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1. www.berkshireeagle.com › archives › resurrecting-the'Resurrecting the Champ': True story with feeling

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   Aug 27, 2007 · Played with a high, tentative voice and a large repertoire of shuffles, tics and other uncharacteristically pathetic traits by Samuel L. Jackson, the homeless man still possesses some slick moves but, more importantly, is a font of great ring lore and poignant personal tragedy.

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3. www.imdb.com › title › tt0416185Resurrecting the Champ (2007) - Plot - IMDb

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   Synopsis. Erik Kernan Jr. (Josh Hartnett) is a young sports reporter for a major Denver newspaper. He is frustrated that his editor is burying some of his reports on sporting events. Ralph Metz (Alan Alda), the editor, explains that Erik's stories are boring, too dry with no personality.

4. www.nytimes.com › 2007/08/24 › moviesResurrecting the Champ - Movies - Review - The New York Times

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   Aug 24, 2007 · By Stephen Holden. Aug. 24, 2007. “Resurrecting the Champ” is a cautionary fable that every journalistic go-getter dreaming of front-page bylines would do well to heed. Though the story is...

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   • Director: Rod Lurie

5. www.tcwreviews.com › 2008 › 04Review: Resurrecting the Champ (2007) [Reviewed By Kelsey ...

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   Apr 17, 2008 · The story was based on legendary boxing heavy weight champion, Bob Satterfield. Resurrecting the Champ took this article by J.R. Moehringer and built off of it through fictionalized accounts of the author’s life as well as his relationship with his interviewee, the imposter of Satterfield.

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   Resurrecting The Champ — An up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man (''Champ'') only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away.

7. www.rogerebert.com › resurrecting-the-champ-2007Resurrecting the Champ movie review (2007) | Roger Ebert

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   In Rod Lurie's "Resurrecting the Champ," a sportswriter stumbles on the story of a Skid Row drunk who used to be a contender. Erik (Josh Hartnett) has been told by his editor he is sloppy and lazy, and when he comes upon Champ, it's like a gift from heaven.

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   What is resurrecting the Champ about?

   • In Rod Lurie's "Resurrecting the Champ," a sportswriter stumbles on the story of a Skid Row drunk who used to be a contender. Erik ( Josh Hartnett) has been told by his editor he is sloppy and lazy, and when he comes upon Champ, it's like a gift from heaven.

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   Is resurrecting the Champ based on a true story?

   • “Resurrecting the Champ” is a cautionary fable that every journalistic go-getter dreaming of front-page bylines would do well to heed. Though the story is distantly based on fact, its protagonist, Erik Kernan (Josh Hartnett), is fictional. His sudden reversal of career fortune, following a brief, heady triumph, lends the movie moral traction.

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   How does resurrect Champ's story become a personal journey?

   • What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family. A young journalist comes to the aid of a homeless man who claims he is a former heavy weight title contender.

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   Is resurrecting the Champ a good movie?

   • “Resurrecting the Champ” captures the hard-boiled tone of a big-city newsroom almost perfectly. Several of the strongest scenes involve a weary, unsmiling Mr. Alda and David Paymer as the more gregarious editor of the magazine, who gives Erik his break by putting his article on the cover.

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   Aug 24, 2007 · Summary One night after leaving the paper, sports reporter Erik Kernan sees a gang of thugs beating up a homeless man. He notices how well the grizzly old fellow can take a punch. He bobs, he weaves, he lands a few good ones himself until Erik chases the thugs away, who leave jeers of how they beat "The Champ" in their wake.