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Title Resurrecting the champ [videorecording] / Yari Film Group presents a Phoenix Pictures/Battleplan production ; produced by Mike Medavoy ... [et al.] ; screen story and screenplay by Michael Bortman and Allison Burnett ; directed by Rod Lurie.

Imprint Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 1st Fl DVD Collection  DVD Resurrecting    ---  Available
Description 1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Note Title from container.
Based on the Los Angeles Times magazine article by J.R. Moehringer.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.
Special features: commentary with the director; featurette; cast and crew interviews; theatrical trailer.
Credits Director of photography, Adam Kane ; editor, Sarah Boyd ; music, Larry Groupe ; costume designer, Wendy Partridge ; production designer, Ken Rempel.
Cast Samuel L. Jackson, John Hartnett, Kathryn Morris, Alan Alda, Rachel Nichols, Teri Hatcher, David Paymer.
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.
Audience MPAA rating: PG-13; for some violence and brief language.
System Details DVD, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.
Language English dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Subject Sportswriters -- United States -- Drama.
Homeless men -- United States -- Drama.
African American boxers -- Drama.
Families -- United States -- Drama.
Deportes -- Escritura -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro.
Boxeadores -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro.
Sportswriters -- United States -- Drama.
Homeless men -- United States -- Drama.
African American boxers -- Drama.
Families -- United States -- Drama.
DVD-Video discs.
Feature films.
Genre/Form Melodrama -- Feature.
Sports -- Feature.
Melodrama.
Boxing films.
Sports films.
Added Author Medavoy, Mike.
Bortman, Michael.
Burnett, Allison, 1958-
Lurie, Rod, 1962-
Jackson, Samuel L.
Hartnett, Josh, 1978-
Morris, Kathryn.
Alda, Alan, 1936-
Nichols, Rachel, 1980-
Hatcher, Teri.
Paymer, David, 1954-
Moehringer, J. R., 1964-
Yari Film Group (Firm)
Phoenix Pictures.
Battleplan Productions.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
Standard No. 024543495499

 
    
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