MOVIE ON WIMBLEDON

THE STORY OF MOVIE:-Britain’s Peter Colt (PAUL BETTANY) has never quite lived up to his dreams of tennis stardom. Once ranked as high as number 11 in the world, the journeyman veteran has watched his number slip to 119 as his confidence on the court slowly ebbs away. At one time having faced some of the best players in the world, Peter Colt is now about to face voluntary retirement, a job at a club and a bevy of aging women awaiting tennis instruction in between facials and afternoon drinks.American Lizzie Bradbury (KIRSTEN DUNST), the rising star/bad girl of the international tennis set, is the promising new hotshot playing at her first Wimbledon. Focused, driven and pushed to a level of superlative playing by her equally driven, overprotective coach and father, Dennis (SAM NEILL), Lizzie lets nothing get in her way of the win—not a bad call, not an unexpected return and certainly not a short-lived romance with fellow rising American champ Jake Hammond (AUSTIN NICHOLS).

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION:-

The long history of the Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, regarded as the world’s leading tennis tournament, began with a “Gentlemen’s Singles” match in 1877. For the record, Spencer Gore won from a field of 22 players; around 200 spectators were charged one shilling to watch the final.
The not so long history of the Working Title Films romantic comedy Wimbledon began around 120 years later in the late 1990s, when screenwriters Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin came up with the idea of a love story set amidst the world of professional tennis.
Balancing all of the elements present in the story would prove a challenge for the filmmaker who would ultimately occupy the director’s chair—someone adept at handling the romantic, comedic and dramatic aspects, as well as someone who could capture the sport filmically, presenting it in a way that would “open up” the expected and stereotypical back-and-forth nature of the game.


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