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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.
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
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 distantly based on fact, its...
- Stephen Holden
- Rod Lurie
Struggling sports reporter Erik Kernan encounters a homeless man who calls himself "Champ" only to determine that he is the one-time boxing champion Battling Bob Satterfield. What begins as a story about resurrecting a once-great man becomes Erik's title shot.
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- Dakota Goyo
- Rod Lurie
Imagine Erik’s surprise when he learns this is “The Champ” – Battling Bob Satterfield, a man long thought and rumored to be dead. Why, he remembers listening to his dad call a Christmas fight of Satterfield’s on the radio.
Jun 14, 2007 · Overview. 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.
Aug 24, 2007 · Resurrecting the Champ. Things are not going well for Erik Kernan (Josh Hartnett). Erik, a sports reporter, is stuck covering the bush leagues because his editor (Alan Alda) thinks he cannot cut...
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- Drama
- PG-13
