Resurrecting the Champ
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- Synopsis
- Director and co-screenwriter (along with Chris Gerolmo, Allison Burnett, and Michael Bortman) Rod Lurie tells the uplifting tale of a sports writer who almost lost it all before stumbling into the story of a lifetime in this uplifting sports-themed ......
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- Starring
- Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett, Kathryn Morris, Alan Alda, Teri Hatcher
- Director(s)
- Rod Lurie
- Distributor(s)
- Yari Film Group
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 113 min.
Critic Reviews
Jackson disappears into his role, completely convincing, but then he usually is. What a fine actor. He avoids pitfalls like making Champ a maudlin tearjerker, looking for pity. He's realistic, even philosophical, about his life and what happened to him.Read the full review
It's the complexity of Lurie's moral universe that makes it linger in the mind.Read the full review
Charged by a knock-out performance from Samuel L. Jackson, this compelling story of manly redemption will deliver a winning boxoffice combination of word of mouth and ultimately step outside the generic ring of sports lore.Read the full review
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Headlines
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Ascot Elite picks up indie films for Germany
08/31/09 Switzerland's Ascot Elite Entertainment has picked up all German rights to a series of U.S. indie titles, including Richard Gere starrer "The Hoax" and boxing feature "Resurrecting the Champ" with Samuel L. Jackson, gangster title "What Doesn't Kill You" with Ethan Hawke and Mark Ruffalo and polit-drama "Nothing but the Truth" starring Kate Beckinsale and Matt Dillon. | The Hollywood Reporter -
Rod Lurie Tells Nothing But the Truth
04/30/09 Best known for the political thriller The Contender (2000), which received Oscar nominations for Joan Allen and Jeff Bridges, filmmaker Rod Lurie had not one, but two good movies ready to go in December. | Rotten Tomatoes -
Yari enters legal ring over 'Champ'
08/25/08 Bob Yari Prods. and Alliance Atlantis Releasing's Momentum Pictures are wrangling over monies paid for the U.K. distribution of "Resurrecting the Champ." | Variety
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