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Oct 1, 2023 · The Featherweight: Directed by Robert Kolodny. With James Madio, Ruby Wolf, Keir Gilchrist, Stephen Lang. Set in 1964, a camera crew follows Willie Pep, retired featherweight boxing champion.
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- Biography, Drama, Sport
- Robert Kolodny
- 2023-10-01
The Featherweight is a 2023 American biographical sports drama film directed by Robert Kolodny and starring James Madio as professional boxer Willie Pep. It premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 3, 2023.
Sep 3, 2023 · The Featherweight is a fictionalized account of the real-life two-time featherweight champion’s attempts to get back in the ring. The Italian-American fighter, who died in 2006 at the age...
- Lovia Gyarkye
Set in the mid-1960s, The Featherweight presents a gripping chapter in the true-life story of Italian-American boxer Willie Pep (PLAYED BY James Madio)—the winningest fighter of all time—who, down and out in his mid-40s and with his personal life in shambles, decides to make a return to the ring, at which point a documentary camera crew ...
Sep 20, 2023 · A meticulously designed, gutsily played biopic of world champion featherweight boxer Guglielmo Papaleo, better known as Willie Pep — covering not his 1940s glory days but his faltering...
- Guy Lodge
Sep 3, 2023 · The same lust drives Willie Pep (James Madio), the titular featherweight boxer in Robert Kolodny’s nifty debut feature. Aged 42, Pep plots a comeback, six years after hanging up his gloves.
In 1964, a camera crew follows retired featherweight boxing champion Willie Pep. Down and out in Hartford, Conn., married to a woman half his age and facing mounting debts, Pep decides to return...
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- Biography, Drama, Sports
