Logline
A spirited young boy from a broken home dreams that if he can beat Jack Nicklaus at the 1975 Masters he will reunite his parents
Synopsis
In 1969, at the height of the Vietnam War, 2 year old REDWOOD FOREST HANSON watched from the backseat of a beat up Volkswagen Van while his mother left his father at the Canadian/American border for good. At the very moment his Mother walked away, Redwood, aided with the background radio news of another JACK NICKLAUS victory, had the beginning of a stress induced epiphany: Beat JACK NICKLAUS, the world’s greatest golfer, and his parents would reunite.
9 years later, 11 year old Redwood has yet to defeat Nicklaus and lives in Canada with his draft dodging, dope dealing hippie father, who cannot with all his love make life any easier for his son. School is a constant battle, and even with the aid of his two best friends – an ancient golf club and a 10 year old born-again Christian – his dreams continue to drift. To make matters worse, his father is arrested in a drug deal gone wrong and Redwood is moved to the U.S to live with his mother. His struggle continues further as his mother’s new husband is abusive, his stepbrothers are mean spirited and his only real ally is his elderly agoraphobic step-grandfather who lives in the basement.
With his dreams seemingly crushed, Redwoods imagination reaches new heights and with the aid of his grandfather he’s only one shot away from defeating Jack Nicklaus, freeing his father from jail and reuniting his parents once again.
