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Réquiem por un campeón película dirigida por Ralph Nelson y protagonizada por Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason y Mickey Rooney. Año: 1962. Tema: Boxeo. Sinopsis: Tras ser noqueado por Cassius Clay, a Mountain Rivera ya no le queda nada que hacer en un ring. Dada su edad y las lesiones sufridas a lo largo de su carrera, su entrenador le recomienda que busque un...
REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT. Adapted from Rod Sterling's teleplay, REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT stars Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney and Julie Harris. It tells the story of a prizefighter who eventually falls into the world of professional wrestling. Muhammad Ali (billed as Cassius Clay) has a small role as a fighter.
3 de ene. de 2023 · In its visual style and heady narrative, Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) resembles few other films of its genre and ranks among the greatest boxing movies of all time. Nominally a film noir yet subverting the genre’s conventions, in just eighty-six minutes it furthers investigation into the meaning of suffering plumbed in ancient Greek tragedy, offering a grim vision of human nature as ...
Requiem for a Heavyweight is a great ensemble piece revolving around four characters. It's a tribute to the skill of Rod Serling's screenplay and the direction of Ralph Nelson that no one of them dominates the story. Anthony Quinn as Mountain Rivera has been given the final knockout by the New York State Athletic Commission after a fight with ...
REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT serves as a powerful indictment of the sport of professional boxing. The film is marked by strong performances from some of the best actors available at that time. It is not a classic boxing movie in the traditional sense but instead it is a film which focuses on the personal and social damage associated with a sordid business.
9 de mar. de 2023 · Today’s movie is Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962). This movie tells the story of a boxer, his trainer, and his manager. The boxer is the primary character. Actor Anthony Quinn shot this film during a two-month break in the filming of Lawrence of Arabia (1962). This story and the screenplay were written by Rod Serling 1924–1975.
24 de abr. de 2024 · Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) Ralph Nelson was the same director who filmed the original TV version. Instantly the big screen is more cinematic thanks to the subjective point of view in the ring. We see a solemn Jackie Gleason, the yelling Mickey Rooney, both standing just outside the ropes.
