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'Bobby Jones' swings hard, doesn't connect emotionally
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BOBBY JONES, STROKE OF GENIUS -- ** 1/2 -- Jim Caviezel, Claire
Forlani, Jeremy Northam; rated PG (profanity).
"Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius" doesn't gallop like last year's
"Seabiscuit," although both films glorify athletes who inspired a
nation around the same depressed times. It's just the nature of
contrast between horse racing and golf, one as breakneck as the other
is leisurely. "Seabiscuit" had everything necessary to mythologize a
hero. The Jones movie simply has a hero.
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'Bobby Jones' swings hard, doesn't connect emotionally
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; BOBBY JONES, STROKE OF GENIUS -- ** 1/2 -- Jim Caviezel, Claire Forlani, Jeremy Northam; rated PG (profanity). "Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius" doesn't gallop like last year's "Seabiscuit," although both films glorify athletes who inspired a nation around the same depressed times. It's just the
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BOBBY JONES HEADS HOME TO ATLANTA.
Daily News Record
; ATLANTA -- What better place to open the new Bobby Jones prototype store than in the city where the great golfer was born, lived and is buried. Bobby Jones, the sportswear division of Hickey-Freeman, officially opened the 1,287-square-foot store at Lenox Square here on Dec. 6, just in time for
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BOBBY JONES: JAMES LEDDY.(marketing efforts)(Brief Article)
Advertising Age
; The impact casual office attire has had on the men's apparel business isn't lost on James Leddy. Mr. Leddy, 51, has lead the effort to expand the market for the elegant Bobby Jones golf clothing beyond the fairway as VP-sales and marketing for Bobby Jones, the sportswear division of Hartmarx
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BOBBY JONES TO OFFER BOYS' WEAR.(Bobby Jones sportswear division of Hickey Freeman )(Brief Article)
Daily News Record
; Byline: BRENDA LLOYD ATLANTA -- The Bobby Jones sportswear division of Hickey Freeman is launching a premium line of boys' and golf apparel targeted at parents with refined tastes. Bobby Jones Boyswear, to be made in luxury fabrics, will be sold in Bobby Jones specialty shops as well as better
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Harrods launches Bobby Jones shop in its London flagship.(Brief Article)
Daily News Record
; NEW YORK -- Harrods has installed the largest Bobby Jones sportswear shop in the United Kingdom at its London-based department store. The 437-square-foot shop on the fifth floor offers men's knit shirts, sweaters, trousers, vests and women's novelty printed and jacquard knit shirts. Harrods has
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Lancaster firm 'caddies' for 'Bobby Jones' film
Sunday News Lancaster, PA
; Fresh from his portrayal of Jesus in "The Passion of the Christ," actor Jim Caviezel will be playing another real-life character who is larger than life - at least in the eyes of golfers. In "Stroke of Genius," Caviezel plays Bobby Jones, the revered golfer who won the historic Grand Slam in 1930
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BOBBY JONES -- STILL THE LEADER IN THE (HIGH-END) CLUBHOUSE.(Hickey-Freeman sportswear division)
Daily News Record
; RETAIL STORES AND A MORE MODERATELY PRICED PLAYERS COLLECTION ARE PART OF STRATEGY GOING FORWARD NEW YORK -- Several years ago, before Jim Leddy worked for the Bobby Jones division of Hickey-Freeman, he read a Wall Street Journal story that amounted to something of a hatchet job on Hickey-Freeman's
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Hartmarx venture is in the (golf) bag; Bobby Jones clubs aimed at high-end duffer.(News)
Crain's Chicago Business
; Byline: H. LEE MURPHY Hartmarx Corp., hammered by the long decline in men's suit sales, is moving into another growth-challenged business: golf equipment. The Chicago-based clothing maker is launching a line of golf clubs under the Bobby Jones logo. Hartmarx already sells golf shirts and shorts
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Motorola's Bobby Jones phone.(Motorola)(Brief Article)
Wireless Week
; Motorola and Bobby Jones Sportswear announced the availability of the Bobby Jones Trophy Edition Motorola i99cl mobile phone. The limited edition phone is dark green with gold-colored accents and features Bobby Jones' signature and his logo of a golfer's silhouette. It is a flip-style phone with a
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`BOBBY JONES' CAPTURES LEISURELY PACE OF GOLF, BUT LACKS DRIVE
The Boston Globe
; In the short history of golf movies, "Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius" falls somewhere between the nostalgic hogwash of "The Legend of Bagger Vance" and the raffishness of "Tin Cup." (It doesn't pretend to scale the Olympian heights of "Caddyshack This is an old-fashioned sports hagiography of the
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