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2 videodiscs (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Frankie is a former boxing manager who initially refuses to train Maggie due to her gender and age. With her talent and his coaching, the spirited young fighter rises through the ranks of women's boxing and the pair form a touching bond in the process.
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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.
3) Southpaw
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1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Billy "The Great" Hope, reigning Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World, seemingly has it all: an impressive career, a beautiful and loving wife, an adorable daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. When tragedy strikes and his lifelong manager and friend leaves him behind, Hope hits rock bottom and turns to an unlikely savior at a run-down local gym: Tick Wills, a retired fighter and trainer to the city's toughest amateur boxers.
4) Rocky III
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1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rocky becomes world famous, scoring ten consecutive wins. But after suffering a humiliating defeat against Clubber Lang, he considers hanging up his gloves. With encouragement from his old nemesis, Apollo Creed, Rocky strives to regain the "eye of the tiger" before confronting Lang in a rematch.
5) Rocky Balboa
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1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A former heavyweight boxing champion comes out of retirement to fight a 10 round exhibition bout against an opponent who is thirty years younger than he is.
6) 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,...
7) The set-up
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Film noir classic collection volume 1
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1 videodisc (72 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An over-the-hill boxer thinks he can still win a bout, despite doubts from his wife and his manager. He goes into his next fight determined to beat his opponent, not realizing his manager has taken money for a 'dive' from a tough gambler. Heightening the tension, the film takes place over the course of 72 minutes, its approximate running time.
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1 videodisc (66 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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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.
9) Facing Ali
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1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Ten boxing champs pay tribute to Ali and discuss their encounters with him in and out of the ring.
10) Rocky II
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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.
11) Rocky
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1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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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.
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1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"[T]he story of Joe Louis rising from poverty and becoming known as 'The Brown Bomber' -- heavyweight championof the world"--Container. Includes archive footage showing Joe Louis, Max Baer, Jimmy Braddock, Primo Carnera, Rocky Marciano, Max Schmeling and Walter Winchell.
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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.
15) Rocky IV
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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.
17) Annapolis
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1 videodisc (approximately 103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jake Huard, a local kid, is a shipbuilder's son who wants to prove to his father, not to mention himself, that he can cut it as a Naval officer. But at the Academy he runs afoul of a hard-nosed training officer named Cole who does all he can to drive Huard out of the school. They end up settling their differences in the boxing ring during the Academy's annual competition.
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1 videodisc (approximately 90 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Julian, an American fugitive from justice, runs a boxing club in Bangkok as a front for his drug business. His mother, the head of a vast criminal organization, arrives from the U.S. to collect the body of her favorite son, Billy, who has just been killed. Crazy with rage and thirsty for vengeance, she demands the heads of the murderers from Julian. But first, Julian must confront Chang, a mysterious retired policeman who has resolved to scourge the...
19) Creed III
Physical Desc
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.
20) 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.
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