The Champ Page #6

Synopsis: Billy Flynn, a former boxing champion, is now horse trainer in Hialeah. He makes just enough money to raise his little boy T.J., over whom he got custody after his wife Annie left him seven years ago. T.J. worships The Champ who is now working on his come-back in order to give his boy a better future. But suddenly Annie shows up again ...
Genre: Drama, Sport
Director(s): Franco Zeffirelli
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
40%
PG
Year:
1979
121 min
625 Views


Stop it! Stop it!

It doesn't work anymore, Billy.

-What do you mean? | -It doesn't work....

Just like old times, honey.

What are you doing here now?

No smoking in the barn area. | What do you want?.

T.J.'s Timmy, isn't he?

Yeah, T.J. is Timmy.

So you figured it out, so what? | Even a dumb horsse knows her own foal.

One of us should be with him right now. | If he's out--

One of us should....

One of us is, but one of us wasn't. | For seven years, I was with him.

Bily!

You dropped your purse.

Billy, will you stop it, please!

After seven years you want to come back. | You want to hold his hand?

Do you know what I told him?

I told him that you died, | that you were killed in a car wreck.

That you were a tramp | and we're better off without you.

You're dead! Do you undersstaand that?

You're dead! The kid's got no mother!

-I am his mother. | -You're dead! He's got no mother!

I'm here. I am his mother.

You gave me custody, didn't you? | And you got what you wanted.

-Get the hell out of here! | -Billy, please!

I'd like to see him. | I'd like to know what he's like.

You want to know?. Look!

He's a one-in-a-million kid | you dream about.

But you are never going to see him. | Come on, et's get out of here.

-Get out of here! | -Billy! Stop it!

Do you want me to get a lawyer?.

-Do you want to do that?. | -No!

No, I don't want to do that!

You know as well as I do that no coourt | would deny me the right to see him.

Superficial wound, nothing more.

Is she going to be all right?

Champ!

Champ! Where's the Champ?

Champ, where are you?

-She's okay! She's okay! | -That's wonderful!

The doctor said it's a superficial wound.

-Great! | -Got that? Asuperficial wound.

-Let's go. | -She's going to be okay.

T.J., I'm glad. I saw herfrom the stands. | I was worried.

Come on.

T.J.!

We have this other matter to discuss.

I bet on her.

You owe me a flat $10.

The name's Annie.

You know, it's nicee to meet you, Annie.

Maybe I'll take you up | on that invitation sometime.

-Aren't you happy, Champ? | -Yeah, 'm happy. I'm happy.

Why do we have to go?

Because it's fun.

You know, people....

People inviting other people over.

Why do we have to be dressed up?

Because these people are rich people. | You want to look nice, don't you?

You look nicee. You look real nicee.

What if she asks me about the $10?

Hey, what is this, question day?.

I told you about that. | She didn't mean nothing by that.

It's just her little sense of humor.

Some sense of humor.

Okay, come on, let's go.

I forgot! I got to make a phone caall.

Hey, look. | Here, I want you to go up there, see.

Let's see if your hair is nice.

Good. Okay, that's it. Go ahead.

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Frances Marion

Frances Marion (born Marion Benson Owens, November 18, 1888 – May 12, 1973) was an American journalist, author, film director and screenwriter often cited as the most renowned female screenwriter of the 20th century alongside June Mathis and Anita Loos. She was the first writer to win two Academy Awards. more…

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