Expug wrote: ↑21 Sep 2025, 13:33
Daniel Day Lewis did a terrific job in “ The Boxer”.
Years ago there was a publication called TV guide.
I’m sure many remember it. It would list shows and upcoming movies for the week on television. It would review the movies.
The review for “Kid Galahad” with Elvis Presley was
“ Spare tire in trunks”. Never forgot that hilarity
TV GUIDE ! Couldn't wait to get my hands on it
when it came in the mail.
I remember even when later when we moved WAAY out in to the country and only got 3 stations on out TV,
still use to read it at the Supermarket, envying those who had cable !
Re: Boxing Movies
Posted: 24 Sep 2025, 14:57
by Caractacus
Directed by Paul Morrissey.
-1988-
Re: Boxing Movies
Posted: 24 Sep 2025, 15:08
by Caractacus
Most of the older actors in this film actually grew up and remember that era !
-1983-
Re: Boxing Movies
Posted: 24 Sep 2025, 15:14
by Caractacus
George C. Scott as a "Whitey Bimstein" lookin' type of character.
-1978-
Re: Boxing Movies
Posted: 25 Sep 2025, 13:26
by Caractacus
both of these guys would have remembered living during the 1930's(at least)
Don Knotts b.1924
Tim Conway b.1933
Re: Boxing Movies
Posted: 25 Sep 2025, 15:30
by Caractacus
-1951-
Re: Boxing Movies
Posted: 25 Sep 2025, 15:34
by Caractacus
a lot of people claim that Rocky 2 is an even better movie then the first one !
-1979-
Re: Boxing Movies
Posted: 25 Sep 2025, 15:46
by Caractacus
-1999-
Re: Boxing Movies
Posted: 26 Sep 2025, 13:47
by Caractacus
as far as television goes. This was a classic which aired 'LIVE" on CBS-TV on Thursday evening October.11.1956.
( actual programme airs at about 8 minutes into clip)
Re: Boxing Movies
Posted: 27 Sep 2025, 12:25
by Caractacus
One of my personal favorite Top 3 Charles Bronson movies of the 1970's !
(and he did a lot of movies in the 1970's and I had seen just about all of them too)
-1975-
Re: Boxing Movies
Posted: 27 Sep 2025, 13:15
by Caractacus
director Stanley Kubrick's second feature film !
-1955-(back when on the streets of New York pizza was only 5 cents a slice !)
Re: Boxing Movies
Posted: 27 Sep 2025, 14:06
by gilgamesh
I really like the Bronson movie "Hard Times".
Fun movie about an Underground Bareknuckle Boxer making his way through America in the Great Depression.
Re: Boxing Movies
Posted: 29 Sep 2025, 13:29
by Caractacus
yeah, but it was rated "PG" they should have made the fights even more brutaler(IMOP)
Also for some reason or another at least one or two fights was cut from the released film in 1975.
Re: Boxing Movies
Posted: 29 Sep 2025, 13:31
by Caractacus
iIt is a good thing that the sound department had used cool sound effects" for the punches in HARD TIMES tho
this is one of the Classics (based in part on the Barney Ross story)
-1947-
Re: Boxing Movies
Posted: 03 Oct 2025, 16:28
by Caractacus
-1949-
Re: Boxing Movies
Posted: 11 Oct 2025, 12:45
by Caractacus
Came across this boxing film I had never heard of before.
Looks to have been based on the two Joe Louis vrs Max Schmeling fights.
-1940-
Re: Boxing Movies
Posted: 13 Oct 2025, 13:22
by Caractacus
Caractacus wrote: ↑11 Oct 2025, 12:45
Came across this boxing film I had never heard of before.
Looks to have been based on the Joe Louis vrs Max Schmeling fights.
-1940-
Re: Boxing Movies
Posted: 13 Oct 2025, 13:22
by Caractacus
-1982-
Re: Boxing Movies
Posted: 13 Oct 2025, 15:44
by Expug
Homeboy with Mickey Rourke.
Christopher Walken also in it. I think this one went straight to video. Not too good but Iran Barkley and Lenny Lapaglia were both on it as Rourkes opponents.
I knew Lenny and was surprised he even went along with the roll and didn’t kick the shit out of Rourke.
Lenny could get animated at times.