The Main Event

The Main Event

Movie |

Boxer | Sports

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  • Genre(s): Comedy, Romance
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Howard Zieff, Ed Milkovich, Pat Kehoe, Karen Hale Wookey, Gary Daigler See all Crew
  • Cast(s): Barbra Streisand, Ryan ONeal, Paul Sand, Whitman Mayo, Patti DArbanville See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 52min
  • Music: Michael Melvoin
  • Award(s): Stinker 1979 (Won)
    Golden Globe 1980 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Jingle Bell Heist, A Merry Little Ex-Mas
  • Story:
    Hillary Kramer, successful Perfume magnate awakes one morning to find that her accountant has robbed her blind and left for South America. Going through all of her remaining assets she finds a boxer, purchased as a tax write off. She decides to take Kid Natural, (Eddie Scanlon) who is much more at home giving driving lessons, into the ring and use him as her key to riches. Eddie thinks this will only get him killed and resists.
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5.5/10
IMDb

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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
Hillary Kramer, successful Perfume magnate awakes one morning to find that her accountant has robbed her blind and left for South America. Going through all of her remaining assets she finds a boxer, purchased as a tax write off. She decides to take Kid Natural, (Eddie Scanlon) who is much more at home giving driving lessons, into the ring and use him as her key to riches. Eddie thinks this will only get him killed and resists.
Ratings

5.5/10

IMDb

AWARDS

Won
Stinker Award

Worst Actress | 1979 | Barbra

Worst OnScreen Couple | 1979 | Barbra

Worst Sense of Direction Stop them before they direct again | 1979 | Howard

Peoples Choice Award

Favorite ThemeSong from a Motion Picture | 1980

Nominations
Golden Globe Award

Best Original Song Motion Picture | 1980 | Paul

Stinker Award

Worst Actor | 1979 | Ryan

Worst Fake Accent Male | 1979 | Richard

Jupiter Award

Best International Actress | 1979 | Barbra

Best International Actor | 1979 | Ryan

BOX OFFICE

Box Office Collection 44,800,000 USD

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

Diana Ross was the original intended star. According to a Barbra Streisand biography, Ross left the project after her brief affair with Ryan O'Neal turned sour.

Reportedly, the film's stars Ryan O'Neal and Barbra Streisand once had a personal relationship prior to making this movie.

Barbra Streisand's music on the soundtrack represented the music performer's first recordings into the genre of disco music.

Barbra Streisand reportedly directed at least one scene in this movie herself (the sequence with both leads fishing and walking in the snow) after director Howard Zieff vetoed them.

Producer Jon Peters, who was Barbra Streisand's boyfriend at the time, has since said, "I talked Barbra into doing that ("The Main Event"). It was time for us to do another film and I felt a comedy was the best way to go."

Popular Dialogues

"Percy: Man, you is the dumbest white guy I know."

"Hillary Kramer: We're gonna get better fights with nicer people."