The Champ is an American feature film directed by Franco Zeffirelli .
| Champion | |
|---|---|
| The champ | |
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| Genre | melodrama |
| Producer | Franco Zeffirelli |
| Producer | |
| Author script | |
| In the main cast | Faye Dunaway John Voight Strozer Martin |
| Operator | |
| Composer | Dave Georgian |
| Film company | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (film company) United Artists (rental) |
| Duration | 121 minutes |
| A country |  USA |
| Tongue | |
| Year | 1979 |
| IMDb | ID 0078950 |
Content
Story
Billy Flynn, a former boxing champion, is now involved in horses. This brings him enough money to raise a boy whom his wife left him 7 years ago. The boy respects the champion, who is now working to give him at least some future, but suddenly the ex-wife returns ...
Title
The Russian translation “Champion” does not convey all the nuances of the original name: although the English word “Champ” can be understood as an abbreviation for “Champion”, it also means “gnawing bit”, “rushing into battle”. Some translators of the film leave the name - as a nickname - without translation: "Champ."
Cast
- Faye Dunaway - Annie
- John Voight - Billy (Champ) Flynn
- Strozer Martin - Riley
- Joan Blondell - Dolly Kenyon
- Ricky Schroder - Timothy Joseph (TJ) Flynn
Facts
American hockey player TJ Oshi got his nickname in honor of the hero of the film “Champion” TJ Flynn .