Southpaw - L'ultima sfida

Titolo originale: Southpaw
Regia: Antoine Fuqua |
Anno: 2015
Origine: United States of America | China |
Generi: Azione Dramma
Tag: sports | fighter | tragedy | death | boxing | box ring | father daughter relationship |
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal | Rachel McAdams | Forest Whitaker | Oona Laurence | 50 Cent | Skylan Brooks | Naomie Harris | Victor Ortiz | Beau Knapp | Miguel Gómez | Dominic Colón | Jose Caraballo | Malcolm M. Mays | Aaron Quattrocchi | Lana Young | Danny Henriquez | Patsy Meck | Vito Grassi | Tony Weeks | Jimmy Lennon Jr. | Charles Hoyes | Clare Foley | Rita Ora | Jim Lampley | Adam Kroloff | Joe Fishel | Michelle Johnston | Jackson Nunn |

Billy Hope è il campione imbattuto dei pesi massimi. Ha una moglie bellissima, Maureen, conosciuta all'orfanotrofio dove entrambi sono cresciuti, una figlia e una villa faraonica. Maureen prova a convincerlo che tutto questo non è fatto per durare e che deve abbandonare la boxe, ma prima che Billy possa mettere in atto la sua promessa, un alterco con il rivale Miguel Escobar degenera e un proiettile vagante colpisce Maureen, uccidendola. Billy perderà ogni cosa e dovrà ripartire da zero, con l'obiettivo di tornare sul ring e sfidare Escobar.

Approfondimenti

"Southpaw" is actually a baseball nickname for any lefthanded pitcher, since home plate is alwa [...] D
The writing credits in early promotional material read, "Story by Kurt Sutter. Screenplay by Su [...] D
The title of the film is a reference to the eponymous stance traditionally adopted by a left-ha [...] D
"Southpaw" is the term given to unorthodox stance (left-handed) boxers. However, Jake Gyllenhaa [...] D
Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper and Jeremy Renner were all considered for the role of Billy Hope. [...] D
50 Cent and Forrest Whitaker previously starred in Freelancers (2012) D
Eminem was originally scouted for the role, which he accepted and started filming. The film had [...] D
Antoine Fuqua had no money to pay James Horner to compose the film, due to the film's short bud [...] D
Rachel McAdams said filming her death scene was a long process that took around 7 hours. She wa [...] D
Lupita Nyong'o was cast as Angela Rivera but dropped out, due to scheduling conflicts with Star [...] D
The film cast includes one Oscar winner: Forest Whitaker; and three Oscar nominees: Jake Gyllen [...] D
For five months, Jake Gyllenhaal undertook a daily routine of 2,000 sit ups, 200 push ups and s [...] D
Jeff Wincott auditioned for the film. D
Originally, Harry Gregson-Williams was announced as the film's composer. Gregson-Williams even [...] D
It was stated that: "Maureen's date of birth, written on her tombstone, is October 2, 1980. [...] D
Some prints of the film, at the end of the credits, have "In Memory of Our Friend James Horner, [...] D
Eminem appeared in two songs for the movie, "Phenomenal" and "Kings Never Die," but he was Exec [...] D
To prepare for the role, Jake read books on orphan boxers. D
Since Jake Gyllenhaal had to lose thirty pounds for his role in Nightcrawler, he only needed to [...] D
Writer Kurt Sutter's first film script. D
The film was originally considered as an unofficial follow-up to the movie 8 Mile (2002), with [...] D
Although the storyline depicts a particular sequence of a boxer suffering significant losses bo [...] D
Released the same year also based on boxing, Creed (2015), both Billy Hope and Adonis Creed who [...] D
Forest Whitaker doesn't appear on screen until 52 minutes into the movie. D
To prepare for her death scene, Rachel McAdams watched death videos on YouTube. D
This is the next to last film scored by composer James Horner, before dying in a plane crash on [...] D
Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, and Forest Whitaker who star in the film star in the MCU. Gyll [...] D
Skylan Brooks's character, Hoppy, pays homage to Eminem's character in 8 Mile (2002), named B-R [...] D
Eminem worked on the movie's soundtrack but did not appear in the movie itself. D
The scene where Billy Hope meets Tick Willis at his boxing school was actually filmed in Pittsb [...] D
The boxing scenes shot in Las Vegas and at Madison Square Garden were all done at the same loca [...] D
The song that plays at the end of this film, "Wise Man" by Frank Ocean, was originally written [...] D
Jake Gyllenhaal was inspired by Miguel Cotto, due to his impressive career and evolution as a boxer. D