Resurrecting the Champ Movie Overview

Resurrecting the Champ - Overview

Genre: Drama, Sports

Opened: Aug 24, 2007 Run Time: 1hr 53min

Cast: Samuel L. Jackson Josh Hartnett Teri Hatcher Alan Alda

Director: Rod Lurie

Producer: Mike Medavoy Rod Lurie Marc Frydman Bob Yari

Executive Producer: Arnold Messer Bradley Fischer Louis Phillips

Synopsis

Resurrecting the Champ: Struggling sports reporter Erik Kernan encounters a homeless man who calls himself "Champ"--only to determine that he is boxing legend Battling Bob Satterfield who was believed to have passed away long ago. Soon, reporting Champ's story becomes Erik's title shot. What begins as the young journalist's opportunity to revive Champ's story--and come out from under the shadow of both his wife and his father's success--becomes a very personal and life-... Read More

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Box Office Data
# Weeks	1

# Total Gross	$3.2M

Additional Content for Resurrecting the Champ

Trailers & Video Clips (8)

Interview: Josh Hartnett "On 'Erik's' relationship with 'The Champ'

Interview: Samuel L. Jackson "On boxing"

Photos (5)

Resurrecting the Champ

Domestic Theatrical Distributor:

Yari Film Group

Production Company:

Phoenix Pictures

Production Company:

Battle Plan Productions

Cast & Crew (12)

Samuel L. Jackson

Josh Hartnett

Teri Hatcher

Reviews (21)

stais..., Flixster

Based on a true story, that was based on a lie. Resurrecting the Champ is a movie co-starring Samuel L. Jackson and Josh Hartnett, in which struggling sports...

mv1334, Flixster

"An amazing underated movie, Sam Jackson is always a great actor for me but he was stunning in this. Josh Hartnett gave the best performance of his career, just...

Resurrecting the Champ - Overview