No, this movie title is not referring to a round played in the KSA, but is actually the book title with the same name that has finally made it to the silver screen. It languished for years with many able movie makers, the likes of Clint Eastwood and Gus Van Sant, making valiant attempts to get it made into a movie.
Michael Murphy wrote the book in 1972 and it became gospel for those who read it. What's so delicious about the making of this movie is that it was pulled together by two females; Susan Streitfeld, who directed and wrote the script and Mindy Affrime, the producer. Neither of whom is a golfer.
One of my daughters and I are golfers so the deliciousness comes from the removal of a testosterone marinade that would killed the existential aspect of the plot. Women are able film makers and begs for a comparison about women being better bakers. Why? Because women bakers are better dough handlers than their male counterparts and this is often true of female film makers in regard to certain subjects. They gently mold what is in their hands. The product doesn't come out managled and maimed.
In this case, the screenplay remained Michael's story rather being manipulated into some roman à clef, or a tale of a middle age crisis.
Golf in the Kingdom opens up in New York City this Friday and I hope to see it soon.
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