# The Champ (1979)

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**Runtime**: 121 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Franco Zeffirelli
**Written by**: Walter Newman, Frances Marion
**Starring**: Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Rick Schroder, Jack Warden, Arthur Hill, Strother Martin

> *The more you love... the harder you fight.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Kramer vs. Kramer if one parent was a lovable, washed-up pugilist. An ex-boxing champ and his son scrape by until the arrival of his wealthy ex-wife. It's Jon Voight's show, a performance pitched precisely for maximum Kleenex expenditure.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, gut-punch, tender

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