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1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Charley has become the middleweight champion of the world by winning a "fixed" fight. In his devious climb to the top, Charley has become hard and arrogant, and has estranged both his mother and the girl he loves.
2) Rocky V
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1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Upon returning home from his latest triumph, Rocky Balboa (Stallone) learns that all his money has been lost by an unscrupulous financial advisor. To make matters worse, his fight-related injuries force his retirement from the ring. So Rocky, his wife Adrian (Talia Shire), and his son Rocky Jr. (Sage Stallone) move to their old, low-rent neighborhood in South Philadelphia. There, the fighter must resolve the deep-rooted resentment held by his son,...
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1 videodisc (66 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Watch an unflinching look at Thailand's underground world of child boxers, of which there are over 30,000 girls. The film tells the story of two eight-year-old girls who are professional Muay Thai prizefighters.
4) Jungleland
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1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Stan and Lion are two brothers struggling to stay relevant in the underground world of bare-knuckle boxing. While Stan trains Lion for the fight of his life, a series of events threaten to tear the brothers apart but their love for one another and belief in a better life keep them going.
5) Rocky II
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rocky, having sustained massive injuries in his win against heavyweight champion, Apollo Creed, announces his retirement. But he soon realizes he can't escape his true calling and prepares for the fight of his life.
Rocky must cope with the realities of his success, wealth and the responsibilities of marriage, but his main focus is on his second shot at the boxing title against Apollo Creed.
6) Rocky
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1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rocky Balboa, a club fighter seemingly going nowhere, gets his once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner when fate puts him in the ring with the world heavyweight champion.
7) Pulp fiction
Language
English
Description
Clever, dark film that tells 4 separate stories that are gradually brought together. Involved are two low-rent hit men, their boss and his sexy wife, a prizefighter and a pair of desperate robbers.
8) I am Ali
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1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An intimate and heart-warming look at the man behind the legend as we've never seen Ali before. The documentary is told through exclusive, unprecedented access to Ali's personal archive of voice recordings combined with touching interviews and testimonials from his inner circle of family and friends, including his daughters, son, ex-wife and brother, plus legends of the boxing community including Mike Tyson, George Foreman and Gene Kilroy.
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2 videodiscs (220 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The in-depth and intimate story of one of the most important African Americans to live in the first half of the 20th century. Tells the story of Jack Johnson, who was the first African American boxer to win the most coveted title in all of sports - Heavyweight Campion of the World. Includes his struggles in and out of the ring and his desire to live his life as a free man.
11) Rocky IV
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rocky's training regimen takes him to icy Siberia, where he prepares for a globally televised match against a vicious Soviet fighter, Drago, who literally killed his last opponent.
12) The killing
Series
Criterion collection volume 575
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (84 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
Johnny Clay has a plan. After spending 5 years in Alcatraz, he decides that if he's going to commit crimes, the risk had better be worth the punishment. He then proceeds to mastermind a brilliant criminal scheme to steal $2,000,000 from a local racetrack in which "no one will get hurt."
Killer's kiss: Prize-fighter Davy Gordon intervenes when private dancer Gloria Price is being attacked by her employer and lover Vincent Raphello. This brings the...
13) Creed
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2 videodiscs (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Adonis Johnson never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there's no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed's legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa.
14) Creed III
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1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has been thriving in both his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian a fighter who has nothing to lose.
15) Raging bull
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1 videodisc (approximately 129 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A biographical film about psychologically destructive, violent, middleweight boxing champion Jake La Motta.
16) Kid Galahad
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1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Feelings aren't part of the game, contends racketeer and fight promoter Nick Donati. Bet the house Nick's feelings of jealousy and rage will knock him flat. Turkey Morgan is a rival promoter, who likes fighters flinging kidney punches and end up swapping close-range bullets. A beauty has a soft spot for the bellhop Nick is grooming for the heavyweight titles.
17) Bleed for this
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1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The inspirational story of world champion boxer Vinny Pazienza, who, after a near-fatal car crash, which left him not knowing if he'd ever walk again, made one of sports' most incredible comebacks.
18) Father Stu
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1 videodisc (approximately 120 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When an injury ends his amateur boxing career, Stuart Long moves to Los Angeles to find money and fame. While scraping by as a supermarket clerk, he meets Carmen, a Sunday school teacher who seems immune to his bad-boy charm. Determined to win her over, the longtime agnostic starts going to church to impress her. However, a motorcycle accident leaves him wondering if he can use his second chance to help others, leading to the surprising realization...
19) Cinderella man
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1 videodisc (2 hrs, 25 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During the Great Depression, an everyday common-man hero, James J. Braddock, was to become one of the most surprising sports legends in history. With the Depression going strong in the early 1930s, the impoverished ex-boxer was seemingly as broken-down and out-of-luck as the rest of the America. Driven by love and determination, he returned to the ring. He did not have much of a shot, but James was fueled by something beyond mere competition. He kept...
20) Muhammad Ali
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 7.5 hrs.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of Muhammad Ali in and out of the boxing ring, covering his ties with the Nation of Islam, his political postions, including his refusal to be drafted during the Vietnam War, his role as a symbol of Black masculinity, and life after boxing.
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