- Actors: Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Ricky Schroder, Jack Warden, Arthur Hill
- Directors: Franco Zeffirelli
- Writers: Frances Marion, Walter Newman
- Producers: Dyson Lovell
- Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC, Import
- Language: English, French
- Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- Release Date: July 9 2002
- Run Time: 121 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0000648ZW
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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
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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.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Too upsetting to me,
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This review is from: The Champ (Widescreen) (DVD)
Even though I find this movie too upsetting because it is a very sad movie to me all the time. I would not bother because it is a problem for me. This movie makes me think of the Kirsten Dunst movie "The Virgin Suicides." Therefore, in conclusion, I would not bother watching this movie after I watch the Kirsetn Dunst movie The Virgin Suicides.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Real Tearjerker.,
By "tallcotton6" (Sandy, UT USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Champ (Widescreen) (DVD)
I loved this film from start to finish. I just bought the DVD from Amazon and it played all the way through, no problem. I was a little worried when I ordered it because I read the other customer's reviews and had problems with the DVD being defective. I first saw this film in 1996 when I was 11 when I missed it on TV and I rented it from the video store. I liked the part where the Champ (Jon Voight) gave T.J. (Ricky Schroder) the horse and it touched my heart. The part in scene 17 where Annie (Faye Dunaway) reveals to T.J. that she is his mother is a little disturbing. There is a little foul language in it, but other than that it is a great film for the family. When you watch this film, don't forget the Kleenex box and this is one of the films that really made me cry. I recommend this film to everyone! 10/10
5.0 out of 5 stars
The one movie that still makes me cry,
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This review is from: The Champ (Widescreen) (DVD)
The Champ is an astounding motion picture directed by Franco Zeffirelli with outstanding performances by Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway and the unbelievably convincing Ricky Schroder.The movie is the best intimate melodramatic tearjerker that I have ever seen. One view of this film will leave you with a lump in your throat and teary eyes, the next viewings will just leave you in plain tears. Yes, its that kind of movie that you'd see more than once and still feel engaged. Jon Voight plays former boxer Billy Flynn who is down on his luck raising his son TJ, played by Schroder, alone after his wife, played by Dunaway, left him and the boy and went on to marry a millionaire after he falls out of his life of boxing, doctor's orders. The movie brings you close to the lives of all three of these characters, you feel their pain, their grief, and their emptiness. Billy has turned to drinking to escape the pain of not being able to return to boxing to support a family. TJ does not know his mother since she left him when he was still an infant, and still sees his deadbeat father as a hero, calling him 'champ'. Faye Dunaway's character can't seem to cope with the fact that her son has grown up believing she is dead and can only take him as a friend after bumping into him at a horserace, the horse that 'champ' bought him was competing in this race. The story begins to unfold when the three characters enter each other's lives again. What's more beautiful about this movie is its musical score. The music is really another character in the film, and is quite breathtaking. Highly Recommended A
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