Price of Glory (2000)

An ex-boxer, living with the knowledge that his fight career was cut short by a crooked manager, channels his bitter disappointment in a single-minded quest for boxing championships for his... See full summary »

Director:

Carlos Ávila

Writer:

Phil Berger

Stars:

Jimmy Smits, Maria del Mar, Jon Seda

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jimmy Smits	...	Arturo Ortega
Maria del Mar	...	Rita Ortega
Jon Seda	...	Sonny Ortega
Clifton Collins Jr.	...	Jimmy Ortega
Ernesto Hernández	...	Johnny Ortega (as Ernesto Hernandez)
Ron Perlman	...	Nick Everson
Louis Mandylor	...	Davey Lane
Sal Lopez	...	Hector Salmon
Danielle Camastra	...	Mariella Cruz
Paul Rodriguez	...	Pepe
Ulysses Cuadra	...	Young Sonny Ortega
Mario Esquivel	...	Young Jimmy Ortega
Gilbert Leal	...	Young Johnny Ortega
Muni Zano	...	Chivo
Jack Rader	...	Marata

Storyline

An ex-boxer, living with the knowledge that his fight career was cut short by a crooked manager, channels his bitter disappointment in a single-minded quest for boxing championships for his three sons. We see them in pee-wee Silver Glove matches with dad constantly pushing them. Ten years later, they're young men, with dad as both father and manager. A professional promoter, Nick Everson, wants to sign the boys, but dad rejects those offers. Then, in expressions of their varied relationships with their father, each son makes his own decisions. Can dad ever step aside, and can the family hold together?

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Plot Keywords:

boxing | brother brother relationship | loss of dream | mexican american | father son relationship | 

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Taglines:

For every dream there is a sacrifice.

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Genres:

Drama | Sport

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence, language and brief drug content

Details

Official Sites:

New Line Cinema: Price of Glory

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 March 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Le prix de la gloire

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$1,611,833 (USA) (31 March 2000)

Gross:

ESP 164,004 (Spain) (29 June 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Esparza / Katz Productions, Arthur E. Friedman Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Jimmy Smits (2000)

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Soundtracks

"El Pasajero"
Arranged by Jesus Reyes
Performed by Mariachi Reyes del Aserradero
Courtesy of Corason Records
By Arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group

User Reviews

“Price of Glory” opened more questions than answered them for me.

Price of Glory By Dean Kish

Rocky meets Mi Familia or is it more than that? “Price of Glory” chronicles the life of Arturo Ortega (Jimmy Smits) who lost his fighting edge early in his prize fighting career. Now thirteen years later, he trains his three boys to take him back to the top. What Ortega seems to forget is the boxing world is full of corruption, blood and honor. Can he help one of his boys reach the goal that eluded him? “Price of Glory” breaks some new ground in boxing films by mixing family conflicts with the high stakes of the boxing world. Another important part of this new ground was the Latino angle. I can’t remember seeing a film about Latino fighters even though some of them are the best boxers in the world. It made me curious to see if the training and development of a boxer is different with a different cultural background. I believed that the boxing would be the bridge to stretch across the cultures.

There are some that will have a hard time with the detailed Latino content. It is at times hard to relate to that cultural barrier. Are some of the elements pressed upon these incorrigible youths from the society or a ploy by the writer himself? The intensity locked within Smits’ patriarch maybe that cultural barrier I couldn’t quite understand. Stubborn, determined, passionate, proud and obsessed, Smits delivers a great performance but what exactly is this character’s motives? Is he doing it for himself or to better his kids lives? These begging questions made you feel the frustration in the boys when their father would explode. He was the lord of the household and he ran their lives. Did this character have to be such a tyrant at times to get his point across? Or was this yet again a cultural thing? “Price of Glory” has a lot of great boxing sequences and I did like the evolution of the child boxer but being an outsider to this culture it is a little hard to grasp the motive locked within Smits’ beautiful portrayal. His questions are never quite answered. Even with the tragedy that grips the Ortegas there is never really see an answer. What we do see is a Rocky type finale which delves into the family pulling together to defeat the champion. I half expected to be brother against brother for the title but even though it was straight from Rocky it was nice to see a full Hollywood fight. “Price of Glory” opened more questions than answered them for me. (3 of 5) So Says the Soothsayer. (Opens March 31st)