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Plot

Bloodsport began life under the less alluring title Poetry in Motion. Gary Busey and Ben Johnson star as, respectively, a high-school football quarterback and his "winning is the only thing" father. The more his dad pushes him, the less Busey truly wants to be an athlete. The inter-family hostility comes to a head during an excitingly filmed climactic gridiron battle. Made for TV, Bloodsport was initially telecast on December 5, 1973.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Drama
Run Time:
73min.
Director(s):
Jerrold Freedman
Starring:
Ben Johnson , Gary Busey , Larry Hagman , Bill Lucking , David F. Doyle
Themes:
Football Players,Fathers and Sons
Keywords:
father,football,high-school,parent/child-relationship,quarterback