Realização:
John HustonArgumento:
Leonard GardnerCâmara:
Conrad L. HallMúsica:
Marvin HamlischElenco:
Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, Susan Tyrrell, Candy Clark, Nicholas Colasanto, Curtis Cokes, Sixto Rodriguez, Al SilvaniStreaming (1)
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Set in California, the story revolves around the lives of poor fighters. Stacy Keach is Tully, a down-on-his-luck alcoholic boxer living in a flophouse and earning money as a field worker while trying for a comeback. Jeff Bridges is Ernie, his 18-year-old protege who is setting himself up for the same hard-luck life. Tully tries to pass his wisdom on to Ernie, attempting to give the kid the chances that he missed. Meanwhile, Tully also becomes involved with Oma (Susan Tyrell), a raging alcoholic who does nothing but drag him further down. (texto oficial do distribuidor)
(mais)Críticas (2)
This is one of those movies where you feel like hope dies last, but here, it simply died. It's as if everything the characters do is just to keep struggling in what could still be considered life, but not a particularly nice one. It's like they couldn't ever rise from that bottom, which could indeed be worse, to the surface again. Intense and above all well-acted.
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An existential drama set in the world of boxing, which follows the destinies of two boxers, the once-successful Bill Tully and the promising young Ernie. It's a nostalgic story that doesn't offer much reason for optimism, yet the film contains some humorous dialogue of sorts. The final scene in the bar over a cup of coffee, however, has a very depressing tone... In the end, I would like to add that Stacy Keach portrayed the role of a tough guy drowning his life's failures in alcohol exceedingly convincingly, and seeing Jeff Bridges at the beginning of his remarkable career was quite an experience for me. (80%)
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