Chuck Page #2

Synopsis: Chuck Wepner, the "Bayonne Bleeder," he was the pride of Bayonne, New Jersey, a man who went fifteen rounds in the ring with Muhammad Ali, and the real life inspiration for Rocky Balboa. But before all that, Chuck Wepner was a liquor salesman and father with a modest prizefighting career whose life changed overnight when, in 1975, he was chosen to take on The Greatest in a highly publicized title match. It's the beginning of a wild ride through the exhilarating highs and humbling lows of sudden fame-but what happens when your fifteen minutes in the spotlight are up?
Director(s): Philippe Falardeau
Production: IFC Films
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
68
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
R
Year:
2016
98 min
$320,725
Website
422 Views


- Hey, here he is!

Congratulations!

Hey, congrats.

- How you doin'?

- Way to go, Champ.

- How are you, Pete?

- Good. How's the face?

How's my face? I don't know.

What do you think?

- You're gorgeous. You're beautiful.

- Improvement, right?

Beautiful.

- Where's Johnny?

- Where the f*** you think I am?

I'm bleeding the lizard,

and my prostate is f***in' killing me.

So, don't try to hustle me today, Chuck, huh?

Johnny D, this is me. Who's hustling?

You know I already got a deal

with those other guys.

I got something I wanna show you.

Look at this. See that?

- That's my girl, Dot.

- Dot?

Yeah, well, I call her Dotty.

See, you turn her over

and she goes from Dotty to Naughty.

- Yeah. That's beautiful.

- You like that? Who wants one?

- I'll take one. All right.

- There you go.

- I got one for all of you.

- How you doin', Champ?

I'm good. How you doin'?

Johnny, how much Wolfschmidts you want?

All right, how bad

you gonna bang me up for two cases?

Well, Johnny, for you,

I'm gonna make you a very special deal.

- Wolfschmidts, right?

- Yeah. Two.

Black and blue,

and you still look good, Champ.

- Hey, Champ.

- How are you?

Hey, Chuck!

Yeah, no, of course. Yeah, but listen...

I mean, it takes two people to dance,

isn't that right?

No, no, no.

Hey, calm down a little bit, okay?

What's up?

Listen to me! Listen to me!

All right, listen to me, you f***in' gonif!

No... I mean...

You got yourself a deal.

Yeah. You, too. I'll see ya.

How's the cut? Let me look at you.

- What's that for?

- I wanna see if you're gonna bleed.

Jesus, AI!

You nearly took my f***in' head off!

It's a good thing I know

how to take care of your cuts.

Stormin' Mormon

almost turned you into a cyclops.

- Stop!

- You f***in' hemophiliac.

Who was on the phone?

AI, come on, I know you got

something going on. Who was that?

That was Don King.

No sh*t.

Because of the beatin' you put on Hinke,

I'm looking at a guy

who's got a shot at the heavyweight title.

You f***in' Polack.

After Foreman takes care

of Mahatma in Zaire...

It's Muhammad, AI. His name's Muhammad.

You should say it right, okay?

I don't give a f*** if it's Mukluk!

All right?

When Foreman knocks Ali on his ass,

you're in.

And what if Ali wins?

Foreman is a f***in' monster. It's a lock.

I got...

- Title shot, huh?

- That's right, kid.

Hey, this is your lucky day.

AI, lucky day, lucky man.

Come here.

I love you, AI.

Thank you.

- Come on, you're missing it.

- Okay, okay.

Uppercut. Sucker punch.

That night, my favorite movie,

Anthony Quinn, Requiem for a Heavyweight.

Broke my heart, that movie.

You see that, you can't help

but see yourself.

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Jeff Feuerzeig

Jeff Feuerzeig (born 1964) is an American film director and screenwriter best known for The Devil and Daniel Johnston, his profile of cult musician and outsider artist Daniel Johnston, for which he was awarded the Directing prize for Documentary at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and which was released theatrically in March 2006 by Sony Pictures Classics. more…

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