And he sees the value in anyone taking the time to reach out and help someone else. “He’s kind of a mentor person.”Īn Academy Award winner and a veteran of over one hundred films, Duvall points to Marlon Brando in his own acting career as a mentor of sorts who influenced himself as well as other young actors of his generation. “It was nice to play a part like that,” Robert Duvall says of Johnny, who stands in stark contrast to the actor’s most recent role as a hermit seeking reconciliation in 2010’s Get Low. Carrying his baggage full of frustrations due to poor performance, a broken relationship with his father (who just happens to be Luke’s caddy and is living out his own golf dreams through his son) and the realization that he doesn’t know who he is anymore or what he wants out of life, Luke agrees to stay. So what does the young golfer have to lose? He’s at the end of himself, and he’s got a few days off from the golf tournament circuit. someone who understands the game, someone who’s experienced loss and someone who knows all too well the bumpy road that brought Luke to the crossroads he’s standing at today. Luke doesn’t realize it yet, but he’s hearing from a former golf professional. “Spend seven days in Utopia,” Johnny Crawford says in his unusual offer. He doesn’t know it then, but he will find himself in just a week’s time after an initial meeting with an eccentric rancher who owns a tiny, dilapidated golf course in the middle of nowhere. When Russell, who for the last decade has worked in Hollywood’s visual effects world ( Live Free or Die Hard, Night at the Museum), first read Cook’s novel, he was attracted by the responsibility of carrying such an important faith-based message from page to screen that would “glorify the Lord.” It’s not about the 500 followers you have on Twitter or the 3,000 Facebook friends you have.” It’s about people who are around you, your friends, your family, your loved ones. “Life is about what’s in your heart, your personal satisfaction and your personal relationship with God. Cook.įirst-time director and screenwriter Matthew Russell, who co-wrote the screenplay with Cook, found it an opportunity to explore something seen less often on-screen: the impact people can have in one another’s lives when they come together through mentoring relationships. It’s a powerful theme that runs through Seven Days in Utopia, a new film releasing Septemin select cities, that is based on the best-selling, inspirational novel, Golf’s Sacred Journey: Seven Days at the Links of Utopia, by top Peak Performance coach David L. It’s just choosing to reach out, make a difference and walk through this life together. Those in the tiny town of Utopia, Texas, though, know it’s not as hard as it sounds. And it seems like it shouldn’t be too hard to find.īut with the infiltration of “virtual community” (thanks a lot, technology), the truth is it’s getting harder and harder to find the real thing. It’s the buzzword heard in many a church congregation or self-help group these days.
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