Fat City (1972) is an American boxing drama film directed by John Huston. The picture stars Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, and Susan Tyrrell.
The movie, one of John Huston's later films, is based on the boxing novel Fat City (1969) by Leonard Gardner, who also wrote the screenplay.
Tyrrell received an Oscar nomination as the alcoholic, world weary Oma.
Billy Tully (Keach), a boxer who is alcoholic and way past his prime, is trying to make a comeback ...
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Fat City (1972) is an American boxing drama film directed by John Huston. The picture stars Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, and Susan Tyrrell.
The movie, one of John Huston's later films, is based on the boxing novel Fat City (1969) by Leonard Gardner, who also wrote the screenplay.
Tyrrell received an Oscar nomination as the alcoholic, world weary Oma.
Billy Tully (Keach), a boxer who is alcoholic and way past his prime, is trying to make a comeback with the help of his manager and trainer Ruben (Nicholas Colasanto). He has a brief affair with a drunken barfly, Oma (Tyrrell), and moves in with her, working odd jobs to makes ends meet.
A younger fighter, Ernie Munger (Bridges), takes Tully's advice to join Ruben's gym and make something of himself. He loses his first fight, but perseveres.
Learning the lesson that "winning is not as easy as it sounds," Ernie is determined to get what he can out of boxing and, unlike Tully, not let setbacks get the best of him.
Tully narrowly wins a tough...
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