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    Resurrecting the Champ

    PG-132007 · Drama · 1h 52m

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  1. Budget. $13 million [1] Box office. $3,242,427 [2] Resurrecting the Champ is a 2007 American sports drama film directed by Rod Lurie and written by Michael Bortman and Allison Burnett, based on a Los Angeles Times Magazine article entitled "Resurrecting the Champ" by J. R. Moehringer. [3] The film centers on a fictionalized former athlete ...

    • August 24, 2007
  2. A young journalist comes to the aid of a homeless man who claims he is a former heavy weight title contender. Seeing a chance to redeem his struggling career, the writer's story of the champ's life raises questions about the past that will threaten all he holds dear. — Anonymous. A young journalist, living in his famous father's shadow, gets ...

  3. Aug 24, 2007 · Resurrecting the Champ: Directed by Rod Lurie. With Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett, Kathryn Morris, Dakota Goyo. 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.

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    • Drama, Sport
    • Rod Lurie
    • 2007-08-24
  4. Aug 24, 2007 · While sluggish in spots, Resurrecting the Champ is a sports/newsroom drama elevated by high-caliber performances by Samuel Jackson, Josh Hartnett, and Alan Alda. Things are not going well for Erik ...

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    • Rod Lurie
    • PG-13
    • Samuel L. Jackson
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  6. Aug 23, 2007 · 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. The former heavyweight boxer ( Samuel L. Jackson) has just been beaten up by some young ...

  7. Aug 24, 2007 · Resurrecting the Champ. Directed by Rod Lurie. Drama, Sport. PG-13. 1h 52m. By Stephen Holden. Aug. 24, 2007. “Resurrecting the Champ” is a cautionary fable that every journalistic go-getter ...

  8. Aug 24, 2007 · Resurrecting the Champ - Metacritic. 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 ...

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