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Dominican Rep. The Champ
- Original title
- The Champ
- Year
- 1979
- Running time
- 118 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Walter Newman. Story: Frances Marion
- Cast
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Jon Voight
Faye Dunaway
Rick Schroder
Jack Warden
Arthur Hill
Strother Martin
Joan Blondell
Mary Jo Catlett
Elisha Cook Jr.
Stefan Gierasch
Allan Miller- Joe Tornatore
- Shirlee Kong
- Jeff Blum
Dana Elcar- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Melodrama. Sports. Boxing. Remake
- Movie Groups
- Frances Marion Adaptations
- Synopsis
- Tearjerking story of an ex-boxing champion, Billy Flynn, who is managing to support his son, and continually training for the come-back that never quite comes off...
- Awards
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1979: Nominated for Oscar: Best Soundtrack1979: Golden Globes: New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture - Male (Schroder). 2 Nominations1980: Premios de la Academia Japonesa: nominated to Best Foreign Language Film.
- Critics' reviews
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"The tear-jerking is so determined and persistent that your ducts feel as if they'd been worked over with a catheter."
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