Fat City (1972)

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Directed by

John Huston

Starring (View all)

Stacy Keach
Tully

Jeff Bridges
Ernie

Susan Tyrrell
Oma

Candy Clark
Faye

Nicholas Colasanto
Ruben

Art Aragon
Babe

Curtis Cokes
Earl

Sixto Rodriguez
Lucero

Written by

Leonard Gardner
(screenplay)

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The hard times of poor white fighters in California provide the background for this brilliant, unflinching and sorely overlooked masterpiece by director John Huston. Stacy Keach is Tully, a down-on-his-luck alcoholic boxer earning money as a field worker while trying for a comeback. Tully tries to pass his wisdom on to Ernie (Jeff Bridges), his 18-year-old protégé, attempting to give the kid the chances he missed.

Release date: 26 July 1972
UPC: 043396078888

Tags: Drama (6), Boxing (5), 1970s (4), Alcoholism (4), Friendship (3), 1972 (3), Sports (3), Loneliness (2), Training (2), Urination (2), Fight (2), Disenchantment (2), Bar (2), Sport (1), Boxers (1), 100 Min. (1), Based On Novel (1), HQ (1), Job (1), Trainer (1)

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"Gritty drama from John Huston, with Stacy Keach as a down-on-his-luck former boxer who wants to make a comeback while Jeff Bridges plays a young man wanting to start out in the sport. Although a movie about boxing, it's not really about the boxing but about lives of two different people in a tough world where there are no prisoners. Keach is magnificent as is Susan Tyrell as the woman who lives day to day inside a bottle."