DVD
2 of 2 Copies Available
- EASTWOOD: Audiovisual Collection
- WASHINGTON SQUARE: Audiovisual Collection
The fighter
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (EAS, WSQ)
Edition
Widescreen version.
Languages
In English, with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Performers
Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo, Jack McGee.
Publication Information
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2011]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: R; for language throughout, drug content, some violence and sexuality.
Summary
Based on a true story, two brothers, against all odds, come together to train for a historic title bout that has the power to reunite their fractured family and give their hard-luck town what it's been waiting for: pride. Micky Ward is a struggling boxer long overshadowed by his older brother and trainer, Dicky, a local legend battling his own demons. Their explosive relationship threatens to take them both down--but the bond of blood may be their only chance for redemption.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2010.
Special features: commentary by director David O. Russell ; The warrior code: filming The fighter.
Subjects
- Boxers (Sports) > Drama.
- Boxing > Drama.
- Boxing > Training > Drama.
- Boxing trainers > Drama.
- Brothers > Drama.
- Mothers and sons > Drama.
- Parent and adult child > Drama.
- Drug addicts > Drama.
- Drug addicts > Family relationships > Drama.
- Dysfunctional families > Drama.
- Man-woman relationships > Drama.
- Lowell (Mass.) > Drama.
- Massachusetts > Drama.
- Ward, Micky > Drama.