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Undefeated IBF middleweight champion King Arthur Abraham and his coach Ulli Wegner made a brief trip to Zagreb this week where the shooting for the Max Schmeling movie has begun. With Henry Maske impersonating one of the biggest German sporting heroes of all time, Abraham will play Richard Vogt, Schmeling’s last opponent. Just as in real life, Ulli Wegner will be in his corner. “It is a great honor and pleasure for both of us to be a part of this movie,” King Arthur said. “Working at the set is almost as hard as a training session. But it was a lot of fun.” The movie, which will hit cinemas in 2010, is directed by Uwe Boll.

I look forward to seeing it though...
how Uwe Boll goes from House of the Dead and Bloodrayne to
a movie on his nations greatest sporting hero is beyond me..
it shall be interesting.

I saw Phantom Punch a few weeks ago. It was respectable, but only just. Vingh Rhames' performance was where the credible acting ended, & the portrayal of Liston as a whole was way, way too sympathetic.

This is purely selfish fan-talk on my part, but, recently, we've seen movies on Liston, Braddock, & now Schmeling. He had a remarkable life, & a remarkable career. I think it's time, gents...



THE MOVIE!

I agree. A Foreman flick would be awesome. But in true limited minded Hollywood
fashion the film would no doubt end in 1974.

Robinson wrote:I agree. A Foreman flick would be awesome. But in true limited minded Hollywood
fashion the film would no doubt end in 1974.

Would it be worth hearing Larry grumble about why he didn't get a movie deal for the next twenty years, though? D

Rest assured when our company starts making some serious $ or
I win the Lotto...I will bankroll a Holmes biopic ;)

I should like to have my Robert Downey Jr moment & be cast as Michael Spinks, please

In my biopic Holmes beats Spinks twice and is never kOd by Tyson.

Robinson wrote:I agree. A Foreman flick would be awesome. But in true limited minded Hollywood
fashion the film would no doubt end in 1974.

Really? I think quite the opposite actually. Let's be honest, the average person these days only knows big George because of his grilling delights. At least any student to live in a college dorm for the last 10 years.

It would make for a good movie though.

Flump wrote:Undefeated IBF middleweight champion King Arthur Abraham and his coach Ulli Wegner made a brief trip to Zagreb this week where the shooting for the Max Schmeling movie has begun. With Henry Maske impersonating one of the biggest German sporting heroes of all time, Abraham will play Richard Vogt, Schmeling’s last opponent. Just as in real life, Ulli Wegner will be in his corner. “It is a great honor and pleasure for both of us to be a part of this movie,” King Arthur said. “Working at the set is almost as hard as a training session. But it was a lot of fun.” The movie, which will hit cinemas in 2010, is directed by Uwe Boll.

- I posted this exact blurb from f.ghtnews a few weeks back in thread where Maske was mentioned.

Wonder when the Maske bashers are gonna show up and tell us again what a bum he was?

Obviously the movie to be a warm and fuzzy highlight for Max and a well deserved plum for Maske who is a modern day hero to Germans. Meanwhile the definitive bio on Max has yet to be written.

Schmelling in my opinion lived one of the most interesting and incredible
lives I can think of. We think of him as a boxer, sure. But his war time
service in the Luftwaffe Fallschirmjager (paratroopers), his efforts in
re building Germany, Business enterprises in the new Germany, heck
his advice to the Australia II crew before the America's cup, where he
helped to get them into shape....all make for one damned interesting tale.

Robinson wrote:In my biopic Holmes beats Spinks twice and is never kOd by Tyson.

Larry is ghost-directing, I see

Wouldn't mind paying to see a "Buster" flick.

Goodnight, Irene wrote:I saw Phantom Punch a few weeks ago. It was respectable, but only just. Vingh Rhames' performance was where the credible acting ended, & the portrayal of Liston as a whole was way, way too sympathetic.

'Scuse the intrusion, gents, but does that Liston movie capture the smart, quick one-liner side of Liston, GI? Or does it present him as just the glowering brute?

Even reporters at the time seemed to miss Sonny's way with a deadpan quip (or maybe they were just bricking it, I dunno...) but I've often laughed out loud at some of his one-liners in interviews where the journalist seemed to imply it was morally wrong to laugh along with him.

It did a decent job on that part of him, but the whole portrayal was obscenely sympathetic. It's doubtless worth delving into --- that he was more than just some cut-out monster --- but you would think he was Santa Claus, watching most of this film.

trailer:
http://max-schmeling-film.starplanet.de ... er_new.flv

score:
http://max-schmeling-film.starplanet.de ... tthard.flv



I was sceptic because I didn't like Boll-movies I watched so far.... but probably and hopefully this film will be not so bad... The trailer and the score let me hope that.