Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) | |
| Director(s) | Ralph Nelson |
| Producer(s) | Jack Grossberg (associate), David Susskind |
| Top Genres | Drama, Sports |
| Top Topics | Boxing |
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Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) was a Drama - Sports Film directed by Ralph Nelson and produced by David Susskind and Jack Grossberg.
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Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
By Beatrice on Jul 29, 2017 From Flickers in TimeRequiem for a Heavyweight Directed by Ralph Nelson Written by Rod Sterling from his teleplay 1962/USA Columbia Pictures Corporation Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant Why are all boxing movies so darned sad? Mountain Rivera (Anthony Quinn) is coming to the end of his seventeen-year career. ?He’s... Read full article
Classic Television Thursday #003 – Playhouse 90: Requiem For A Heavyweight (1956)
By Michael on Sep 6, 2014 From Durnmoose Movie Musings(Yes, I know, this is a little late going up this week, but here it is, nonetheless.) Last week, in writing about the Twilight Zone episode “The Obsolete Man”, I stated about Rod Serling “[E]ven if the only thing he ever wrote was Requiem for a Heavyweight, he would still be worth ... Read full article
Classic Television Thursday #003 – Playhouse 90: Requiem For A Heavyweight (1956)
By Michael on Sep 6, 2014 From Durnmoose Movie Musings(Yes, I know, this is a little late going up this week, but here it is, nonetheless.) Last week, in writing about the Twilight Zone episode “The Obsolete Man”, I stated about Rod Serling “[E]ven if the only thing he ever wrote was Requiem for a Heavyweight, he would still be worth ... Read full article
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
By Angela on Aug 21, 2012 From Hollywood RevueAfter seventeen years in the ring, Louis “Mountain” Rivera’s (Anthony Quinn) career as a boxer comes to an end after being knocked out by Cassius Clay.? Rivera has reached a point where he could go blind if he continues to fight so he’s left with no other option but to find a... Read full article
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Maish Rennick: Do you really want to help him? Here's how you can help him. Leave him alone. If you gotta' say anything to him, tell him you pity him. Tell him you feel so sorry for him you could cry. But don't con him. Don't tell him he could be a counsellor at a boys' camp. He's been chasing ghosts so long he'll believe anything. Any kind of a ghost. Championship belt, pretty girl... maybe just 24 hours without an ache in his body. Doesn't make any difference. It all passed him.
Grace Miller: I just thought that - maybe the next thing he wanted he ought to get.
[starts to weep]
Grace Miller: That would only be fair. I wished to God it was something I could've given him.
Louis 'Mountain' Rivera: In 1952 they ranked me number five!
[Alternate ending: A young boxer, with his manager, presents himself to Maish, as "Mountain" Rivera heads into the wrestling ring]
Maish Rennick: You wanna fight. You fool. You damn stupid fool. Don't you understand? Can't you get it into your silly head? There are only eight champions in this business. Everybody else is an also-ran. The good's great, but the bad stinks! Don't you understand? The odds are all you'll wind up a mumbling idiot! A STUTTERING JERK! WHY DON'T YOU GO HOME! GO HOME!
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Anthony Quinn did this film when Lawrence of Arabia went on a two month hiatus between October and December of 1961. The film was released before "Lawrence" came out.
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