville

Ron Shelton	Director,Screenwriter
John Norville	Screenwriter
Gary Foster	Producer
Ed Johnston	Casting
David Lester	Producer,Producer
Arnon Milchan	Executive Producer
Victoria Thomas	Casting
Raymond King	Special Effects
David E. Campbell	Sound Effects
Kay Colvin	Sound Effects
Kirk Francis	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

The best sports comedy from co-writer/director Ron Shelton since Bull Durham (1988), this lively, funny character-driven piece is a kinder, gentler, and, since the subject is golf instead of baseball, more pastoral film than the one that made Shelton and star Kevin Costner famous. That doesn't mean that it's less of a movie, as Shelton offers up a handful of memorable scenes, one a classic involving the protagonist's inability, down to a seemingly genetic level, to make the smart play. Like so much of the rest of the film, it is a breathtaking bit of writing in its giddy duality, presenting the hero as both heartbreakingly stupid and yet simultaneously noble (and ultimately, right). Costner, who is sometimes unintentionally funny in the sort of smart, competent roles he usually takes, is perfectly likable and winning as a talented dope. Supporting work is uniformly good, with Rene Russo effectively brittle in the smart female lead role usually inhabited by Shelton's wife, Lolita Davidovich, and the future Nash Bridges pairing of Don Johnson and Cheech Marin winning in comic roles as, respectively, the film's antagonist and the hero's guy Friday. As proven by the later failure of The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000), golf is a tough, slow-moving sport for cinematic translation, making Shelton's achievement with Tin Cup (1996) all the more impressive.