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Leonard Gardner (novel)
Release Date:
26 July 1972 (USA)
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The film tells the story of two boxers and their problems. One of them is on the decline of his career...
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Boxer
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Title Fight
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Money
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Loneliness
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Comeback
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 1 win
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A Champion of a Film
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Stacy Keach | ... | Tully |
 | Jeff Bridges | ... | Ernie |
| Susan Tyrrell | ... | Oma |
| Candy Clark | ... | Faye |
| Nicholas Colasanto | ... | Ruben |
| Art Aragon | ... | Babe |
| Curtis Cokes | ... | Earl |
| Sixto Rodriguez | ... | Lucero |
| Billy Walker | ... | Wes |
| Wayne Mahan | ... | Buford |
| Ruben Navarro | ... | Fuentes |
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100 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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In an October 30, 1984 taping of the Family Feud, Richard Dawson comments that Fat City is his favorite movie, but he is disappointed that it hadn't been re-released.
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Continuity: When Oma proposes a toast to Tully at the bar, suddenly she's holding a lighted cigarette, which vanishes again in the next shot.
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Referenced in The Way We Were: Looking Back (1999) (V)
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The Look of Love
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John Huston's 1972 production of FAT CITY is a masterpiece of film-making and acting. It's more than just a movie of boxing, it's symbolic of the American Dream gone depressingly wrong. Stacy Keach in the finest role of his outstanding career is symbolic of "every-man". His dreams are based on professional successes, which by gaining money and fame, he will be happy in his life. As we know in so many cases, that obtaining fame and money leads many people down an even deeper road of depression and self-destruction. For without emotional success, without love, a person is empty inside. A powerful film. Not a boxing film at all. Boxing is merely the symbolism here; fighting to succeed. "I win the fight and I get my wife back", says Keach's character, Billy Tully.
A great movie, but one that leaves you feeling sad; pondering your own hopes, dreams, and desires. A remarkable supporting cast, high-lighted by a young Jeff Bridges, make FAT CITY one of John Huston's most memorable films. A Champion of movie-making.