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Against The Ropes (DVD, 2004)

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Classification: 12. Becoming his boxing manager, she convinces him t hat he can fight his way out of a thug life, and together with veteran trainer Felix Reynolds, Jackie and Luther realize their dream s and take the boxing world by storm.

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Product Information

The story of the woman who became a boxing coach and went on to become commissioner for the International Female Boxers Association.

Product Identifiers

EAN5014437831439

eBay Product ID (ePID)30798008

Product Key Features

ActorOmar Epps, Meg Ryan, Charles S. Dutton, Tony Shalhoub

Film/TV TitleAgainst the Ropes

DirectorCharles S. Dutton

FormatDVD

Release Year2004

LanguageEnglish

FeaturesRingside Seat\Queen of the Ring Jackie Kallan the and Now\Theatrical Trailer

GenreDrama, General

Run Time106 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate12A/12

Number of Discs1

Additional InformationMeg Ryan stars in this fictionalized account of real-life boxing manager Jackie Kallen, the first female to ever make a name for herself in the sport. As the film begins she's just an assistant to the owner of a sleazy sporting arena, but her antagonism toward a mafia-affiliated boxing bigwig (Tony Shalhoub) and her hunch about the innate boxing talent of a young street thug named Luther (Omar Epps) lead her to take up managing. She recruits a retired trainer (Charles S. Dutton, who also directed) to mould Luther into a champ, and starts pushing and climbing through the sport's rampant sexism. The script by Cheryl Edwards is packed with platitudes and great throwaway lines, and to its credit the film doesn't shy away from showing Kallen's less flattering angles. Ryan looks and sounds great, sporting a fun Midwestern accent and a series of sexy outfits as she sashays through the cigar smoke and testosterone, tough-talking her way to victory in argument after argument. Though set in the present, AGAINST THE ROPES has a grungy 1970s feel to it, recalling ROCKY, THE CHAMP, THE MAIN EVENT and other films of the era. The real-life Kallen served as an associate producer.

ScreenwriterCheryl Edwards

Movie/TV TitleAgainst The Ropes