The true story of underdog boxer, Chuck Wepner, who gets a shot to fight the champ, Muhammed Ali.
01-18-2019
1h 35m
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Main Cast
Movie Details
Production Info
Director:
Ken Kushner
Production:
Circle 4 Entertainment, Aloe Entertainment, JARS Productions, Mass Hysteria Entertainment, Massive Film Project, Safier Entertainment
Key Crew
Producer:
Daniel Grodnik
Producer:
Rob Simmons
Producer:
Arthur L. Bernstein
Producer:
Adam Falkoff
Story:
Ken Kushner
Locations and Languages
Country:
US
Filming:
US
Languages:
en
Main Cast
Zach McGowan
Zach McGowan was born and raised in New York City, where he started acting at an early age in school productions. His passion for the stage followed him through his high school and college years and landed him on the New York City stage in 2003 where he honed his craft in numerous off Broadway productions. In 2005 Zach moved to Los Angeles to work in film and Television. Zach's film work includes "Terminator Salvation" directed by McG "The Hunt For Eagle One" (Sony Screen Gems) directed by Brian Clyde, "Crash Point" (Sony Screen Gems) directed by Henry Crum, and "Seal Team Six" directed by Mark Andrews. On Television Zach Guest-starred in the premiere episode of the 5th season of "Numb3rs", and in season 7 episode 6 of "CSI Miami." Zach's short film work includes leading roles in "The 14th Morning" (LA International Short Film Festival, New Haven Film Festival, and The Method Festival), and "Sadiq" (official 2006 MTVU Student Film Maker Award Nominee, and winner "Best Short" at the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival) by Sean Mullin. Zach can also be heard in numerous advertisements, video games, and animation projects doing Voice Over work. Zach lives in Los Angeles and is a member of both SAG and AFTRA.
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Taryn Manning (born November 6, 1978) is an American actress, fashion designer, and singer-songwriter. She is the vocalist for electronic duo Boomkat and co-owner of the clothing brand Born Uniqorn. Manning gained her first major role as an actress in 2001 when she played the role of Maddy in Crazy/Beautiful. She is well-known for her film portrayals in Crossroads, 8 Mile, A Lot Like Love, Hustle & Flow, Weirdsville and Jack and Jill vs. the World. She has appeared in film genres ranging from drama and comedy to science fiction.
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Gerald Tommaso DeLouise (April 30, 1940 – October 8, 2023), known professionally as Burt Young, was an American actor, author, and painter. He played Rocky Balboa's brother-in-law and best friend Paulie Pennino in the Rocky film series, his performance in the first installment of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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Tony Darrow (born Anthony Borgese; October 1, 1938) is an Italian-American actor.
Darrow was born in the East New York section of Brooklyn. Darrow had plenty of opportunity to observe would-be mobsters and their attitudes while growing up in his neighborhood in Brooklyn. As a teenager, he gravitated towards show business, entering and winning talent shows while working odd jobs.
After ten years of singing in nightclubs, Darrow received an offer to appear in what turned out to be a cult film, Street Trash in which he played a mobster. Several months after Street Trash, Darrow was contacted by the film director Martin Scorsese. It turned out that Scorsese had seen Street Trash and wanted him to audition for a role in Goodfellas. He was successful and was cast as the owner of the Bamboo Lounge, Sonny. Darrow was also in the Woody Allen films Bullets over Broadway, Mighty Aphrodite, Deconstructing Harry, Small Time Crooks and Sweet and Lowdown.
In 1999, Darrow played a large role in Analyze This with Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal. The following year, he appeared in Mickey Blue Eyes with Hugh Grant, and got another big role as mobster Larry Barese in the HBO hit series The Sopranos, which he was on for the entire series run (1999–2007). More recently, Darrow starred in the independent film Lynch Mob.
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William Lee Scott (born July 6, 1973) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of dim-witted high school student Stanley "Bullethead" Kuznocki on the WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show. Additionally, he appeared in the films Gone in 60 Seconds, Pearl Harbor, October Sky and The Butterfly Effect.
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Robert Clohessy (born June 10, 1958) is an American actor, known for playing Correctional Officer Sean Murphy on the HBO drama Oz. He was also a cast member in the final season of Hill Street Blues.
He has had recurring roles in the ABC daytime drama All My Children, Guiding Light, and appeared in the short lived Fox show New Amsterdam. He also played a semi-minor role in the film "Across the Universe", playing the part of Jude's long-lost father. He was also a series regular in short-lived shows such as Laurie Hill who at that time starred a then-unknown Ellen Degeneres.
