Champ

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Billy (Jon Voight) is on the road with his son T.J. (Ricky Schroder), fighting low-end boxing matches for drinking money before moving on to the next town for another match. When his ex-wife (and T.J.'s mother) Annie (Faye Dunaway) shows up, it's to tell him that she wants custody of the boy. She has remarried and has risen to social prominence in her community. She wants the same for T.J. Determined to keep his son with him, Billy decides to train properly in order to be a success instead of just a washed-up punching bag. This gorgeously photographed drama is a remake of the 1931 film, which won its star Wallace Beery an Oscar. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Audio: Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital Surround
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Subtitle: French, Spanish, English
• Features:
  • • cc Feature-length audio commentary by Jon Voight and Rick Schroder
    • Behind-the-scenes documentary on location with the Champ
    • Theatrical trailer of this and the 1931 original
    • Interactive menus
    • Theatrical trailer
    • Scene access
    • Languages: English & Français
    • Subtitles: English, Français, Español & Portugês

AWARDS

• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

•     Nominated Best Original Score - 1979 (Dave Grusin)

• Hollywood Foreign Press Association

•     Won New Star of the Year - Male - 1979 (Rick Schroder)
•     Nominated Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - 1979 (Jon Voight)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Director:

  Franco Zeffirelli

• Producer:

  Dyson Lovell

• Book Author:

  Frances Marion

• Screenwriter:

  Walter Newman

• Play Author:

  Leonard Praskins

• Cinematographer:

  Fred Koenekamp

• Composer (Music Score):

  Dave Grusin

• Editor:

  Michael J. Sheridan

• Production Designer:

  Theoni V. Aldredge, Herman A. Blumenthal

• Set Designer:

  Martha Johnston, James W. Payne

• Costume Designer:

  Theoni V. Aldredge

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  Jerry Jost, Michael J. Kohut, Wiliam L. McCaughey, Aaron Rochin

• Makeup:

  Bob Dawn, Lee C. Harman

• First Assistant Director:

  David Silver

• Camera Operator:

  Michael Benson

• Casting:

  Joyce Robinson

• Short Story Author:

  Frances Marion