Resurrecting the Champ

Infobox Film
name = Resurrecting the Champ

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caption = Theatrical release poster
director = Rod Lurie
producer = Bob Yari
writer = Michael Bortman
Allison Burnett
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starring = Samuel L. Jackson
Josh Hartnett
Teri Hatcher
Kathryn Morris
Alan Alda
music = Larry Groupe
Rod Lurie/Julianna Raye
Kevin J. Edelman
Andrew Gowan
cinematography = Adam Kane
editing = Sarah Boyd
distributor = Yari Film Group
released = August 24, 2007
runtime =
country = flagicon|United States United States
language = English
budget =
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0416185

"Resurrecting the Champ" is a 2007 drama film directed by Rod Lurie and written by Michael Bortman and Allison Burnett, based on the "L.A. Times Magazine" article by J.R. Moehringer. It stars Samuel L. Jackson, Alan Alda, and Josh Hartnett, among others. It was filmed in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416185/]

Plot

When up-and-coming sports writer Erik Kernan (Josh Hartnett) helps a homeless man recovering from a scrap with a group of rowdy college kids, he unwittingly finds himself face-to-face with no ordinary bum, but the one-time boxing great Bob Satterfield (Samuel L. Jackson). What begins as a story resurrecting a once-great man turns into an incredible journey, and an opportunity for Erik to reexamine his own life, his relationship with his young son (Dakota Goyo) and his recently separated wife (Kathryn Morris).

Box Office

The film earned $3,172,573 in the United States and Canada. On a very limited release, it took $69,854 in the rest of the world. [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=resurrectingthechamp.htm]

Reception

The film received mostly positive reveiws, with a 60% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. [http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/resurrecting_the_champ/] One reveiwer praised the newsroom scenes as "authentic" and noted that the film was above all "about fathers and sons, a male weepie" rather than being primarily focused on journalistic ethics or sports. [http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/23/review.champ/]

Media Releases

This movie was released on Region One DVD widescreen. April 8, 2008. [http://www.amazon.com/Resurrecting-Champ-Teri-Hatcher/dp/B000YDMPC4] It has yet to be released in any other region formats.

Cast

*Samuel L. Jackson as Champ
*Josh Hartnett as Erik Kernan
*Kathryn Morris as Joyce Kernan
*Dakota Goyo as Teddy Kernan
*Alan Alda as Ralph Metz
*Rachel Nichols as Polly
*Teri Hatcher as Andrea Flak
*Kristen Shaw as Perlmutter
*Nick Sandow as Rocky
*David Paymer as Whitley
*Harry J. Lennix as Robert "Bob" Satterfield Jr.
*Peter Coyote as Ike Epstein
*Ryan McDonald as Kenny
*Chris Ippolito as Jaws
*John Elway as himself
*Jake Plummer as himself

External links

*imdb title|id=0416185|title=Resurrecting the Champ
*rotten-tomatoes|id=resurrecting_the_champ|title=Resurrecting the Champ
*mojo title|id=resurrectingthechamp|title=Resurrecting the Champ
* [http://www.thecinemasource.com/movies/reviews/Resurrecting-the-Champ-review-3147-0.html Resurrecting the Champ review at TheCinemaSource.com]
* [http://www.latimes.com/news/columnists/la-me-champ,1,754330.story?coll=la-news-columns RESURRECTING THE CHAMP: The original Times story (1997)]
* [http://articles.latimes.com/2007/08/30/metro/me-parsons30 The truth and the fiction]