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Nebs
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 Resurrecting the Champ Resurrecting the Champ Quote: Resurrecting the Champ is a 2007 American drama film directed by Rod Lurie and written by Michael Bortman and Allison Burnett, based on the L.A. Times Magazine article by J.R. Moehringer. It stars Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett and Alan Alda, among others. It was filmed in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The film is set in Denver, Colorado. This film centers around the life and career of professional boxer Bob Satterfield.
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Bradley Witherberry
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Re: Resurrecting the Champ This is an odd little mutt!
A hybrid of sports underdog movie and investigative journalist movie.
It's about truth and lies - - and seeing as it's based on a true story, it's probably got it's own fair share of lies. It certainly told some uncomfortable truths about journalism.
Josh Hartnett, the poor man's Ryan Gosling, is a little too smirky to be entirely credible - - which in the particular case of this story turns out to be the best acting of his career.
Samuel L. Jackson? C'mon! Say no more, say no more...
The whole thing runs a little long, though that does give a chance for some secondary characters to shine with their cool casting of actors such as Alan Alda, Teri Hatcher, and David Paymer, not to mention Kathryn Morris as the ex-wife who is a crazy mix of brainy career woman and dirty old MILF.
I liked it.
4 out of 5.
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| Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:59 am |
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Magic Mike
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Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 4:53 am
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Location: Minnesota
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Re: Resurrecting the Champ I'd give it a 7/10 (B-). It was good. Not one I'd want to watch again though.
Did this get a new rating or did they make a mistake on the back art? Because it says it's PG on there, and it was PG-13. I can't believe it would be PG with it having the use of the "F" word (even if it was just once and other than that it's quite clean).
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jmovies
Let's Call It A Bromance
Joined: Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:22 pm
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Re: Resurrecting the Champ This hidden gem from 2007 has a strong cast ranging from Josh Hartnett and Samuel L. Jackson. While the story starts off by Hartnett's character, Erik Kernan Jr., befriending a homeless man who calls himself the "Champ" played by Jackson. "Champ" later reveals to Kernan that he is Bob Satterfield, a boxer thought to have died twenty years ago. The two grow a friendship and Kernan gets a chance to write an article about the once big star in a popular magazine. Once the story is published, Kernan gets huge praise but its revealed that "Champ" really isn't Satterfield but a boxer that Satterfield had beaten in a match a while back. Now being on the other side of the media, Kernan tries to make things better especially with Satterfield's adult son who was written about wrongly in the piece. The film really represents that you never know the true story until you get all the facts and have them 100% correct. It also represents some vivid positives and negatives of the journalism spectrum. A film that suprised me and had a good bit of acting. Go ahead and rent this on DVD. B-
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