Based on a true story.
A Denver boxing beat journalist Erik Kernan, Jr. (Josh Hartnett) lives in the shadow of his late, great sports journalist father. His editor, Ralph Metz (Alan Alda), has been passing Erik's articles because he feels they are lackluster.
Frustrated and annoyed, Erik takes a story concept to a Denver newspaper and get the assignment to write a cover article about Bob Satterfield (Samuel L. Jackson) a once great boxer from the early 1950s who was covered by Erik's father and who Erik has found homeless on the streets of Denver. The magazine article is an enormous success and Erik has the gratitude of his new editor (David Paymer) and an offer from Showtime's sports casting director (Teri Hatcher) to go on air covering the fights.
Erik views this as an opportunity to maybe win back his estranged wife and fellow journalist, Joyce (Kathryn Morris) and hopefully make a solid bond with his six-year old son (Dakota Goyo).
But when Bob Satterfield, Jr. (Harry Lennix) steps forward and says his father, the boxing legend, has been dead for many years, Erik is forced to deal with the truth while making some peace with his father's memory and his own son's future.
Peter Coyote also appears as an aged sports journalist who knew Erik's father.
Directed by Rod Lurie.
Run time: 1 hour, 52 minutes
Rated PG-13 for some violence and brief language.
My personal rating: B
"I went the distance
with Floyd Patterson.
I broke Marciano's nose."
Frustrated and annoyed, Erik takes a story concept to a Denver newspaper and get the assignment to write a cover article about Bob Satterfield (Samuel L. Jackson) a once great boxer from the early 1950s who was covered by Erik's father and who Erik has found homeless on the streets of Denver. The magazine article is an enormous success and Erik has the gratitude of his new editor (David Paymer) and an offer from Showtime's sports casting director (Teri Hatcher) to go on air covering the fights.
Erik views this as an opportunity to maybe win back his estranged wife and fellow journalist, Joyce (Kathryn Morris) and hopefully make a solid bond with his six-year old son (Dakota Goyo).
But when Bob Satterfield, Jr. (Harry Lennix) steps forward and says his father, the boxing legend, has been dead for many years, Erik is forced to deal with the truth while making some peace with his father's memory and his own son's future.
Peter Coyote also appears as an aged sports journalist who knew Erik's father.
Directed by Rod Lurie.
Run time: 1 hour, 52 minutes
Rated PG-13 for some violence and brief language.
My personal rating: B
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