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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Resurrecting the champ / Yari Film Group presents a Phoenix Pictures/Battleplan production ; produced by Brad Fischer, Marc Frydman, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, Bob Yari ; screen story by Michael Bortman and Allison Burnett ; screenplay by Michael Bortman and Allison Burnett ; directed by Rod Lurie.

Publisher, Date:

Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2008]

Description:

1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Erik Kernan is an up-and-coming sports reporter who rescues a homeless man only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect the Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: PG-13; for some violence and brief language.

Subjects:

Sportswriters -- United States -- Drama.

Homeless men -- United States -- Drama.

African American boxers -- Drama.

Families -- United States -- Drama.

Genre:

Sports films.

Film adaptations.

Fiction films.

Feature films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Fischer, Bradley J.

Frydman, Marc.

Medavoy, Mike.

Messer, Arnold W.

Yari, Bob.

Bortman, Michael.

Burnett, Allison.

Jackson, Samuel L.

Hartnett, Josh, 1978-

Morris, Kathryn.

Goyo, Dakota.

Alda, Alan, 1936-

Nichols, Rachel, 1980-

Hatcher, Teri.

Shaw, Kristen.

Sandow, Nick.

Paymer, David.

Lennix, Harry J.

Coyote, Peter.

Moehringer, J. R.

Yari Film Group.

Phoenix Pictures.

Battleplan Productions.

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.

Notes:

Based on the Los Angeles Times magazine article by J.R. Moehringer.

Director of photography, Adam Kane ; editor, Sarah Boyd ; music, Larry Groupé ; costume designer, Wendy Partridge ; production designer, Ken Rempel.

Samuel L. Jackson, John Hartnett, Kathryn Morris, Dakota Goyo, Alan Alda, Rachel Nichols, Teri Hatcher, Kristen Shaw, Nick Sandow, David Paymer, Harry J. Lennix, Peter Coyote.

DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.

English dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

ISBN:

9786311682777

631168277X

Publisher Number:

2249549

2249550

Other Number:

180194032

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

739566

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Resurrec