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starring: Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Rick Schroder, Jack Warden, Arthur Hilldirected by: Franco Zeffirelli
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780790747453
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
ISBN: 0790747456
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: July 09, 2002
Running Time: 123 minutes
Sales Rank: 21551
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: April 04, 1979
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Editorial Review:
Description:
Jon Voight plays Billy Flynn, an ex-champion boxer who was KO'd by booze and gambling. When the wealthy, estranged mother of Flynn's young son begins trying to lure the boy away from him, Flynn must return to the ring to provide for his child.
Amazon.com:
A young Rick Schroder makes his cute-as-all-get-out film debut in this 1979 tearjerker from director Franco Zeffirelli. Jon Voight plays Billy Flynn, a former champion boxer now given to drinking, gambling, and raising his son T.J. (Schroder, billed here as Ricky) as best he can. The ups and downs of the devoted codependent pair might be enough movie on their own, but soon enough Annie (Faye Dunaway) shows up and displays a strangely protective interest in T.J. Though the plot jumps around too much to quite hold together, The Champ is certainly affecting, and all three leads take the film so earnestly that somehow it works. Voight is believable both as a boxer and as a well-intentioned screwup of a dad, and Schroder is a fine young actor (and irresistibly adorable). Special DVD features include audio commentary from Jon Voight and Rick Schroder and the documentary Behind the Scenes with the Champ. --Ali Davis
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - NO WHERE NEAR AS GOOD AS THE ORIGINAL!
Well, I know a lot of people like this film, but I have to tell it like it is!......it's not a very good remake at all! Schroder may be adorable, but he is way out of his league going up against Jackie Cooper and although the rest of the cast are top notch, this film feels like a bad TV movie! The first problem is Schroder is too young for the role to be taken for more than sympathy and it's no more than a manipulative trick. I'm not saying Schroder didn't do a fine job, but it's easy to feel sorry ... Read More
Rating:  - THE CHAMP
I saw this movie in 1979 twice actually. It will go into my "feel good"
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Rating: - The Champ
When I seen The Champ was finally available to buy, I was besides myself with excitement. For I remember every heartbreaking scene from when I used to watch it, over and over again, when I was just a kid. The thrill of watching this film is still with me, 10 years later.
There are no words I can use to articulate quite how wonderful The Champ is. Containing one of, if not thee, greatest child actor performances, from Ricki Schroder. No human being has loved another human being, as much ... Read More
Rating:  - THE CHAMP
THIS IS ONE GOOOOOOD DVD. IT MAKES YOU LAUGH AND THEN LEAVES YOU CRYING. IT WAS DELIVERED IN GOOD TIME. AND IN GREAT CONDITION.
Rating: - Great remake of a classic!
This film really shines as a great inspirational story for any family. The performances are really what drives this movie. Everyone is in top-notch form (Voight, Dunaway) and Ricky Shroder delivers a break-through job that should have been nominated for an Oscar. Here is a bit of trivia: Apparently Shroder was having a difficult time being able to cry on camera. La Dunaway, always being the true professional that she is, asked the director to give her a few moments alone with the boy. In order to help Ricky ... Read More
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