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The Main Event is a 1979 American sports romantic comedy film starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal, written by Gail Parent, directed by Howard Zieff, and produced by Jon Peters and Streisand. The film received negative reviews from critics, but was among the top 20 highest grossing films of the year at the box office.
Jun 22, 1979 · The Main Event: Directed by Howard Zieff. With Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Paul Sand, Whitman Mayo. A bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she picked up as a tax loss back into the ring - an idea her protégé isn't fond of.
When her boxer, Kid, Natural, goes up to a mountain camp to train for a big match, Streisand, as the manager, has to sleep in the same bunkhouse with the sparring partners and trainers. One woman, a dozen muscle bound and hairy guys, and it's bedtime.
Hillary Kramer, successful Perfume magnate awakes one morning to find that her accountant has robbed her blind and left for South America. Going through all of her remaining assets she finds a boxer, purchased as a tax write off.
Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal reunite in this fancy footwork romantic comedy about a bankrupt perfume manufacturer who finds her one remainingasset is the ownership of a boxer. 338 IMDb 5.5 1 h 49 min 1979. X-Ray PG. Comedy · Sports · Romance · Sweet. Available to rent or buy.
The Main Event (1979) Movie Info Synopsis When her accountant absconds with all her money, Hillary Kramer (Barbra Streisand) goes from reigning queen of the perfume business to flat broke.
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At an LA party where newly bankrupt perfume exec Hillary (Barbra Streisand), with help from her ex-husband lawyer (Paul Sand) is looking to sell shares in her last asset, over-the-hill fighter Eddie (Ryan O’Neal), who tangles with a pompous guest (John Reilly) in The Main Event, 1979.
Hillary Kramer, a successful Perfume magnate, awakes one morning to find that her accountant has robbed her blind and left for South America. Going through all of her remaining assets she finds a boxer, purchased as a tax write-off.
