Requiem for a Heavyweight
by Ralph Nelson
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Actor: Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Julie Harris, Mickey Rooney, Stanley AdamsDirector: Ralph Nelson
Brand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 86 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-05-14
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Sony Pictures
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Movie Review: a must see
Summary: 5 Stars
Three of the biggest and best know actors to appear in a film in the 20th century!! Jackie Gleason, Anthony Quinn, and Mickey Rooney put in EXCELLENT performances about he fight game ( boxing ) of the era.
The real emphasis of the storyline is a powerful performance about loyalty, betrayal, reward, and the realities of lifes experience. Even the supporting actors do a great job on this masterpiece although somewhat dated. The power of this film is in the performers themselves. It is an hour and a half that goes by quick. Highly recommended.
Summary of Requiem for a Heavyweight
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 05/27/2008 Run time: 86 minutes Rating: NrThis feature version of Rod Serling's memorable teleplay, theatrically released in 1962, was previously produced in 1956 for live television. The grim tale stars Anthony Quinn as a brain-damaged fighter suffering from too many years in the ring yet pushed into another and yet another punishing round by his corrupt manager (Jackie Gleason). Yearning for a life of his own, Quinn's burned-out hitter falls for a shy social worker (Julie Harris), while Gleason's small-timer tries fending off the pressures of truly bad guys who want the money he owes them. Directed by Ralph Nelson (who also made the TV version), this Requiem opens up into a powerful piece of social realism with the undercurrent of a cautionary fable. The characters are almost archetypal, the story never stops moving, the acting is superb (Mickey Rooney is very good as Quinn's reluctant trainer), and the ending is nightmarishly apt. --Tom Keogh
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