He played the role of "Mike" in the Broadway Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Pal Joey, from November 2008 through February 2009. He is currently seen on HBO's new show Boardwalk Empire.
Joseph R. Gannascoli (born February 15, 1959) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Vito Spatafore on the HBO series The Sopranos. Prior to acting, Gannascoli was a professional chef. Gannascoli was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. In the 1980s, he attended St. John's University for two years, majoring in communications. He began his cooking career at Manhattan Market in 1981, before leaving to work at Commander's Palace in New Orleans, and then at various restaurants around the country.
Arthur L. Bernstein is a TV and film writer and producer, as well as A business developer. Credits include Walt Before Mickey and Swing State (both purchased by Netflix, Amazon, ITunes and Comcast) and New Life, a story about cancer which is currently on Amazon Prime. He just completed The Brawler, about former boxer Chuck Wepner, scheduled for release in 2019. Bernstein is also life insurance and employee benefits analyst with Richard S. Bernstein and Associates, Inc. located in Palm Beach.
Joseph Peter Pantoliano is an American actor who has played over 150 roles across film, television, and theater. He is best known for portraying Ralph "Ralphie" Cifaretto on the HBO crime drama The Sopranos (1999–2007), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, and Cypher in the sci-fi action film The Matrix (1999).
After early roles in the television series M* A * S * H and the comedy film Risky Business, Pantoliano gained recognition for numerous supporting roles in films and television shows such as Hill Street Blues, The Goonies, La Bamba, Empire of the Sun, Midnight Run, NYPD Blue, Memento, and Bad Boys and its sequels. He also appeared in The Fugitive and its spin-off U.S. Marshals. He began working with the Wachowskis in their directorial debut Bound, and later appeared in their film The Matrix and their sci-fi series Sense8.
Adam Falkoff is a founding partner and Co-Chairman of Circle 4 Entertainment, an independent financing and production company with close relationships to distributors and the major entertainment studios. The company has become a leader in the independent film space featuring a collection of award winning, inspiring films on determination, grit and achieving the American Dream. Circle 4 Entertainment continually seeks out new and interesting commercial full feature length film projects and currently has four additional films in development and three in pre-production.
Mr. Falkoff has produced, directed, and acted in theatrically released films generating millions of dollars in box office revenues. With all-star casts, Circle 4 Entertainment films have won multiple 'Best Picture' and 'Best Director' awards and have been the 'Best in Show' headline films in over a dozen film festivals, including part of the "Top 10" most downloaded films on Amazon Prime. His films include, Walt Before Mickey (2015), Swing State (2016), New Life (2016), The Brawler (2018), Stowaway (2019), and Honest Thief (2019). Mr. Falkoff and his team were invited to The White House to meet President Obama and screen Walt Before Mickey - a film whose central theme is immigrant perseverance and successfully achieving the American Dream. They were also invited by the US Congress to screen the film in the Capitol Building.
Mr. Falkoff is a member of The Collective, an organization dedicated to driving social change through film and technology. The Collective is comprised of leaders in entrepreneurship, film, music, business, technology, philanthropy, and other creative endeavors meeting annually at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. He lends his philanthropic expertise and mentorship to a Washington, D.C.- based nonprofit organization that provides young aspiring filmmakers in the inner city with educational and financial resources.
Mr. Falkoff is also the President and a Principal of CapitalKeys - regarded as one of the top global strategy and public affairs firms. While at CapitalKeys, among a variety of clients, he works on intellectual property issues of critical importance to the major film studios and represents foundations for actors seeking to continually raise awareness of their causes within the public policy space.
Adam Falkoff was featured in the "Power 100 List", a list of the 100 most powerful people in Washington, DC in the May, 2017 publication of Washington Life Magazine and again in the May 2018 publication. Earlier in his career, Mr. Falkoff served two U.S. Senators on Capitol Hill and a former Vice President of the United States.
Christine Kelly was born in Wheaton, Illinois. Bitten by the acting bug at the young age of ten, Christine performed in various plays and musicals in Summit, New Jersey where she grew up. Christine is a graduate from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and the Atlantic Acting School with a Bachelor in Fine Arts in Drama. She landed her first professional job and leading role at 16 years old. Christine has been in numerous films and TV shows since then. These experiences culminated in landing key supporting and leading roles alongside some of the most accomplished actors in the industry.
