The Champ (1979)

“The Champ was a sad film. By sad I mean heart-breaking. By heart-breaking I mean in a beautiful way. And beautiful is the word that can be used to des”

Phillydude's Movie Log - February, 2013 (50 movies items)

" Oscar Nominations Best Score Watched February 19th - TCM - Rewatch "I don't think Billy would go back into the ring if I hadn't came back into their lives." - Annie The Champ was the movie that made a star out of Ricky Schroder, mostly on account of the most famous, or infamous depending on your point of view, crying scene of all time - I saw the movie when it first came out, but had not seen it since because I remembered it being unbearably schmaltzy - but on seeing it again, the schmaltz"

Top Grossing Films of 1979 (38 movies items)

"$30,441,738 - MGM "

“The Champ was a sad film. By sad I mean heart-breaking. By heart-breaking I mean in a beautiful way. And beautiful is the word that can be used to describe the performance of Ricky Schroder as T.J., in his debut. Children in movies always tug at your heart-strings but this one shamelessly pulls at it. Not only was it a beautiful performance but it made you wish that either you could go in the film or pull T.J. out to the real world just long enough so you can hug him. His crying scene at the end, widely considered as the most saddest scene in film history, is no bull. It is real and it makes you cry as if 10 onions are being peeled all around you. It is guaranteed to move even the hardest of hearts.

The whole film, however, is a good example of mixed feelings. Sure, it is very w” read more

Hamza's 500 Greatest Films of All Time! (148 movies items)

"Franco Zeffirelli Ricky owns all 122 minutes of the film "The Champ always comes through" The Champ was a sad film. By sad I mean heart-breaking. By heart-breaking I mean in a beautiful way. And beautiful is the word that can be used to describe the performance of Ricky Schroder as T.J., in his debut. Children in movies always tug at your heart-strings but this one shamelessly pulls at it. Not only was it a beautiful performance but it made you wish that either you could go in the film or pul"

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"A movie that makes you sad "

Always Makes Me Cry (19 movies items)

"Probably one of the only films I know that can make ANY guy cry. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAhrqKqK_cA"

“The first time I saw this movie I cried like a little kid...Oh yeah I was a little kid. To this day I still cry when I watch this movie. It's the story of the love between a boy and his father, and the boy trying to make it on his own when his mother and father can't. It is a story of Jon Voight, "The Champ", a retired boxer and his son and the love the boy has for his father would be any father's dream. Even though the father has his faults (like we all do) he loves his son and tries to give his son a better life. After awhile though, his whole past comes back to him when his son unknowingly meets his mother and develops a bond with her. Conflict between him and his wife rises and we see even deeper into what was a merely a shell of his life in the beginning of the film; he is complicated” read more

Most Successful Movies of... Jon Voight (30 movies items)

"Total Gross: 30,411,738 $"