Culture: Birth of a biopic
We spent months conceiving our baby. Exciting work, but scary, too, especially when our inkjets dried up.
We were writing a movie together. But I thought of it as our baby, something we dreamed up together, labored over, primped and fussed with, and finally sent out into the world.
It started when a producer called about a book I wrote. “I love Tommy’s Honor,” he said. “Have you thought about turning it into a film?”
The book told the true story of “Old Tom” Morris and his son, Tommy, who pioneered modern golf in Scotland in the 1860s. More than a golf history, it was a family drama featuring…
