Resurrecting the Champ

Resurrecting the Champ

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Sports

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  • Genre(s): Drama
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Rod Lurie, Nancy Joy McDonald
  • Cast(s): Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett, Alan Alda, Teri Hatcher, Kathryn Morris See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 52min
  • Music: Larry Groupé
  • Award(s): ESPY 2008 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: "Wuthering Heights", 180
  • Story:
    Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect 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.
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6.7/10
IMDb

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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect 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.
Ratings

6.7/10

IMDb

AWARDS

Nominations
ESPY Award

Best Sports Movie | 2008

Young Artist Award

Best Performance in a Feature Film Young Actor Age Ten or Younger | 2008 | Dakota

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

The story was inspired by the article "Resurrecting the Champ" by J.R. Moehringer, which appeared in the Los Angeles Times Magazine in 1997. Although the article indeed purportedly focused on Bob Satterfield, there are various other differences with the true story. Moehringer had no children, and his father was not well-known, though he did abandon his family, when the writer was an infant.

In the original article in the Los Angeles Times, the gentleman who first makes the journalist question the truth of "the champ's" identity is Ernie Terrell, a heavyweight contender who is perhaps most famous for being severely beaten by Muhammad Ali, after Terrell had refused to refer to Ali by his new name at the weigh-in for their fight, instead addressing Ali by his former name of Cassius Clay.

Popular Dialogues

"Champ: I'm not a bum; just homeless."

"Champ: [Stares at the money Erik gave him] You helped the Champ when he was down and halfway out! I won't forget this."

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