Play It to the Bone Page #2

Synopsis: Two aging fighters in LA, friends, get a call from a Vegas promoter because his undercard fighters for a Mike Tyson bout that night are suddenly unavailable. He wants them to box each other. They agree as long as the winner gets a shot at the middleweight title. They enlist Grace, Cesar's current and Vinnie's ex girlfriend, to drive them to Vegas. On the trip, we see flashbacks to their previous title shots, their competitive friendship, and Grace's motivational wiles. (She has her own entrepreneurial dreams.) The fight itself is historic: ten rounds of savagery and courage. Who will win, who'll get the title shot, who gets Grace, and where will she find venture capital?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Director(s): Ron Shelton
Production: Touchstone Pictures
 
IMDB:
5.4
Metacritic:
32
Rotten Tomatoes:
11%
R
Year:
1999
124 min
Website
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And that is, uh-- Okay.We want a guaranteed title shotfor the middleweight championship...

of the world for the winner ofthe fight between me and Cesar.

- Tell these guys to go f*** themselves.- Wait a second.

- Turn off the speaker.- Hold on for a second, boys.We'll be right back.

You know, I-- I just wanna cry.How can you blow it so fast?

- I mean, how is that possible?How is that possible?- Hey, would you relax?

This is the artof negotiation.

- The art of negotiation.- Patience.

What does it matter ?These guys'll fill the hour anyway.

As long as Cesar doesn'tdo a Garden number on us.

Vince has never been stopped.Whoever wins, we'll feed himto the middleweight champ,

and he'll eat himlike raw meat.

'Course we'd have to get them ranked,uh, for the title shot, but--

I-I don't see a problem.

We set aside 750,000for Rosario and Green.

We saved ourself a bundle.

Hell, I could get Julie hereranked with a phone call.

Julie's already ranked,in my opinion.

- Thank you.- Hit the goddamn button.

- Vince, Cesar,you there?- Yeah. We're here.

You're smart guys.I like smart guys. You got it.

- What did he say?- We got it.

- We got it? Yeah ! Yeah !- Yes ! Yes !

Okay, okay, look. It's gotta say inthe contract "guaranteed title shot."

- In the contract.- Yeah.

In language we can read. We don't likethat lawyer bullshit, all right?

And a translation in Spanishfor, uh, technical reasons.

Yeah. Right. And,Joe, don't messwith us. Okay? The Bible warns,

"The wicked shall fall by his ownwickedness. "Proverbs 11::5. Okay?

The contract will be clear.

Just get to the airport,and we'll pick ya up.

Gonna be great, guys.Gonna be great.

Oh !

Grace ! Wanna go to Vegas?

- Hey.- Vegas?

- Yep.- I love Vegas. Why now?

- There's a big fight tonight.- I know. You got tickets?

Actually, I don't need tickets because,uh, I am the one who is fighting.

Right.Who are you fighting?

Right.Uh, I'm fighting him.

- You're fighting Vince?- Isn't it funny?I'm gonna kick his butt.

- In Vegas.- In Vegas.

- Tonight.- Tonight,yeah. That's right.

- And you want me to go with you.- Of course I want you to come with me.

I need you. I need your eyes.I need your skin. I need your hair.

- You need my car.- I need your car. Uh--I need your car too.

I mean, we need your car.

- Yeah.- Boom, boom, boom, boom

There's a lot of moneyin Vegas. Investment money.

I'm gonna look for some venturecapital guys might wanna back me.

Still tryin' to raise moneyfor that dumb invention?

I have six patentsand six patents pending,

one of which, may I remind you, made meenough dough to buy my apartment house.

And we appreciate you takin' usto Vegas. Thank you, baby.

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Ron Shelton

Ron Shelton (September 15, 1945 in Whittier, California) is an American Oscar-nominated film director and screenwriter. Shelton is known for the many films he has made about sports. more…

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