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July 26, 1972
- The film premiered in the United States on July 26, 1972.
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Fat City is a 1972 American sports drama film directed and produced by John Huston, and adapted by Leonard Gardner from his 1969 novel of the same title. It stars Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, Susan Tyrrell, and Candy Clark in her film debut.
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Oct 6, 2023 · Q: When was Fat City released? A: Fat City was released in 1972. It was directed by John Huston and based on the novel of the same name by Leonard Gardner, who also wrote the screenplay.
Fat City (1972) Two men, barely 10 years apart in age, one with a lifetime of emptiness ahead of him, one with an empty lifetime already behind. This is what John Huston has to work with in "Fat City" and he treats it with a level, unsentimental honesty and makes it into one of his best films.
Jul 26, 1972 · Fat City: Directed by John Huston. With Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, Susan Tyrrell, Candy Clark. Two men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take different directions.
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Jun 30, 2012 · It's been 40 years since the release of the wonderfully affecting film Fat City, about a couple of small-time boxers in Stockton, California. At least that is its ostensible subject, but it...
Synopsis. In Stockton, California, faded former boxer Billy Tully visits a YMCA gymnasium where he is impressed by the youth and ability of eighteen-year-old Ernie Munger. After sparing with Ernie briefly, Billy pulls a muscle from lack of conditioning, but advises Ernie to see his manager, Ruben Luna, at the Lido gym.
The stories of two men in working class Stockton, CA, they at either end of a career or potential career in boxing, are told, the two who meet by chance in working out at the same time at the local Y.
