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With James Madio, Ruby Wolf, Keir Gilchrist, Stephen Lang. Set in 1964, a camera crew follows Willie Pep, retired featherweight boxing champion. Down and out in Hartford CT, married to a woman half his age and with a drug-addled son and mounting debts, Pep decides to make a return to the ring.
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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, written by Steve Loff, and starring James Madio as professional boxer Willie Pep. [3] It premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 3, 2023.
Sep 20, 2024 · In the Ring: James Madio and Steve Loff on “The Featherweight”. Matt Zoller Seitz. September 20, 2024. 11 min read. Set in 1964 and 1965, “The Featherweight” is a stylistically daring movie about an aging real-life boxer, Willie Pep (James Madio), who held the World Featherweight championship twice between 1942 and 1950 and invites a ...
Oct 10, 2024 · From the moment actor James Madio began to learn about Willie Pep, recognized his physical resemblance to Willie Pep, and combined forces with his screenwriter/producer friend Steve Loff to...
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.
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Sep 20, 2024 · Director Robert Kolodny's The Featherweight, written by Steve Loff, chronicles a brief period in the life of Italian-American boxer Willie Pep, played by James Madio. Set in mid-1960s Connecticut, Pep, the winningest fighter in boxing history, finds his personal life in tatters.
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...
