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Director, 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 drama starring Josh Hartnett and Samuel L. Jackson.Product Identifiers
ProducerBob Yari, Marc Frydman
EAN5060116726275
eBay Product ID (ePID)102226270
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleResurrecting the Champ
ActorAlan Alda, Samuel L. Jackson, Kathryn Morris, David Paymer, Teri Hatcher, Josh Hartnett
DirectorRod Lurie
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
Release Year2011
FeaturesWidescreen, With Subtitles
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
GenreDrama, General
Additional Product Features
Certificate12A/12
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Production DesignerKen Rempel
Consumer AdviceContains moderate violence and one use of strong language
Additional InformationDirector 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 drama starring Josh Hartnett and Samuel L. Jackson. Erik (Hartnett) is a Denver-based sports writer whose prose is dull and whose marriage is failing. Not only is Erik having a difficult time dealing with his stubborn editor Metz (Alan Alda) - who refuses to take the suffering scribe off of the boxing beat - but the pain of being separated from his young son has weighed heavier on Erik's conscience than he could have ever imagined. When Erik sees a local homeless man (Samuel L. Jackson) being violently assaulted by a gang of sadistic street toughs, he instinctively comes to the suffering man's rescue. As fate would have, Erik discovers that the nondescript homeless man is actually the former boxing champion Battling Bob Satterfield, whom many sports fans had assumed dead. Now driven to tell the story that may establish him as a successful sports writer, Erik must begin to make the transformation from ordinary man to extraordinary champion.
Movie/TV TitleResurrecting The Champ
Executive ProducerFrederick Zollo
Sound sourceDolby Digital\Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
ScreenwriterRod Lurie, Michael Bortman
CinematographerAdam Kane
EditorSarah Boyd