<Li> Jack Lemmon (uncredited) as Narrator / Old Hardy Greaves </Li> <P> The plot is loosely based on the Hindu sacred text the Bhagavad Gita, where the Warrior / Hero Arjuna (R. Junuh) refuses to fight . The god Krishna appears as Bhagavan (Bagger Vance) to help him to follow his path as the warrior and hero that he was meant to be . This relationship was fully explained by Steven J. Rosen in his book Gita on the Green, for which Steven Pressfield wrote the foreword . </P> <P> Portions of the exhibition match were set at the Kiawah Island Golf Resort in South Carolina, United States, considered one of the toughest in the country . The scene in which Greaves has a heart attack was shot on No. 11 of the resort's Cougar Point golf course . The final hole in the film was temporary, so the filming did not interfere with the club activities, and cost US $200,000 to build . However, most of the golf scenes were filmed at Colleton River Plantation, just off Hilton Head Island . Certain segments of this film were also filmed in Savannah and Jekyll Island, Georgia . </P> <P> Reaction from the movie critics was mixed . Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 43% based on 129 reviews, with an average rating of 5.2 / 10 . The website's critical consensus reads, "Despite the talent involved in The Legend of Bagger Vance, performances are hindered by an inadequate screenplay full of flat characters and bad dialogue . Also, not much happens, and some critics are offended by how the film glosses over issues of racism ." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 47 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". </P>

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