Obviously timed to coincide with The Masters this weekend, Utopia Pictures has unveiled the trailer for the upcoming golf drama Seven Days in Utopia, which reteams Get Low actors Robert Duvall and Lucas Black along with a fleet of other recognizable names including recent Oscar winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter), Brian Geraghty (The Hurt Locker), Deborah Anne Woll (“True Blood”) and Kathy Baker who starred in the Duvall-directed 2003 feature Assassination Tango.
To be entirely honest, I hadn’t heard of this film before now, but the names attached captured my interest. The film is based on David Cook’s best-selling novel “Golf’s Sacred Journey: Seven Days at the Links of Utopia” and centers on Luke Chisolm (Black), a talented young golfer set on making the pro tour. When his first big shot turns out to be a very public disaster, Luke escapes the pressures of the game and finds himself unexpectedly stranded in Utopia, Texas, home to eccentric rancher Johnny Crawford (Duvall). But Johnny’s more than meets the eye, and his profound ways of looking at life force Luke to question not only his past choices, but his direction for the future.
I’ve included the trailer below. Give it a watch and let me know what you think. I watched it and can’t say I was blown away. Quite honestly, I don’t know how first time director and co-writer Matt Russell managed to wrangle the group of actors he did. Not saying the film looks bad as much as it just looks sort of run-of-the-mill. The film hits limited theaters on August 12.
